Information About Knox County Health Department
Ownership Type: LocalDate Certified: August 15, 1966
Address: 11660 Upper Gilchrist Road, Mount Vernon, 43050, OH
Phone Number: (740)-3922200
Knox County Health Department Certifications
- Nursing Care Services
- Physical Therapy Services
- Occupational Therapy Services
- Speech Pathology Services
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- Home Health Aide Services
Knox County Health Department Quality of Care Percentage Measures
- How often the home health team began their patients' care in a timely manner (83%)
- How often the home health team taught patients (or their family caregivers) about their drugs (91%)
- How often the home health team checked patients' risk of falling (100%)
- How often the home health team checked patients for depression (100%)
- How often the home health team determined whether patients received a flu shot for the current flu season (59%)
- How often the home health team determined whether their patients received a pneumococcal vaccine (67%)
- With diabetes, how often the home health team got doctor's orders, gave foot care, and taught patients about foot care (79%)
- How often the home health team checked patients for pain (98%)
- How often the home health team treated their patients' pain (88%)
- How often the home health team treated heart failure (weakening of the heart) patients' symptoms (n/a%)
- How often the home health team took doctor-ordered action to prevent pressure sores (72%)
- How often the home health team included treatments to prevent pressure sores (bed sores) in the plan of care (86%)
- How often the home health team checked patients for the risk of developing pressure sores (96%)
- How often patients got better at walking or moving around (62%)
- How often patients got better at getting in and out of bed (46%)
- How often patients got better at bathing (65%)
- How often patients had less pain when moving around (69%)
- How often patients' breathing improved (72%)
- How often patients' wounds improved or healed after an operation (96%)
- How often patients got better at taking their drugs correctly by mouth (31%)
- How often patients receiving home health care needed urgent, unplanned care in the ER without being admitted (16%)
- How often home health patients had to be admitted to the hospital (13%)
n/a = This measure currently does not have data or has less than 6 months of data, or the number of patient on this measure is too small to report.
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