BROOKS COUNTY HOSPITAL (QUITMAN, GA) Detailed Hospital Profile

Process of Care

Heart Failure

Percent of patients who were given an evaluation of Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)

This Hospital:	95.0%
Georgia:	99.2%

Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions

Here:	100.0%
Georgia:	89.3%

Pneumonia

Percent of Patients Given Initial Antibiotic(s) within 6 Hours After Arrival

Here:	100.0%
Georgia:	96.3%

Percent of Patients Whose Initial ER Blood Culture Was Performed Prior To Administration Of First Dose Of Antibiotics

Here:	95.0%
Georgia:	97.0%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

Here:	100.0%
State:	98.9%

Percent of Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s)

This Hospital:	89.0%
Georgia:	94.9%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	96.2%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure

This Hospital:	12.8%
Georgia:	11.6%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia

This Hospital:	12.4%
State:	12.6%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure

This Hospital:	22.9%
State:	24.1%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia

This Hospital:	18.3%
Georgia:	18.5%

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys:: Between 100 and 299
Survey Response Rate: 29%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

Here:	3%
Georgia:	5%

Usually

Here:	12%
Georgia:	18%

Always

This Hospital:	85%
Georgia:	77%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	3%
State:	4%

Usually

This Hospital:	9%
Georgia:	13%

Always

Here:	88%
Georgia:	83%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	9%
State:	12%

Usually

This Hospital:	21%
Georgia:	24%

Always

This Hospital:	70%
State:	64%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	6%
Georgia:	7%

Usually

Here:	17%
Georgia:	22%

Always

This Hospital:	77%
State:	71%

How often did staff explain about medicines before giving them to patients?

Sometimes or never

Here:	16%
State:	21%

Usually

This Hospital:	17%
State:	17%

Always

This Hospital:	67%
State:	62%

How often were the patients' rooms and bathrooms kept clean?

Sometimes or never

Here:	2%
Georgia:	10%

Usually

This Hospital:	12%
State:	19%

Always

Here:	86%
State:	71%

How often was the area around patients' rooms kept quiet at night?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	12%
State:	8%

Usually

This Hospital:	18%
State:	27%

Always

Here:	70%
State:	65%

Were patients given information about what to do during their recovery at home?

Yes

Here:	83%
Georgia:	81%

Here:	17%
State:	19%

How do patients rate the hospital overall on a scale from 0 (lowest) to 10 (highest)?

6 or lower

Here:	9%
Georgia:	9%

7 or 8

Here:	19%
State:	22%

9 or 10

Here:	72%
State:	69%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

Here:	6%
State:	6%

Yes, probably

Here:	29%
State:	25%

Yes, definitely

Here:	65%
Georgia:	69%

BROOKS COUNTY HOSPITAL - QUITMAN, GA

Process of Care

Heart Failure

Pneumonia

Outcome of Care

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

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