CHARLTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL - FOLKSTON, GA

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Address

2449 THIRD STREET
FOLKSTON, GA, 31537

Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (912) 496-2531

Hospital Type: Critical Access Hospitals
Hospital Owner: Government - Hospital District or Authority
Emergency Services: Yes

Provided Services

Nuclear Medicine Services
Ambulance (Owned) Services
Anatomical Laboratory Services
Anesthesia Services
Blood Bank Services
CT Scanner Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Dedicated Emergency Department Services
Dental Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Emergency Services
Inpatient Surgical Services
Long Term Care (Swing-Beds) Services
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Mri) Services
Occupational Therapy Services
Operating Room Services
Organ Transplant Services
Outpatient Services
Outpatient Surgery Unit Services
Pediatric Services
Pharmacy Services
Physical Therapy Services
Postoperative Recovery Room Services
Respiratory Care Services
Social Services
Speech Pathology Services

Employment Full-Time Equivalent

Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 4.00
Registered Professional Nurses : 12.00
Other Salaried Personnel : 61.00
Physical Therapists : 2.00
Respiratory Therapists : 6.00
Medical Social Workers : 1.00
Medical Laboratory Technologists : 14.00
Nuclear Medicine Technicians : 1.00
Diagnostic Radiology Technicians : 7.00

Number Of Beds

Total: 25
Total Certified: 25

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys: Fewer than 100
Survey Response Rate: 26%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	3%
State:	5%

Usually

This Hospital:	11%
Georgia:	18%

Always

This Hospital:	86%
State:	77%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	1%
Georgia:	4%

Usually

Here:	5%
Georgia:	13%

Always

Here:	94%
Georgia:	83%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	14%
State:	12%

Usually

This Hospital:	18%
State:	24%

Always

This Hospital:	68%
Georgia:	64%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never

Here:	11%
State:	7%

Usually

Here:	7%
Georgia:	22%

Always

This Hospital:	82%
State:	71%

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

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	15%
Georgia:	21%

Usually

This Hospital:	7%
Georgia:	17%

Always

Here:	78%
Georgia:	62%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	10%
State:	10%

Usually

Here:	21%
Georgia:	19%

Always

This Hospital:	69%
State:	71%

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

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	11%
Georgia:	8%

Usually

This Hospital:	23%
State:	27%

Always

This Hospital:	66%
State:	65%

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

Yes

This Hospital:	79%
State:	81%

Here:	21%
State:	19%

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

6 or lower

This Hospital:	4%
State:	9%

7 or 8

This Hospital:	19%
State:	22%

9 or 10

This Hospital:	77%
Georgia:	69%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

Here:	3%
State:	6%

Yes, probably

This Hospital:	30%
Georgia:	25%

Yes, definitely

Here:	67%
State:	69%

Use of Medical Imaging

Outpatients who had a follow-up mammogram or ultrasound within 45 days after a screening mammogram.

Here:	14.600%
Georgia:	8.789%

Outpatient CT scans of the abdomen that were combination (double) scans.

Here:	0.036%
Georgia:	0.125%

Outpatient CT scans of the chest that were combination (double) scans.

Here:	0.009%
State:	0.053%

Process of Care

Pneumonia

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

Here:	71.0%
Georgia:	97.0%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination

Here:	18.0%
Georgia:	94.4%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination

Here:	20.0%
State:	96.2%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia

Here:	11.3%
State:	12.6%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia

This Hospital:	17.6%
State:	18.5%

User Contributions:

simmie wyatt

May 20, 2013 @ 1:13 pm

This is a very poor quality facility w/ a poor quality staff.
This hospital could be a good medical facility w/ the right staff.

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