UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL - AUGUSTA, GA

Institution representatives - add corrected or new information about UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL »

UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
1350 WALTON WAY
AUGUSTA, GA, 30901

Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (706) 722-9011

Hospital Type: Acute Care Hospitals
Hospital Owner: Voluntary non-profit - Other
Emergency Services: Yes
Type: Psychiatric Units

Provided Services

Nuclear Medicine Services
Acute Renal Dialysis Services
Alcohol And/Or Drug Services
Anatomical Laboratory Services
Anesthesia Services
Blood Bank Services
Cardio-Thoracic Surgery Services
Certified Trauma Center Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Dental Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary Services
Emergency Services
ICU - Cardiac (Non-Surgical)Services
ICU - Medical/Surgical Services
Inpatient Surgical Services
Neonatal Nursery Services
Obstetric Services
Occupational Therapy Services
Operating Room Services
Outpatient Services
Outpatient Surgery Unit Services
Pediatric Services
Pharmacy Services
Physical Therapy Services
Postoperative Recovery Room Services
Psychiatric Services
Respiratory Care Services
Social Services
Speech Pathology Services
Therapeutic Radiology Services

Employment Full-Time Equivalent

Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 223.00
Registered Professional Nurses : 686.00
Other Salaried Personnel : 2060.00
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNA) : 10.00
Dieticians : 13.50
Occupational Therapists : 6.00
Physical Therapists : 7.00
Registered Pharmacists : 29.75
Respiratory Therapists : 32.25
Speech Pathologists Or Audiologists : 4.00
Physicians : 2.00
Medical Social Workers : 8.00
Residents (Physicians) : 46.00

Number Of Beds

Total: 551
Total Certified: 551
Psychiatric Unit Beds: 41

Average Medicare Payment

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w/o CC/MCC: $5,269

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w MCC: $11,758

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w CC: $7,400

Heart failure and shock w/o CC/MCC: $4,375

Heart failure and shock w MCC: $8,847

Heart failure and shock w CC: $6,101

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w/o CC/MCC: $4,396

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w MCC: $7,895

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w CC: $5,912

Simple pneumonia and pleurisy w MCC: $8,681

Diabetes w MCC: $8,238

Chest Pain: $3,220

Cardiac valve and oth maj cardiothoracic proc w/o card cath w/o CC/MCC: $26,582

Cardiac valve and oth maj cardiothoracic proc w/o card cath w MCC: $48,675

Cardiac valve and oth maj cardiothoracic proc w/o card cath w CC: $31,993

Major cardiovasc procedures w MCC or thoracic aortic aneurysm repair: $30,746

Cardiac defibrillator implant w/o cardiac cath w/o MCC: $30,274

Cardiac defibrillator implant w/o cardiac cath w MCC: $40,669

Cardiac defib implant w cardiac cath w/o AMI/HF/shock w/o MCC: $35,622

Cardiac defib implant w cardiac cath w/o AMI/HF/shock w MCC: $48,186

Extracranial procedures w/o CC/MCC: $6,063

Extracranial procedures w CC: $9,407

Coronary bypass w/o cardiac cath w/o MCC: $21,781

Coronary bypass w/o cardiac cath w MCC: $34,364

Permanent cardiac pacemaker implant w/o CC/MCC: $12,155

Permanent cardiac pacemaker implant w CC: $15,686

Perc cardiovasc proc w drug-eluting stent w/o MCC: $11,590

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w/o CC/MCC: $6,825

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w MCC: $15,006

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w CC: $10,002

Cholecystectomy except by laparoscope w/o c.d.e. w MCC: $21,632

Hernia procedures except inguinal and femoral w/o CC/MCC: $5,846

Hernia procedures except inguinal and femoral w MCC: $15,063

Hernia procedures except inguinal and femoral w CC: $1,068

Major small and large bowel procedures w/o CC/MCC: $9,831

Major small and large bowel procedures w CC: $15,506

Major small and large bowel procedures w MCC: $31,307

Stomach, esophageal duodenal proc w/o CC/MCC: $8,804

Cervical spinal fusion w/o CC/MCC: $11,598

Cervical spinal fusion w MCC: $26,637

Cervical spinal fusion w CC: $15,777

Spinal fusion except cervical w/o MCC: $21,576

Spinal fusion except cervical w MCC: $36,040

Back and neck proc exc spinal fusion w/o CC/MCC: $5,686

Back and neck proc exc spinal fusion w CC/MCC or disc device/neurostim: $10,424

Major shoulder or elbow joint procedures w/o CC/MCC: $6,752

Bilateral or multiple major joint procs of lower extremity w/o MCC: $19,050

Major joint replacement or reattachment of lower extremity w/o MCC: $12,166

Major joint replacement or reattachment of lower extremity w MCC: $19,936

Revision of hip or knee replacement w/o CC/MCC: $14,846

Revision of hip or knee replacement w CC: $18,560

Biopsies of musculoskeletal system and connective tissue w CC: $12,862

Other musculoskelet sys and conn tiss O.R. proc w MCC: $18,584

Kidney and ureter procedures for neoplasm w/o CC/MCC: $8,341

Kidney and ureter procedures for neoplasm w MCC: $19,864

Kidney and ureter procedures for neoplasm w CC: $11,286

Revision of hip or knee replacement w MCC: $26,041

Kidney and ureter procedures for non-neoplasm w MCC: $20,209

Transurethral procedures w MCC: $13,567

Other kidney and urinary tract procedures w/o CC/MCC: $7,932

Other kidney and urinary tract procedures w MCC: $16,787

Other kidney and urinary tract procedures w CC: $13,081

Transurethral prostatectomy w/o CC/MCC: $3,833

Female reproductive system reconstructive procedures: $4,946

Uterine and adnexa proc for non-malignancy w/o CC/MCC: $5,112

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys: 300 or more
Survey Response Rate: 34%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

Here:	4%
Georgia:	6%

Usually

This Hospital:	16%
Georgia:	18%

Always

Here:	80%
State:	76%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

Here:	3%
Georgia:	4%

Usually

This Hospital:	11%
State:	14%

Always

This Hospital:	86%
State:	82%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never

Here:	11%
State:	13%

Usually

Here:	23%
State:	24%

Always

This Hospital:	66%
Georgia:	63%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never

Here:	5%
Georgia:	8%

Usually

Here:	23%
Georgia:	22%

Always

Here:	72%
Georgia:	70%

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

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	20%
Georgia:	23%

Usually

Here:	15%
State:	17%

Always

This Hospital:	65%
Georgia:	60%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	7%
Georgia:	10%

Usually

This Hospital:	21%
Georgia:	20%

Always

Here:	72%
State:	70%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	7%
State:	9%

Usually

This Hospital:	26%
State:	27%

Always

Here:	67%
State:	64%

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

Yes

This Hospital:	80%
State:	80%

This Hospital:	20%
State:	20%

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

6 or lower

This Hospital:	6%
State:	9%

7 or 8

This Hospital:	16%
State:	24%

9 or 10

This Hospital:	78%
State:	67%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

This Hospital:	3%
State:	6%

Yes, probably

This Hospital:	14%
Georgia:	25%

Yes, definitely

Here:	83%
State:	69%

Use of Medical Imaging

Outpatients with low back pain who had an MRI without trying recommended treatments first, such as physical therapy.

This Hospital:	29.100%
Georgia:	31.798%

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

Here:	8.600%
Georgia:	8.697%

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

Here:	0.072%
State:	0.178%

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

Here:	0.076%
Georgia:	0.069%

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival

Here:	99.0%
Georgia:	98.1%

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge

This Hospital:	99.0%
Georgia:	98.3%

Percent of Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)

This Hospital:	97.0%
State:	94.7%

Percent of Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge

Here:	98.0%
State:	98.2%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

Here:	100.0%
Georgia:	99.7%

Percent of Patients Given PCI Within 90 Minutes Of Arrival

This Hospital:	89.0%
State:	87.4%

Heart Failure

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

Here:	100.0%
Georgia:	97.5%

Percent of Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)

Here:	99.0%
State:	93.4%

Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions

Here:	95.0%
State:	86.3%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

This Hospital:	100.0%
Georgia:	98.9%

Pneumonia

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

This Hospital:	97.0%
State:	94.9%

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

This Hospital:	96.0%
Georgia:	95.9%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

This Hospital:	98.0%
State:	97.6%

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

This Hospital:	98.0%
State:	91.6%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination

Here:	96.0%
State:	92.4%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination

Here:	99.0%
State:	94.3%

Surgery

Percent of Surgery Patients given an antibiotic at the right time (within one hour before surgery) to help prevent infection

Here:	99.0%
Georgia:	96.5%

Percent of Surgery Patients whose preventive antibiotics were stopped at the right time (within 24 hours after surgery)

This Hospital:	95.0%
State:	93.6%

Percent of Surgery Patients who were given the right kind of antibiotic to help prevent infection

Here:	98.0%
State:	97.2%

Percent of Surgery Patients who got treatment at right time (within 24 hours before or after surgery) to help prevent blood clot

Here:	82.0%
State:	90.1%

Percent of Surgery Patients whose doctors ordered treatments to prevent blood clots after certain types of surgeries

This Hospital:	82.0%
State:	93.0%

Percent of all Heart Surgery Patients whose blood sugar is kept under good control in the days right after surgery

This Hospital:	85.0%
Georgia:	92.3%

Percent of Surgery Patients needing hair removed from the surgical area before surgery who had hair removed using a safer method

This Hospital:	99.0%
Georgia:	99.6%

Percent of Surgery Patients whose urinary catheters were removed on the first or second day after surgery

Here:	98.0%
Georgia:	89.5%

Surgery patients who were taking heart drugs called beta blockers before coming to the hospital, who were kept on them

Here:	98.0%
Georgia:	91.2%

Outpatients having surgery who got an antibiotic at the right time - within one hour before surgery (higher numbers are better)

This Hospital:	93.0%
Georgia:	93.8%

Outpatients having surgery who got the right kind of antibiotic (higher numbers are better)

Here:	88.0%
State:	94.2%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack

This Hospital:	16.0%
State:	16.0%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure

Here:	12.9%
State:	11.3%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia

Here:	14.4%
Georgia:	12.1%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Attack

This Hospital:	19.5%
State:	19.5%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure

This Hospital:	22.0%
State:	23.9%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia

Here:	17.5%
State:	18.3%

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Pressure Ulcer Stages III And IV

Here:	0.385%
Georgia:	0.118%

Falls And Trauma

Here:	0.449%
Georgia:	0.635%

Vascular Catheter-Associated Infection

Here:	0.899%
Georgia:	0.368%

Catheter-Associated UTI

Here:	4.944%
Georgia:	0.337%

Back to the top

Hospital-data.com does not guarantee the accuracy or timeliness of any information on this site. Use at your own risk. This data has been compiled from multiple government and commercial sources. Additional information about prescription drugs is coming up.
This web site and associated pages are not associated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL and has no official or unofficial affiliation with UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL.