HART COUNTY HOSPITAL - HARTWELL, GA

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Addresss:
138 W GIBSON STREET, P O BOX 280
HARTWELL, GA, 30643
Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (706) 856-6113

Hospital Type: Acute Care Hospitals
Hospital Owner: Government - Hospital District or Authority
Emergency Services: Yes
Type: Swing Bed Hospitals

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Employment Full-Time Equivalent
Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 10.00
Registered Professional Nurses : 15.00
Other Salaried Personnel : 79.00
Physical Therapists : 1.00
Registered Pharmacists : 1.50
Medical Social Workers : 1.00

Number Of Beds
Total: 82
Total Certified: 82

Provided Services
Nuclear Medicine Services
Anatomical Laboratory Services
Anesthesia Services
Blood Bank Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary Services
Emergency Services
Inpatient Surgical Services
Operating Room 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

Use of Medical Imaging

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

0.413%
Georgia:

0.125%
Outpatient CT scans of the chest that were combination (double) scans.
This Hospital:

0.380%
State:

0.053%

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:

4%
Georgia:

5%
Usually
Here:

13%
State:

18%
Always
This Hospital:

83%
State:

77%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
Here:

2%
Georgia:

4%
Usually
Here:

12%
Georgia:

13%
Always
This Hospital:

86%
State:

83%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never
Here:

5%
Georgia:

12%
Usually
This Hospital:

16%
Georgia:

24%
Always
This Hospital:

79%
State:

64%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

4%
Georgia:

7%
Usually
This Hospital:

22%
State:

22%
Always
This Hospital:

74%
Georgia:

71%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

19%
State:

21%
Usually
Here:

24%
State:

17%
Always
This Hospital:

57%
State:

62%

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

Sometimes or never
Here:

7%
Georgia:

10%
Usually
This Hospital:

13%
Georgia:

19%
Always
Here:

80%
Georgia:

71%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

4%
Georgia:

8%
Usually
This Hospital:

18%
Georgia:

27%
Always
This Hospital:

78%
State:

65%

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

Yes
This Hospital:

81%
Georgia:

81%
No
This Hospital:

19%
Georgia:

19%

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

6 or lower
This Hospital:

8%
State:

9%
7 or 8
This Hospital:

20%
Georgia:

22%
9 or 10
This Hospital:

72%
State:

69%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

No
This Hospital:

9%
State:

6%
Yes, probably
Here:

26%
Georgia:

25%
Yes, definitely
Here:

65%
Georgia:

69%

Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) - Medicare Provider Charge Data

Esophagitis, Gastroent and Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$8,307
State:

$17,921
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$3,445
State:

$4,668
Number of discharges: 24
Here:

15.29%
Georgia:

3.05%
Heart Failure and Shock with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$10,581
State:

$19,560
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,830
State:

$6,481
Number of discharges: 21
Here:

13.38%
State:

3.50%
Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$9,297
Georgia:

$16,440
Average Total Payments
Here:

$3,686
State:

$4,869
Number of discharges: 19
Here:

12.10%
State:

3.08%
Major Joint Replacement or Reattachment of Lower Extremity without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$29,853
Georgia:

$46,857
Average Total Payments
Here:

$10,033
State:

$13,303
Number of discharges: 18
This Hospital:

11.46%
Georgia:

5.88%
Renal Failure with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$12,732
Georgia:

$20,836
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,542
State:

$6,507
Number of discharges: 13
This Hospital:

8.28%
Georgia:

2.62%
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$15,380
State:

$41,116
Average Total Payments
Here:

$8,432
Georgia:

$12,225
Number of discharges: 14
Here:

8.92%
State:

4.78%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$11,535
Georgia:

$22,144
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,862
State:

$6,410
Number of discharges: 16
Here:

10.19%
Georgia:

2.75%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$12,825
Georgia:

$32,348
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,819
State:

$9,197
Number of discharges: 15
This Hospital:

9.55%
State:

2.08%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$9,111
State:

$16,155
Average Total Payments
Here:

$3,338
State:

$4,495
Number of discharges: 17
This Hospital:

10.83%
Georgia:

1.11%

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Average number of minutes before outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack got an ECG
This Hospital:

14
State:

33
Outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack who got aspirin within 24 hours of arrival
This Hospital:

93.0%
Georgia:

95.8%

Heart Failure

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

100.0%
State:

99.2%
Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions
Here:

70.0%
State:

89.3%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
This Hospital:

100.0%
Georgia:

99.5%

Pneumonia

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

98.0%
Georgia:

96.3%
Percent of Patients Whose Initial ER Blood Culture Was Performed Prior To Administration Of First Dose Of Antibiotics
Here:

92.0%
State:

97.0%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

98.9%
Percent of Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s)
Here:

100.0%
Georgia:

94.9%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination
This Hospital:

92.0%
Georgia:

94.4%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination
This Hospital:

100.0%
Georgia:

96.2%

Surgery

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

92.0%
State:

98.2%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose preventive antibiotics were stopped at the right time (within 24 hours after surgery)
This Hospital:

73.0%
Georgia:

96.5%
Percent of Surgery Patients who were given the right kind of antibiotic to help prevent infection
This Hospital:

96.0%
State:

98.4%
Percent of Surgery Patients who got treatment at right time (within 24 hours before or after surgery) to help prevent blood clot
This Hospital:

89.0%
Georgia:

96.5%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose doctors ordered treatments to prevent blood clots after certain types of surgeries
Here:

89.0%
State:

97.4%
Percent of Surgery Patients needing hair removed from the surgical area before surgery who had hair removed using a safer method
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

99.6%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose urinary catheters were removed on the first or second day after surgery
Here:

74.0%
Georgia:

93.5%
Patients having surgery who were actively warmed in the operating room or whose body temperature was near normal
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

99.3%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure
This Hospital:

13.9%
Georgia:

11.6%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia
Here:

16.6%
Georgia:

12.6%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure
This Hospital:

23.7%
State:

24.1%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia
This Hospital:

20.4%
Georgia:

18.5%

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