HART COUNTY HOSPITAL - HARTWELL, GA

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HART COUNTY HOSPITAL
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

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

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

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:	6%

Usually

This Hospital:	18%
State:	18%

Always

Here:	78%
Georgia:	76%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

Here:	6%
State:	4%

Usually

This Hospital:	16%
Georgia:	14%

Always

This Hospital:	78%
State:	82%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never

Here:	10%
State:	13%

Usually

This Hospital:	24%
Georgia:	24%

Always

This Hospital:	66%
State:	63%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	7%
Georgia:	8%

Usually

This Hospital:	21%
Georgia:	22%

Always

This Hospital:	72%
Georgia:	70%

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

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	23%
State:	23%

Usually

This Hospital:	16%
Georgia:	17%

Always

This Hospital:	61%
State:	60%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	6%
Georgia:	10%

Usually

This Hospital:	21%
Georgia:	20%

Always

This Hospital:	73%
Georgia:	70%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	7%
State:	9%

Usually

Here:	27%
State:	27%

Always

This Hospital:	66%
Georgia:	64%

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

Yes

Here:	80%
Georgia:	80%

This Hospital:	20%
Georgia:	20%

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

6 or lower

Here:	12%
Georgia:	9%

7 or 8

This Hospital:	27%
State:	24%

9 or 10

This Hospital:	61%
State:	67%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

This Hospital:	10%
Georgia:	6%

Yes, probably

Here:	36%
Georgia:	25%

Yes, definitely

This Hospital:	54%
Georgia:	69%

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival

This Hospital:	80.0%
State:	98.1%

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge

Here:	60.0%
Georgia:	98.3%

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

Here:	100.0%
State:	94.7%

Percent of Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge

This Hospital:	75.0%
Georgia:	98.2%

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

Here:	18
Georgia:	12

Average number of minutes before outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack were transferred to another hospital

Here:	58
Georgia:	82

Median Time to Fibrinolysis

Here:	30
State:	32

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

Here:	95.0%
State:	95.2%

Outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack who got drugs to break up blood clots within 30 minutes of arrival

This Hospital:	100
Georgia:	58

Heart Failure

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

This Hospital:	94.0%
Georgia:	97.5%

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

This Hospital:	89.0%
Georgia:	93.4%

Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions

Here:	60.0%
Georgia:	86.3%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	98.9%

Pneumonia

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

This Hospital:	98.0%
Georgia:	94.9%

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

This Hospital:	94.0%
State:	95.9%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	97.6%

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

This Hospital:	97.0%
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

This Hospital:	96.0%
State:	94.3%

Surgery

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

This Hospital:	96.0%
Georgia:	96.5%

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

Here:	85.0%
Georgia:	93.6%

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

This Hospital:	100.0%
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

This Hospital:	92.0%
Georgia:	90.1%

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

Here:	92.0%
Georgia:	93.0%

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

This Hospital:	78.0%
State:	89.5%

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

This Hospital:	20.0%
State:	91.2%

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

This Hospital:	67.0%
Georgia:	93.8%

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

This Hospital:	100.0%
Georgia:	94.2%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack

Here:	20.2%
Georgia:	16.0%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure

Here:	13.4%
State:	11.3%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia

Here:	16.9%
Georgia:	12.1%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Attack

This Hospital:	19.5%
Georgia:	19.5%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure

This Hospital:	25.3%
State:	23.9%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia

This Hospital:	18.0%
State:	18.3%

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Falls And Trauma

Here:	1.970%
Georgia:	0.635%

Average Medicare Payment

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w/o CC/MCC: $3,686

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w MCC: $8,657

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w CC: $5,852

Heart failure and shock w/o CC/MCC: $3,460

Heart failure and shock w MCC: $6,996

Heart failure and shock w CC: $4,825

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w/o CC/MCC: $3,476

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w MCC: $6,243

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w CC: $4,675

Simple pneumonia and pleurisy w MCC: $6,865

Chest Pain: $2,546

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w/o CC/MCC: $5,397

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w MCC: $3,651

Cholecystectomy except by laparoscope w/o c.d.e. w MCC: $17,106

Major small and large bowel procedures w/o CC/MCC: $7,774

Major small and large bowel procedures w CC: $12,261

Major small and large bowel procedures w MCC: $17,407

Major joint replacement or reattachment of lower extremity w/o MCC: $9,620

Major joint replacement or reattachment of lower extremity w MCC: $15,765

Uterine and adnexa proc for non-malignancy w/o CC/MCC: $4,043

Use of Medical Imaging

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

Here:	0.476%
Georgia:	0.178%

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

Here:	0.543%
Georgia:	0.069%

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