PALMYRA MEDICAL CENTERS - ALBANY, GA

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PALMYRA MEDICAL CENTERS
2000 PALMYRA RD BOX 1908
ALBANY, GA, 31701

Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (229) 434-2000

Hospital Type: Acute Care Hospitals
Hospital Owner: Proprietary
Emergency Services: Yes
Type: Rehabilitation Units

Provided Services

Nuclear Medicine Services
Acute Renal Dialysis Services
Anatomical Laboratory Services
Anesthesia Services
Blood Bank Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary Services
Emergency Services
ICU - Cardiac (Non-Surgical)Services
ICU - Medical/Surgical Services
Inpatient Rehabilitiation (Not Carf Accredited) Services
Inpatient Surgical Services
Occupational Therapy Services
Operating Room Services
Organ Bank 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
Therapeutic Radiology Services

Employment Full-Time Equivalent

Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 17.50
Registered Professional Nurses : 61.50
Other Salaried Personnel : 231.00
Dieticians : 2.25
Registered Pharmacists : 4.75
Respiratory Therapists : 8.25
Medical Social Workers : 1.00

Number Of Beds

Total: 248
Total Certified: 248
Rehabilitation Unit Beds: 48

Use of Medical Imaging

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

This Hospital:	36.400%
Georgia:	31.798%

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

Here:	23.400%
Georgia:	8.697%

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

Here:	0.152%
Georgia:	0.178%

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

This Hospital:	0.064%
Georgia:	0.069%

Average Medicare Payment

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w/o CC/MCC: $4,940

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w MCC: $10,983

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w CC: $6,138

Heart failure and shock w/o CC/MCC: $4,102

Heart failure and shock w MCC: $8,294

Heart failure and shock w CC: $5,720

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w/o CC/MCC: $4,121

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w MCC: $7,402

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w CC: $5,543

Simple pneumonia and pleurisy w MCC: $8,139

Diabetes w MCC: $7,667

Chest Pain: $3,019

Major cardiovasc procedures w MCC or thoracic aortic aneurysm repair: $28,825

Extracranial procedures w/o CC/MCC: $5,684

Extracranial procedures w CC: $8,787

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w/o CC/MCC: $6,399

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w MCC: $14,068

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w CC: $9,452

Hernia procedures except inguinal and femoral w/o CC/MCC: $5,481

Hernia procedures except inguinal and femoral w MCC: $14,122

Hernia procedures except inguinal and femoral w CC: $7,906

Major small and large bowel procedures w/o CC/MCC: $9,216

Major small and large bowel procedures w CC: $14,484

Major small and large bowel procedures w MCC: $29,817

Stomach, esophageal duodenal proc w/o CC/MCC: $8,254

Spinal fusion except cervical w/o MCC: $20,228

Spinal fusion except cervical w MCC: $34,388

Back and neck proc exc spinal fusion w/o CC/MCC: $5,330

Bilateral or multiple major joint procs of lower extremity w/o MCC: $17,859

Major joint replacement or reattachment of lower extremity w/o MCC: $11,405

Major joint replacement or reattachment of lower extremity w MCC: $13,544

Revision of hip or knee replacement w/o CC/MCC: $13,918

Revision of hip or knee replacement w CC: $17,400

Biopsies of musculoskeletal system and connective tissue w CC: $12,058

Other musculoskelet sys and conn tiss O.R. proc w MCC: $17,295

Kidney and ureter procedures for neoplasm w/o CC/MCC: $7,820

Kidney and ureter procedures for neoplasm w MCC: $18,623

Kidney and ureter procedures for neoplasm w CC: $10,749

Revision of hip or knee replacement w MCC: $13,416

Transurethral procedures w MCC: $12,719

Other kidney and urinary tract procedures w MCC: $15,738

Other kidney and urinary tract procedures w CC: $12,263

Transurethral prostatectomy w/o CC/MCC: $3,593

Transurethral prostatectomy w CC/MCC: $6,306

Female reproductive system reconstructive procedures: $4,637

Uterine and adnexa proc for non-malignancy w/o CC/MCC: $5,092

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Falls And Trauma

Here:	1.261%
State:	0.635%

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:	9%
Georgia:	6%

Usually

Here:	17%
Georgia:	18%

Always

This Hospital:	74%
Georgia:	76%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	5%
Georgia:	4%

Usually

This Hospital:	14%
State:	14%

Always

Here:	81%
State:	82%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	17%
State:	13%

Usually

This Hospital:	25%
State:	24%

Always

Here:	58%
Georgia:	63%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never

Here:	9%
State:	8%

Usually

Here:	23%
Georgia:	22%

Always

This Hospital:	68%
State:	70%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	24%
State:	23%

Usually

Here:	19%
State:	17%

Always

Here:	57%
State:	60%

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

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	13%
Georgia:	10%

Usually

Here:	18%
Georgia:	20%

Always

Here:	69%
Georgia:	70%

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

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	9%
Georgia:	9%

Usually

Here:	24%
State:	27%

Always

This Hospital:	67%
State:	64%

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

Yes

This Hospital:	82%
State:	80%

This Hospital:	18%
State:	20%

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:	22%
State:	24%

9 or 10

This Hospital:	69%
Georgia:	67%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

This Hospital:	6%
Georgia:	6%

Yes, probably

This Hospital:	23%
Georgia:	25%

Yes, definitely

Here:	71%
Georgia:	69%

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival

Here:	100.0%
State:	98.1%

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge

This Hospital:	100.0%
Georgia:	98.3%

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

Here:	100.0%
Georgia:	94.7%

Percent of Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	98.2%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	99.7%

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

This Hospital:	20
State:	12

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

This Hospital:	53
State:	82

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

This Hospital:	98.0%
Georgia:	95.2%

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:	97.0%
Georgia:	93.4%

Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions

This Hospital:	89.0%
State:	86.3%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

This Hospital:	96.0%
State:	98.9%

Pneumonia

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

Here:	97.0%
Georgia:	94.9%

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

Here:	94.0%
Georgia:	95.9%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

This Hospital:	95.0%
Georgia:	97.6%

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

Here:	97.0%
Georgia:	91.6%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination

Here:	94.0%
State:	92.4%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination

Here:	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:	98.0%
State:	96.5%

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

Here:	96.0%
State:	93.6%

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

This Hospital:	99.0%
Georgia:	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:	92.0%
Georgia:	90.1%

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

Here:	93.0%
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

Here:	88.0%
State:	89.5%

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

Here:	96.0%
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:	95.0%
Georgia:	93.8%

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

Here:	83.0%
State:	94.2%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack

Here:	16.8%
State:	16.0%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure

Here:	12.2%
Georgia:	11.3%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia

Here:	11.0%
Georgia:	12.1%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure

This Hospital:	25.2%
Georgia:	23.9%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia

Here:	16.8%
Georgia:	18.3%

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