LOUIS SMITH MEMORIAL HOSPITAL - LAKELAND, GA

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LOUIS SMITH MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
116 WEST THIGPEN AVENUE
LAKELAND, GA, 31635

Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (229) 482-8402

Hospital Type: Critical Access Hospitals
Hospital Owner: Voluntary non-profit - Private
Emergency Services: Yes

Provided Services

Ambulance (Owned) Services
Blood Bank Services
CT Scanner Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Dedicated Emergency Department Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary Services
Inpatient Rehabilitiation (Not Carf Accredited) Services
Long Term Care (Swing-Beds) Services
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Mri) Services
Occupational Therapy Services
Outpatient Rehabilitation Services
Outpatient Services
Pharmacy Services
Physical Therapy Services
Social Services
Speech Pathology Services

Employment Full-Time Equivalent

Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 6.25
Registered Professional Nurses : 8.00
Other Salaried Personnel : 48.00
Dieticians : 0.25
Occupational Therapists : 0.75
Physical Therapists : 1.75
Speech Pathologists Or Audiologists : 0.25
Medical Social Workers : 1.00
Medical Laboratory Technologists : 4.25
Diagnostic Radiology Technicians : 3.75

Number Of Beds

Total: 25
Total Certified: 25

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys: Fewer than 100
Survey Response Rate: 23%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	5%
Georgia:	6%

Usually

Here:	18%
Georgia:	18%

Always

Here:	77%
Georgia:	76%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	1%
Georgia:	4%

Usually

This Hospital:	13%
State:	14%

Always

This Hospital:	86%
State:	82%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	19%
Georgia:	13%

Usually

Here:	15%
Georgia:	24%

Always

Here:	66%
Georgia:	63%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	12%
Georgia:	8%

Usually

Here:	15%
Georgia:	22%

Always

Here:	73%
Georgia:	70%

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

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	26%
State:	23%

Usually

Here:	13%
State:	17%

Always

Here:	61%
Georgia:	60%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	4%
State:	10%

Usually

This Hospital:	16%
Georgia:	20%

Always

This Hospital:	80%
State:	70%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	9%
Georgia:	9%

Usually

Here:	24%
Georgia:	27%

Always

Here:	67%
Georgia:	64%

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

Yes

Here:	70%
Georgia:	80%

Here:	30%
Georgia:	20%

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

6 or lower

Here:	11%
State:	9%

7 or 8

Here:	25%
Georgia:	24%

9 or 10

Here:	64%
State:	67%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

This Hospital:	4%
Georgia:	6%

Yes, probably

Here:	29%
State:	25%

Yes, definitely

Here:	67%
State:	69%

Process of Care

Heart Failure

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

Here:	29.0%
State:	97.5%

Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions

Here:	50.0%
Georgia:	86.3%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

Here:	67.0%
State:	98.9%

Pneumonia

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

This Hospital:	89.0%
Georgia:	94.9%

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

This Hospital:	62.0%
Georgia:	95.9%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

Here:	100.0%
Georgia:	97.6%

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

Here:	74.0%
Georgia:	91.6%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination

This Hospital:	62.0%
Georgia:	92.4%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination

This Hospital:	77.0%
State:	94.3%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia

Here:	12.4%
Georgia:	12.1%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure

Here:	25.8%
State:	23.9%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia

This Hospital:	21.3%
Georgia:	18.3%

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