NEWTON MEDICAL CENTER - COVINGTON, GA

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NEWTON MEDICAL CENTER
5126 HOSPITAL DRIVE NE
COVINGTON, GA, 30014

Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (770) 786-7053

Hospital Type: Acute Care Hospitals
Hospital Owner: Voluntary non-profit - Private
Emergency Services: Yes

Provided Services

Nuclear Medicine Services
Ambulance (Owned) Services
Anatomical Laboratory Services
Anesthesia Services
Blood Bank Services
CT Scanner Services
Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory Services
Cardio-Thoracic Surgery Services
Chemotherapy Services
Chiropractice Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Dedicated Emergency Department Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary Services
Emergency Services
Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripter Services
Gerontological Specialty Services
Home Health Services
ICU - Medical/Surgical Services
Inpatient Surgical Services
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Mri) Services
Obstetric Services
Operating Room Services
Organ Transplant Services
Orthopedic Surgery Services
Outpatient Rehabilitation 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 : 44.00
Registered Professional Nurses : 45.00
Other Salaried Personnel : 318.00
Dieticians : 1.00
Registered Pharmacists : 5.00
Respiratory Therapists : 7.00
Physicians : 7.00
Medical Social Workers : 1.00
Medical Laboratory Technologists : 7.00
Nuclear Medicine Technicians : 3.00
Physician Assistants : 2.00
Diagnostic Radiology Technicians : 10.00
Nurse Practitioners: 3.00
Residents (Physicians) : 1.00

Number Of Beds

Total: 90
Total Certified: 90

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys: 300 or more
Survey Response Rate: 22%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	5%
State:	6%

Usually

This Hospital:	17%
State:	18%

Always

This Hospital:	78%
State:	76%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

Here:	5%
State:	4%

Usually

This Hospital:	15%
Georgia:	14%

Always

Here:	80%
Georgia:	82%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	12%
State:	13%

Usually

Here:	24%
Georgia:	24%

Always

This Hospital:	64%
Georgia:	63%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never

Here:	9%
State:	8%

Usually

This Hospital:	24%
Georgia:	22%

Always

This Hospital:	67%
Georgia:	70%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	22%
State:	23%

Usually

This Hospital:	19%
Georgia:	17%

Always

Here:	59%
Georgia:	60%

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

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	13%
Georgia:	10%

Usually

Here:	22%
Georgia:	20%

Always

This Hospital:	65%
State:	70%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	10%
State:	9%

Usually

Here:	33%
State:	27%

Always

Here:	57%
State:	64%

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

Yes

This Hospital:	74%
State:	80%

This Hospital:	26%
Georgia:	20%

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

6 or lower

Here:	9%
State:	9%

7 or 8

This Hospital:	24%
Georgia:	24%

9 or 10

This Hospital:	67%
Georgia:	67%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

This Hospital:	4%
State:	6%

Yes, probably

This Hospital:	25%
Georgia:	25%

Yes, definitely

This Hospital:	71%
Georgia:	69%

Average Medicare Payment

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w/o CC/MCC: $4,001

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w MCC: $11,606

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w CC: $7,289

Heart failure and shock w/o CC/MCC: $4,318

Heart failure and shock w MCC: $8,733

Heart failure and shock w CC: $6,022

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w/o CC/MCC: $4,339

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w MCC: $7,793

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w CC: $5,836

Simple pneumonia and pleurisy w MCC: $8,569

Diabetes w MCC: $8,132

Chest Pain: $3,178

Extracranial procedures w/o CC/MCC: $5,984

Extracranial procedures w CC: $9,265

Permanent cardiac pacemaker implant w/o CC/MCC: $11,998

Permanent cardiac pacemaker implant w CC: $15,483

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w/o CC/MCC: $6,737

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w MCC: $14,745

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w CC: $9,873

Cholecystectomy except by laparoscope w/o c.d.e. w MCC: $21,352

Hernia procedures except inguinal and femoral w/o CC/MCC: $5,771

Major small and large bowel procedures w/o CC/MCC: $9,704

Major small and large bowel procedures w CC: $15,305

Major small and large bowel procedures w MCC: $30,902

Stomach, esophageal duodenal proc w/o CC/MCC: $8,691

Major joint replacement or reattachment of lower extremity w/o MCC: $12,008

Major joint replacement or reattachment of lower extremity w MCC: $15,544

Revision of hip or knee replacement w CC: $9,694

Other musculoskelet sys and conn tiss O.R. proc w MCC: $17,199

Kidney and ureter procedures for neoplasm w/o CC/MCC: $4,629

Kidney and ureter procedures for neoplasm w CC: $11,141

Kidney and ureter procedures for non-neoplasm w MCC: $11,062

Transurethral procedures w MCC: $13,361

Other kidney and urinary tract procedures w MCC: $16,570

Other kidney and urinary tract procedures w CC: $12,883

Transurethral prostatectomy w/o CC/MCC: $3,766

Female reproductive system reconstructive procedures: $4,882

Uterine and adnexa proc for non-malignancy w/o CC/MCC: $5,046

Use of Medical Imaging

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

Here:	30.800%
Georgia:	31.798%

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

Here:	12.700%
Georgia:	8.697%

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

Here:	0.171%
State:	0.178%

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

This Hospital:	0.124%
Georgia:	0.069%

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival

This Hospital:	98.0%
State:	98.1%

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	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

Here:	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:	16
Georgia:	12

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

Here:	142
State:	82

Median Time to Fibrinolysis

This Hospital:	30
Georgia:	32

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

Here:	95.0%
Georgia:	95.2%

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

Here:	56
State:	58

Heart Failure

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

Here:	100.0%
State:	97.5%

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

Here:	100.0%
Georgia:	93.4%

Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions

Here:	97.0%
Georgia:	86.3%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

Here:	100.0%
Georgia:	98.9%

Pneumonia

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

This Hospital:	97.0%
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%
Georgia:	97.6%

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

Here:	98.0%
Georgia:	91.6%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination

Here:	99.0%
Georgia:	92.4%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination

This Hospital:	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

This Hospital:	98.0%
Georgia:	96.5%

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

Here:	90.0%
Georgia:	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:	85.0%
State:	90.1%

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

Here:	89.0%
Georgia:	93.0%

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

Here:	100.0%
State:	99.6%

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

This Hospital:	62.0%
Georgia:	89.5%

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

This Hospital:	75.0%
State:	91.2%

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

Here:	97.0%
State:	93.8%

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

Here:	94.0%
State:	94.2%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack

This Hospital:	16.8%
Georgia:	16.0%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure

Here:	9.6%
Georgia:	11.3%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia

Here:	10.6%
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:	23.6%
State:	23.9%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia

This Hospital:	20.0%
State:	18.3%

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Falls And Trauma

This Hospital:	0.261%
State:	0.635%

Catheter-Associated UTI

Here:	0.261%
Georgia:	0.337%

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