NORTH GEORGIA MEDICAL CENTER - ELLIJAY, GA

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Address

1362 SOUTH MAIN STREET
ELLIJAY, GA, 30540

Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (706) 276-4741

Hospital Type: Acute Care Hospitals
Hospital Owner: Proprietary
Emergency Services: Yes
Type: Swing Bed Hospitals

Overall Star Rating: 3 Stars
Health Inspections Star Rating: 4 Stars
Nurse Staffing Star Rating: 1 Star
Quality Measures Star Rating: 2 Stars
RN Only Star Rating: 2 Stars

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

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$13,954
Georgia:	$20,363

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$5,794
State:	$6,113

Percent of discharges

Here:	11.72%
State:	2.30%

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$20,037
Georgia:	$25,040

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$7,728
State:	$7,413

Percent of discharges

Here:	11.72%
Georgia:	2.25%

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease without Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$13,333
State:	$15,346

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$4,740
State:	$4,587

Percent of discharges

This Hospital:	11.72%
State:	1.80%

Heart Failure and Shock with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$13,724
State:	$19,560

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$6,434
State:	$6,481

Percent of discharges

This Hospital:	14.06%
State:	3.50%

Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$12,501
Georgia:	$16,440

Average Total Payments

Here:	$5,118
State:	$4,869

Percent of discharges

This Hospital:	21.88%
State:	3.08%

Misc Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids or Electrolytes without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$9,837
State:	$14,725

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$4,514
State:	$4,421

Percent of discharges

Here:	13.28%
State:	2.20%

Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$16,722
State:	$22,144

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$6,613
State:	$6,410

Percent of discharges

This Hospital:	15.63%
State:	2.75%

Provided Services

Nuclear Medicine Services
Anatomical Laboratory Services
Anesthesia Services
Blood Bank Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Dental Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary Services
Emergency Services
Hospice Services
ICU - Medical/Surgical Services
Inpatient Surgical Services
Long Term Care (Swing-Beds) Services
Occupational Therapy Services
Operating Room Services
Outpatient 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 : 18.00
Registered Professional Nurses : 15.00
Other Salaried Personnel : 124.50
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNA) : 1.00
Dieticians : 1.00
Registered Pharmacists : 1.00
Respiratory Therapists : 2.00
Physicians : 6.00
Medical Social Workers : 1.00

Number Of Beds

Total: 49
Total Certified: 49

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys: Between 100 and 299
Survey Response Rate: 25%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

Here:	8%
State:	5%

Usually

Here:	19%
State:	18%

Always

This Hospital:	73%
Georgia:	77%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	7%
Georgia:	4%

Usually

Here:	18%
State:	13%

Always

This Hospital:	75%
Georgia:	83%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never

Here:	8%
Georgia:	12%

Usually

Here:	21%
Georgia:	24%

Always

Here:	71%
State:	64%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	10%
Georgia:	7%

Usually

Here:	22%
Georgia:	22%

Always

This Hospital:	68%
Georgia:	71%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	35%
Georgia:	21%

Usually

This Hospital:	13%
Georgia:	17%

Always

This Hospital:	52%
State:	62%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	18%
Georgia:	10%

Usually

This Hospital:	22%
State:	19%

Always

This Hospital:	60%
State:	71%

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

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	8%
State:	8%

Usually

Here:	26%
State:	27%

Always

Here:	66%
Georgia:	65%

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

Yes

Here:	75%
Georgia:	81%

This Hospital:	25%
State:	19%

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

6 or lower

This Hospital:	16%
Georgia:	9%

7 or 8

This Hospital:	30%
State:	22%

9 or 10

This Hospital:	54%
State:	69%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

This Hospital:	15%
Georgia:	6%

Yes, probably

This Hospital:	33%
State:	25%

Yes, definitely

This Hospital:	52%
State:	69%

Quality Measures

Percent of long-stay residents whose need for help with daily activities has increased

Here:	40.8%
Georgia:	15.5%

Percent of long-stay residents who self-report moderate to severe pain

Here:	16.3%
Georgia:	12.0%

Percent of long-stay high-risk residents with pressure ulcers

This Hospital:	7.4%
Georgia:	7.3%

Percent of long-stay residents who lose too much weight

This Hospital:	14.0%
Georgia:	8.1%

Percent of long-stay residents who have had a catheter inserted and left in their bladder

This Hospital:	2.8%
State:	2.7%

Percent of long-stay residents with a urinary tract infection

Here:	8.6%
State:	7.6%

Percent of long-stay residents who have depressive symptoms

This Hospital:	28.6%
State:	10.7%

Percent of long-stay residents who were physically restrained

This Hospital:	5.2%
State:	1.6%

Percent of long-stay residents experiencing one or more falls with major injury

Here:	12.5%
Georgia:	3.6%

Percent of long-stay residents assessed and given, appropriately, the seasonal influenza vaccine

Here:	4.2%
State:	96.0%

Percent of long-stay residents assessed and given, appropriately, the pneumococcal vaccine

Here:	19.8%
Georgia:	95.5%

Percent of short-stay residents assessed and given, appropriately, the seasonal influenza vaccine

This Hospital:	10.0%
State:	87.1%

Percent of short-stay residents assessed and given, appropriately, the pneumococcal vaccine

Here:	30.0%
State:	84.7%

Percent of long-stay residents who received an antipsychotic medication

Here:	51.1%
State:	28.2%

Process of Care

Heart Attack

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

Here:	667
Georgia:	33

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

This Hospital:	94.0%
State:	95.8%

Heart Failure

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

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	99.2%

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

This Hospital:	83.0%
Georgia:	95.8%

Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	89.3%

Pneumonia

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

Here:	79.0%
Georgia:	96.3%

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

Here:	82.0%
Georgia:	97.0%

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

Here:	63.0%
Georgia:	94.9%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination

Here:	95.0%
State:	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:	95.0%
State:	98.2%

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

Here:	100.0%
Georgia:	96.5%

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

This Hospital:	100.0%
Georgia:	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:	67.0%
Georgia:	96.5%

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

This Hospital:	70.0%
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:	96.0%
State:	93.5%

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

This Hospital:	60.0%
Georgia:	95.9%

Patients having surgery who were actively warmed in the operating room or whose body temperature was near normal

Here:	91.0%
Georgia:	99.3%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure

This Hospital:	12.1%
State:	11.6%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia

This Hospital:	15.1%
State:	12.6%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure

This Hospital:	26.9%
State:	24.1%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia

This Hospital:	18.4%
State:	18.5%

Use of Medical Imaging

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

This Hospital:	8.600%
State:	8.789%

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

This Hospital:	0.216%
Georgia:	0.125%

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

Here:	0.264%
Georgia:	0.053%

Outpatients who got cardiac imaging stress tests before low-risk outpatient surgery

Here:	6.100%
State:	5.752%

Complaint Deficiency

Walls or barriers that prevent smoke from passing through and would resist fire for at least one hour: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Properly maintained smoke detectors: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Properly installed electrical wiring and equipment: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Keep each resident's personal and medical records private and confidential: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Make sure that each resident who enters the nursing home without a catheter is not given a catheter, and receive proper services to prevent urinary tract infections and restore normal bladder function: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Have a program that investigates, controls and keeps infection from spreading: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Walls or barriers that prevent smoke from passing through and would resist fire for at least one hour: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

An approved automatic sprinkler system connected to the fire alarm system: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Exits that are free from obstructions and can be used at all times: Few (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Properly care for residents needing special services, including: injections, colostomy, ureostomy, ileostomy, tracheostomy care, tracheal suctioning, respiratory care, foot care, and prostheses: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Have a program that investigates, controls and keeps infection from spreading: Some (Minimal harm or potential for actual harm)

Other nearby hospitals and nursing homes

HERITAGE HEALTHCARE OF BLUE RIDGE (BLUE RIDGE, 15.56 miles)
DAVITA ELLIJAY DIALYSIS (0.74 miles)
FMC DIALYSIS SERVICES ELLIJAY (0.90 miles)
HERITAGE HEALTHCARE OF JASPER (JASPER, 16.18 miles)
GRANDVIEW HEALTH CARE CENTER (JASPER, 13.76 miles)
MOUNTAIN SIDE NURSING HOME (JASPER, 16.25 miles)
MOUNTAINSIDE MEDICAL CENTER (JASPER, 16.14 miles)

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