NORTHSIDE HOSPITAL - ATLANTA, GA

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NORTHSIDE HOSPITAL
1000 JOHNSON FERRY ROAD, NE
ATLANTA, GA, 30342

Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (404) 851-8000

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

Provided Services

Nuclear Medicine Services
Acute Renal Dialysis Services
Alcohol And/Or Drug Services
Anatomical Laboratory Services
Anesthesia Services
Blood Bank Services
Certified Trauma Center Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary Services
Emergency Services
Home Health Services
Hospice Services
ICU - Cardiac (Non-Surgical)Services
ICU - Medical/Surgical Services
Inpatient Rehabilitiation (Not Carf Accredited) Services
Inpatient Surgical Services
Neonatal Nursery Services
Obstetric Services
Occupational Therapy Services
Operating Room Services
Outpatient Services
Outpatient Surgery Unit Services
Pediatric Services
Pharmacy Services
Physical Therapy Services
Postoperative Recovery Room Services
Psychiatric Services
Respiratory Care Services
Social Services
Speech Pathology Services
Therapeutic Radiology Services

Employment Full-Time Equivalent

Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 6.50
Registered Professional Nurses : 104.75
Other Salaried Personnel : 1186.00
Dieticians : 7.00
Occupational Therapists : 22.00
Physical Therapists : 14.25
Registered Pharmacists : 27.00
Respiratory Therapists : 37.75
Speech Pathologists Or Audiologists : 2.00
Medical Social Workers : 2.50

Number Of Beds

Total: 444
Total Certified: 444
Psychiatric Unit Beds: 25

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

This Hospital:	4%
State:	6%

Usually

This Hospital:	19%
State:	18%

Always

Here:	77%
State:	76%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	4%
State:	4%

Usually

Here:	16%
State:	14%

Always

This Hospital:	80%
State:	82%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never

Here:	10%
State:	13%

Usually

This Hospital:	26%
State:	24%

Always

This Hospital:	64%
State:	63%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never

Here:	5%
Georgia:	8%

Usually

This Hospital:	22%
State:	22%

Always

This Hospital:	73%
State:	70%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	19%
State:	23%

Usually

This Hospital:	19%
State:	17%

Always

Here:	62%
Georgia:	60%

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

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	9%
Georgia:	10%

Usually

This Hospital:	23%
Georgia:	20%

Always

This Hospital:	68%
Georgia:	70%

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

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	9%
Georgia:	9%

Usually

This Hospital:	29%
Georgia:	27%

Always

Here:	62%
Georgia:	64%

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

Yes

Here:	84%
Georgia:	80%

This Hospital:	16%
Georgia:	20%

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

6 or lower

This Hospital:	5%
State:	9%

7 or 8

Here:	18%
State:	24%

9 or 10

This Hospital:	77%
State:	67%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

Here:	2%
Georgia:	6%

Yes, probably

This Hospital:	15%
Georgia:	25%

Yes, definitely

Here:	83%
Georgia:	69%

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

Here:	100.0%
State:	98.3%

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

This Hospital:	100.0%
Georgia:	94.7%

Percent of Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge

This Hospital:	96.0%
Georgia:	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

Here:	2
State:	12

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

This Hospital:	64
State:	82

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

This Hospital:	100.0%
Georgia:	95.2%

Heart Failure

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

This Hospital:	99.0%
Georgia:	97.5%

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

Here:	85.0%
State:	93.4%

Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions

Here:	90.0%
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:	100.0%
Georgia:	94.9%

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

Here:	97.0%
Georgia:	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:	95.0%
Georgia:	91.6%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination

Here:	95.0%
State:	92.4%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination

This Hospital:	98.0%
Georgia:	94.3%

Surgery

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

Here:	94.0%
State:	96.5%

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

This Hospital:	95.0%
State:	93.6%

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

This Hospital:	96.0%
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:	93.0%
Georgia:	90.1%

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

Here:	96.0%
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:	98.0%
Georgia:	99.6%

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

This Hospital:	96.0%
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:	91.0%
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:	96.0%
State:	93.8%

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

Here:	97.0%
State:	94.2%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack

Here:	18.1%
Georgia:	16.0%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure

This Hospital:	12.0%
State:	11.3%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia

This Hospital:	12.4%
Georgia:	12.1%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Attack

This Hospital:	20.4%
State:	19.5%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure

This Hospital:	23.3%
Georgia:	23.9%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia

Here:	17.4%
State:	18.3%

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Falls And Trauma

Here:	0.829%
State:	0.635%

Vascular Catheter-Associated Infection

Here:	1.036%
State:	0.368%

Manifestations Of Poor Glycemic Control

This Hospital:	0.414%
State:	0.036%

Average Medicare Payment

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w/o CC/MCC: $4,385

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w MCC: $11,310

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w CC: $7,119

Heart failure and shock w/o CC/MCC: $4,208

Heart failure and shock w MCC: $8,510

Heart failure and shock w CC: $5,869

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w/o CC/MCC: $4,228

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w MCC: $7,595

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w CC: $5,687

Simple pneumonia and pleurisy w MCC: $8,351

Diabetes w MCC: $7,925

Chest Pain: $3,097

Major cardiovasc procedures w MCC or thoracic aortic aneurysm repair: $29,714

Cardiac defibrillator implant w/o cardiac cath w/o MCC: $36,977

Cardiac defibrillator implant w/o cardiac cath w MCC: $39,120

Extracranial procedures w/o CC/MCC: $5,832

Extracranial procedures w CC: $9,049

Permanent cardiac pacemaker implant w/o CC/MCC: $11,692

Permanent cardiac pacemaker implant w CC: $15,089

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w/o CC/MCC: $6,596

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w MCC: $14,469

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w CC: $9,621

Cholecystectomy except by laparoscope w/o c.d.e. w MCC: $20,808

Hernia procedures except inguinal and femoral w/o CC/MCC: $5,650

Hernia procedures except inguinal and femoral w MCC: $14,523

Hernia procedures except inguinal and femoral w CC: $8,191

Major small and large bowel procedures w/o CC/MCC: $9,456

Major small and large bowel procedures w CC: $14,915

Major small and large bowel procedures w MCC: $30,114

Stomach, esophageal duodenal proc w/o CC/MCC: $8,469

Cervical spinal fusion w/o CC/MCC: $11,156

Cervical spinal fusion w CC: $15,203

Spinal fusion except cervical w/o MCC: $20,754

Spinal fusion except cervical w MCC: $34,731

Back and neck proc exc spinal fusion w/o CC/MCC: $5,469

Back and neck proc exc spinal fusion w CC/MCC or disc device/neurostim: $10,026

Major shoulder or elbow joint procedures w/o CC/MCC: $6,525

Bilateral or multiple major joint procs of lower extremity w/o MCC: $18,324

Major joint replacement or reattachment of lower extremity w/o MCC: $11,702

Major joint replacement or reattachment of lower extremity w MCC: $19,177

Revision of hip or knee replacement w/o CC/MCC: $16,997

Revision of hip or knee replacement w CC: $17,853

Biopsies of musculoskeletal system and connective tissue w/o CC/MCC: $8,593

Biopsies of musculoskeletal system and connective tissue w CC: $12,372

Other musculoskelet sys and conn tiss O.R. proc w MCC: $17,876

Kidney and ureter procedures for neoplasm w/o CC/MCC: $8,023

Kidney and ureter procedures for neoplasm w MCC: $19,107

Kidney and ureter procedures for neoplasm w CC: $10,856

Revision of hip or knee replacement w MCC: $27,759

Kidney and ureter procedures for non-neoplasm w MCC: $19,439

Other kidney and urinary tract procedures w MCC: $16,148

Other kidney and urinary tract procedures w CC: $12,582

Transurethral prostatectomy w/o CC/MCC: $3,687

Transurethral prostatectomy w CC/MCC: $6,518

Female reproductive system reconstructive procedures: $4,757

Uterine and adnexa proc for non-malignancy w/o CC/MCC: $4,918

Use of Medical Imaging

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

This Hospital:	26.800%
Georgia:	31.798%

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

Here:	12.900%
Georgia:	8.697%

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

This Hospital:	0.146%
State:	0.178%

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

This Hospital:	0.002%
Georgia:	0.069%

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