NORTHSIDE HOSPITAL FORSYTH - CUMMING, GA

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NORTHSIDE HOSPITAL FORSYTH
1200 NORTHSIDE FORSYTH DRIVE
CUMMING, GA, 30041

Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (404) 851-8700

Hospital Type: Acute Care Hospitals
Hospital Owner: Government - Hospital District or Authority
Emergency Services: Yes

Provided Services

Nuclear Medicine Services
Anatomical Laboratory Services
Anesthesia Services
Blood Bank Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary Services
Emergency Services
ICU - Medical/Surgical Services
Inpatient Surgical Services
Operating Room Services
Outpatient Services
Outpatient Surgery Unit Services
Pharmacy Services
Physical Therapy Services
Postoperative Recovery Room Services
Respiratory Care Services
Social Services

Employment Full-Time Equivalent

Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 11.00
Registered Professional Nurses : 27.00
Other Salaried Personnel : 55.00
Dieticians : 1.00
Respiratory Therapists : 3.00

Number Of Beds

Total: 78
Total Certified: 78

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival

This Hospital:	99.0%
Georgia:	98.1%

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge

Here:	93.0%
Georgia:	98.3%

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

This Hospital:	93.0%
State:	94.7%

Percent of Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge

Here:	98.0%
Georgia:	98.2%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

Here:	100.0%
Georgia:	99.7%

Percent of Patients Given PCI Within 90 Minutes Of Arrival

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	87.4%

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

Here:	3
Georgia:	12

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

This Hospital:	45
State:	82

Median Time to Fibrinolysis

Here:	59
Georgia:	32

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

Here:	99.0%
State:	95.2%

Heart Failure

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

This Hospital:	99.0%
State:	97.5%

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

Here:	93.0%
Georgia:	93.4%

Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions

This Hospital:	91.0%
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

Here:	97.0%
State:	94.9%

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

This Hospital:	99.0%
Georgia:	95.9%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

Here:	100.0%
State:	97.6%

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

Here:	94.0%
Georgia:	91.6%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination

Here:	96.0%
Georgia:	92.4%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination

This Hospital:	97.0%
State:	94.3%

Surgery

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

Here:	95.0%
Georgia:	96.5%

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

This Hospital:	94.0%
State:	93.6%

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

This Hospital:	98.0%
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

This Hospital:	87.0%
Georgia:	90.1%

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

This Hospital:	91.0%
State:	93.0%

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

Here:	99.0%
Georgia:	99.6%

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

Here:	78.0%
State:	89.5%

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

This Hospital:	92.0%
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:	91.0%
State:	93.8%

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

This Hospital:	95.0%
Georgia:	94.2%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack

Here:	16.2%
State:	16.0%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure

Here:	9.7%
Georgia:	11.3%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia

Here:	11.3%
Georgia:	12.1%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Attack

This Hospital:	21.1%
Georgia:	19.5%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure

Here:	26.1%
Georgia:	23.9%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia

Here:	17.0%
Georgia:	18.3%

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys: 300 or more
Survey Response Rate: 33%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

Here:	4%
State:	6%

Usually

Here:	21%
Georgia:	18%

Always

This Hospital:	75%
Georgia:	76%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	4%
State:	4%

Usually

This Hospital:	16%
Georgia:	14%

Always

This Hospital:	80%
State:	82%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	14%
State:	13%

Usually

Here:	28%
State:	24%

Always

This Hospital:	58%
State:	63%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	6%
Georgia:	8%

Usually

This Hospital:	22%
Georgia:	22%

Always

Here:	72%
State:	70%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	20%
State:	23%

Usually

This Hospital:	21%
Georgia:	17%

Always

This Hospital:	59%
Georgia:	60%

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

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	7%
Georgia:	10%

Usually

This Hospital:	21%
Georgia:	20%

Always

This Hospital:	72%
Georgia:	70%

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

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	10%
Georgia:	9%

Usually

This Hospital:	29%
Georgia:	27%

Always

This Hospital:	61%
State:	64%

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

Yes

Here:	84%
State:	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:	8%
Georgia:	9%

7 or 8

Here:	19%
State:	24%

9 or 10

This Hospital:	73%
Georgia:	67%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

Here:	3%
State:	6%

Yes, probably

This Hospital:	18%
Georgia:	25%

Yes, definitely

Here:	79%
Georgia:	69%

Average Medicare Payment

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w/o CC/MCC: $3,654

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w MCC: $10,598

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w CC: $6,671

Heart failure and shock w/o CC/MCC: $3,944

Heart failure and shock w MCC: $7,975

Heart failure and shock w CC: $5,500

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w/o CC/MCC: $3,962

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w MCC: $7,117

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w CC: $5,329

Simple pneumonia and pleurisy w MCC: $7,825

Diabetes w MCC: $7,426

Chest Pain: $2,903

Cardiac defibrillator implant w/o cardiac cath w MCC: $37,991

Extracranial procedures w/o CC/MCC: $5,465

Extracranial procedures w CC: $8,480

Permanent cardiac pacemaker implant w/o CC/MCC: $10,956

Permanent cardiac pacemaker implant w CC: $14,139

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w/o CC/MCC: $6,152

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w MCC: $13,527

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w CC: $9,016

Hernia procedures except inguinal and femoral w/o CC/MCC: $5,270

Hernia procedures except inguinal and femoral w MCC: $13,578

Hernia procedures except inguinal and femoral w CC: $7,658

Major small and large bowel procedures w/o CC/MCC: $8,862

Major small and large bowel procedures w CC: $13,977

Major small and large bowel procedures w MCC: $28,220

Stomach, esophageal duodenal proc w/o CC/MCC: $7,936

Cervical spinal fusion w/o CC/MCC: $10,454

Cervical spinal fusion w CC: $14,247

Spinal fusion except cervical w/o MCC: $19,449

Spinal fusion except cervical w MCC: $22,801

Back and neck proc exc spinal fusion w/o CC/MCC: $5,125

Back and neck proc exc spinal fusion w CC/MCC or disc device/neurostim: $9,396

Major shoulder or elbow joint procedures w CC/MCC: $9,376

Bilateral or multiple major joint procs of lower extremity w/o MCC: $17,795

Major joint replacement or reattachment of lower extremity w/o MCC: $9,138

Major joint replacement or reattachment of lower extremity w MCC: $17,971

Revision of hip or knee replacement w/o CC/MCC: $11,152

Revision of hip or knee replacement w CC: $15,336

Biopsies of musculoskeletal system and connective tissue w/o CC/MCC: $8,052

Biopsies of musculoskeletal system and connective tissue w MCC: $17,905

Biopsies of musculoskeletal system and connective tissue w CC: $11,594

Other musculoskelet sys and conn tiss O.R. proc w MCC: $17,052

Kidney and ureter procedures for neoplasm w/o CC/MCC: $7,518

Kidney and ureter procedures for neoplasm w MCC: $17,906

Kidney and ureter procedures for neoplasm w CC: $10,174

Revision of hip or knee replacement w MCC: $24,814

Kidney and ureter procedures for non-neoplasm w MCC: $18,216

Transurethral procedures w MCC: $12,229

Other kidney and urinary tract procedures w CC: $11,791

Transurethral prostatectomy w/o CC/MCC: $3,455

Transurethral prostatectomy w CC/MCC: $6,108

Female reproductive system reconstructive procedures: $4,620

Uterine and adnexa proc for non-malignancy w/o CC/MCC: $4,608

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Falls And Trauma

This Hospital:	1.602%
State:	0.635%

Vascular Catheter-Associated Infection

Here:	0.320%
Georgia:	0.368%

Catheter-Associated UTI

Here:	0.481%
State:	0.337%

Use of Medical Imaging

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

Here:	21.900%
Georgia:	31.798%

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

This Hospital:	13.000%
State:	8.697%

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

This Hospital:	0.076%
Georgia:	0.178%

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

Here:	0.004%
State:	0.069%

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