SATILLA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER - WAYCROSS, GA

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SATILLA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
410 DARLING AVENUE
WAYCROSS, GA, 31501

Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (912) 287-2500

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

Provided Services

Nuclear Medicine Services
Acute Renal Dialysis Services
Alcohol And/Or Drug Services
Anatomical Laboratory Services
Anesthesia Services
Blood Bank Services
CT Scanner Services
Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory Services
Chemotherapy Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Dedicated Emergency Department Services
Dental Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary Services
Emergency Services
Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripter Services
Geriatric Psychiatric Services
ICU - Cardiac (Non-Surgical)Services
ICU - Medical/Surgical Services
Inpatient Rehabilitiation (Not Carf Accredited) Services
Inpatient Surgical Services
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Mri) Services
Neonatal Nursery Services
Obstetric Services
Occupational Therapy Services
Operating Room Services
Opthalmic Surgery Services
Orthopedic Surgery Services
Outpatient Services
Outpatient Surgery Unit Services
Outppatient Psychiatric Services
Pediatric Services
Pharmacy Services
Physical Therapy Services
Positron Emission Tomography (Pet) Scan Services
Postoperative Recovery Room Services
Respiratory Care Services
Social Services
Speech Pathology Services
Therapeutic Radiology Services
Urgent Care Center Services

Employment Full-Time Equivalent

Registered Professional Nurses : 201.25
Other Salaried Personnel : 505.00
Occupational Therapists : 1.00
Physical Therapists : 3.25
Registered Pharmacists : 9.00
Respiratory Therapists : 21.75
Speech Pathologists Or Audiologists : 2.25
Medical Social Workers : 2.00
Medical Laboratory Technologists : 13.00
Nuclear Medicine Technicians : 3.00
Physician Assistants : 1.00
Diagnostic Radiology Technicians : 35.25
Nurse Practitioners: 1.00
Residents (Physicians) : 2.00

Number Of Beds

Total: 237
Total Certified: 237
Psychiatric Unit Beds: 15
Rehabilitation Unit Beds: 20

Use of Medical Imaging

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

This Hospital:	25.900%
Georgia:	31.798%

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

Here:	3.700%
Georgia:	8.697%

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

This Hospital:	0.029%
State:	0.178%

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival

Here:	100.0%
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:	100.0%
State:	98.2%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	99.7%

Percent of Patients Given PCI Within 90 Minutes Of Arrival

Here:	100.0%
State:	87.4%

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

This Hospital:	156
Georgia:	82

Median Time to Fibrinolysis

This Hospital:	36
State:	32

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

Here:	96.0%
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:	38
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)

This Hospital:	98.0%
State:	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:	94.0%
State:	94.9%

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

This Hospital:	95.0%
State:	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:	93.0%
Georgia:	91.6%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination

This Hospital:	95.0%
State:	92.4%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination

Here:	97.0%
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:	96.0%
Georgia:	96.5%

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

This Hospital:	95.0%
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

This Hospital:	97.0%
Georgia:	90.1%

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

This Hospital:	98.0%
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:	100.0%
State:	89.5%

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

Here:	100.0%
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%
Georgia:	93.8%

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

This Hospital:	98.0%
State:	94.2%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack

Here:	15.3%
Georgia:	16.0%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure

Here:	13.6%
State:	11.3%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia

Here:	12.2%
Georgia:	12.1%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Attack

This Hospital:	19.6%
Georgia:	19.5%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure

This Hospital:	23.7%
Georgia:	23.9%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia

This Hospital:	15.5%
State:	18.3%

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Falls And Trauma

This Hospital:	1.118%
State:	0.635%

Manifestations Of Poor Glycemic Control

This Hospital:	0.160%
Georgia:	0.036%

Average Medicare Payment

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w/o CC/MCC: $3,794

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w MCC: $10,888

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w CC: $6,780

Heart failure and shock w/o CC/MCC: $4,095

Heart failure and shock w MCC: $8,281

Heart failure and shock w CC: $5,711

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w/o CC/MCC: $4,114

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w MCC: $7,390

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w CC: $5,534

Simple pneumonia and pleurisy w MCC: $8,126

Diabetes w MCC: $7,711

Chest Pain: $3,014

Major cardiovasc procedures w MCC or thoracic aortic aneurysm repair: $18,228

Cardiac defibrillator implant w/o cardiac cath w/o MCC: $52

Cardiac defibrillator implant w/o cardiac cath w MCC: $38,066

Extracranial procedures w/o CC/MCC: $5,554

Permanent cardiac pacemaker implant w/o CC/MCC: $11,377

Permanent cardiac pacemaker implant w CC: $14,682

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w/o CC/MCC: $6,389

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w MCC: $14,047

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w CC: $9,362

Cholecystectomy except by laparoscope w/o c.d.e. w MCC: $20,249

Hernia procedures except inguinal and femoral w/o CC/MCC: $5,472

Hernia procedures except inguinal and femoral w MCC: $14,100

Hernia procedures except inguinal and femoral w CC: $7,952

Major small and large bowel procedures w/o CC/MCC: $9,202

Major small and large bowel procedures w CC: $14,513

Major small and large bowel procedures w MCC: $29,303

Back and neck proc exc spinal fusion w/o CC/MCC: $5,322

Back and neck proc exc spinal fusion w CC/MCC or disc device/neurostim: $9,653

Major shoulder or elbow joint procedures w CC/MCC: $9,737

Bilateral or multiple major joint procs of lower extremity w/o MCC: $18,156

Major joint replacement or reattachment of lower extremity w/o MCC: $11,387

Major joint replacement or reattachment of lower extremity w MCC: $18,660

Revision of hip or knee replacement w/o CC/MCC: $13,895

Revision of hip or knee replacement w CC: $17,372

Biopsies of musculoskeletal system and connective tissue w/o CC/MCC: $8,183

Biopsies of musculoskeletal system and connective tissue w CC: $12,040

Other musculoskelet sys and conn tiss O.R. proc w MCC: $17,210

Kidney and ureter procedures for neoplasm w/o CC/MCC: $12,321

Kidney and ureter procedures for neoplasm w MCC: $18,594

Kidney and ureter procedures for neoplasm w CC: $10,564

Revision of hip or knee replacement w MCC: $24,376

Other kidney and urinary tract procedures w MCC: $15,714

Other kidney and urinary tract procedures w CC: $12,244

Transurethral prostatectomy w/o CC/MCC: $3,588

Transurethral prostatectomy w CC/MCC: $6,342

Female reproductive system reconstructive procedures: $4,629

Uterine and adnexa proc for non-malignancy w/o CC/MCC: $4,785

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys: 300 or more
Survey Response Rate: 24%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

Here:	4%
State:	6%

Usually

This Hospital:	18%
Georgia:	18%

Always

Here:	78%
State:	76%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

Here:	3%
State:	4%

Usually

This Hospital:	13%
Georgia:	14%

Always

Here:	84%
State:	82%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	10%
Georgia:	13%

Usually

Here:	25%
State:	24%

Always

This Hospital:	65%
Georgia:	63%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	6%
State:	8%

Usually

This Hospital:	26%
Georgia:	22%

Always

This Hospital:	68%
Georgia:	70%

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

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	21%
State:	23%

Usually

This Hospital:	20%
State:	17%

Always

Here:	59%
Georgia:	60%

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

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	10%
Georgia:	10%

Usually

Here:	21%
Georgia:	20%

Always

Here:	69%
State:	70%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	9%
State:	9%

Usually

Here:	26%
Georgia:	27%

Always

This Hospital:	65%
Georgia:	64%

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

Yes

This Hospital:	79%
Georgia:	80%

Here:	21%
State:	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:	25%
State:	24%

9 or 10

This Hospital:	66%
Georgia:	67%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

Here:	5%
State:	6%

Yes, probably

This Hospital:	32%
State:	25%

Yes, definitely

This Hospital:	63%
State:	69%

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