WEST GEORGIA MEDICAL CENTER - LAGRANGE, GA

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WEST GEORGIA MEDICAL CENTER
1514 VERNON ROAD
LAGRANGE, GA, 30240

Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (706) 882-1411

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

Dialysis Facility located within this hospital: WEST GEORGIA DIALYSIS - LAGRANGE

Provided Services

Nuclear Medicine Services
Acute Renal Dialysis Services
Anatomical Laboratory Services
Anesthesia Services
Audiology Services
Blood Bank Services
CT Scanner Services
Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory Services
Chemotherapy Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Dedicated Emergency Department Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary Services
Emergency Services
Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripter Services
ICU - Cardiac (Non-Surgical)Services
ICU - Medical/Surgical Services
ICU - 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
Pediatric Services
Pharmacy Services
Physical Therapy Services
Positron Emission Tomography (Pet) Scan Services
Postoperative Recovery Room Services
Reconstructive Surgery Services
Respiratory Care Services
Social Services
Speech Pathology Services
Therapeutic Radiology Services

Employment Full-Time Equivalent

Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 54.00
Registered Professional Nurses : 257.00
Other Salaried Personnel : 570.00
Dieticians : 4.00
Occupational Therapists : 1.00
Physical Therapists : 4.00
Registered Pharmacists : 12.00
Respiratory Therapists : 15.00
Speech Pathologists Or Audiologists : 1.00
Physicians : 1.00
Medical Social Workers : 4.00
Medical Laboratory Technologists : 14.00
Nuclear Medicine Technicians : 1.00
Diagnostic Radiology Technicians : 35.00

Number Of Beds

Total: 276
Total Certified: 276

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Foreign Object Retained After Surgery

This Hospital:	1.005%
State:	0.092%

Falls And Trauma

Here:	0.350%
State:	0.635%

Vascular Catheter-Associated Infection

Here:	0.175%
Georgia:	0.368%

Use of Medical Imaging

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

Here:	26.200%
State:	31.798%

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

Here:	9.100%
State:	8.697%

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

This Hospital:	0.457%
Georgia:	0.178%

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

Here:	0.220%
State:	0.069%

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival

Here:	100.0%
Georgia:	98.1%

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge

This Hospital:	100.0%
Georgia:	98.3%

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

This Hospital:	95.0%
State:	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%

Percent of Patients Given PCI Within 90 Minutes Of Arrival

This Hospital:	98.0%
State:	87.4%

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

This Hospital:	6
Georgia:	12

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

Here:	115
Georgia:	82

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

Here:	100.0%
Georgia:	95.2%

Heart Failure

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

This Hospital:	100.0%
Georgia:	97.5%

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

Here:	96.0%
State:	93.4%

Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions

Here:	87.0%
State:	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:	99.0%
Georgia:	94.9%

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

Here:	98.0%
State:	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:	94.0%
State:	91.6%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination

Here:	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

This Hospital:	99.0%
Georgia:	96.5%

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

Here:	95.0%
State:	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:	95.0%
Georgia:	90.1%

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

Here:	97.0%
Georgia:	93.0%

Percent of all Heart Surgery Patients whose blood sugar is kept under good control in the days right after surgery

This Hospital:	91.0%
Georgia:	92.3%

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

Here:	100.0%
Georgia:	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:	97.0%
Georgia:	91.2%

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

Here:	95.0%
State:	93.8%

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

Here:	97.0%
Georgia:	94.2%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack

Here:	18.4%
Georgia:	16.0%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure

Here:	13.9%
Georgia:	11.3%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia

Here:	13.5%
State:	12.1%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Attack

This Hospital:	18.3%
Georgia:	19.5%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure

Here:	24.5%
Georgia:	23.9%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia

This Hospital:	17.2%
Georgia:	18.3%

Average Medicare Payment

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w/o CC/MCC: $5,154

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w MCC: $11,500

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w CC: $7,238

Heart failure and shock w/o CC/MCC: $4,279

Heart failure and shock w MCC: $8,653

Heart failure and shock w CC: $5,967

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w/o CC/MCC: $4,299

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w MCC: $7,722

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w CC: $5,782

Simple pneumonia and pleurisy w MCC: $8,491

Diabetes w MCC: $8,058

Chest Pain: $3,149

Cardiac valve and oth maj cardiothoracic proc w/o card cath w/o CC/MCC: $24,668

Cardiac valve and oth maj cardiothoracic proc w/o card cath w MCC: $44,677

Cardiac valve and oth maj cardiothoracic proc w/o card cath w CC: $29,365

Major cardiovasc procedures w MCC or thoracic aortic aneurysm repair: $20,917

Cardiac defibrillator implant w/o cardiac cath w/o MCC: $49,153

Cardiac defibrillator implant w/o cardiac cath w MCC: $37,535

Cardiac defib implant w cardiac cath w/o AMI/HF/shock w/o MCC: $32,840

Cardiac defib implant w cardiac cath w/o AMI/HF/shock w MCC: $44,227

Extracranial procedures w/o CC/MCC: $5,929

Extracranial procedures w CC: $9,201

Coronary bypass w/o cardiac cath w/o MCC: $19,999

Coronary bypass w/o cardiac cath w MCC: $29,882

Permanent cardiac pacemaker implant w/o CC/MCC: $11,888

Permanent cardiac pacemaker implant w CC: $15,342

Perc cardiovasc proc w drug-eluting stent w/o MCC: $11,336

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w/o CC/MCC: $6,676

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w MCC: $14,677

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w CC: $9,783

Cholecystectomy except by laparoscope w/o c.d.e. w MCC: $19,965

Hernia procedures except inguinal and femoral w/o CC/MCC: $5,366

Hernia procedures except inguinal and femoral w MCC: $14,733

Hernia procedures except inguinal and femoral w CC: $8,309

Major small and large bowel procedures w/o CC/MCC: $9,615

Major small and large bowel procedures w CC: $15,165

Major small and large bowel procedures w MCC: $30,620

Stomach, esophageal duodenal proc w/o CC/MCC: $8,611

Cervical spinal fusion w/o CC/MCC: $10,645

Cervical spinal fusion w CC: $14,507

Spinal fusion except cervical w/o MCC: $10,436

Spinal fusion except cervical w MCC: $21,803

Back and neck proc exc spinal fusion w/o CC/MCC: $5,561

Back and neck proc exc spinal fusion w CC/MCC or disc device/neurostim: $10,195

Major shoulder or elbow joint procedures w/o CC/MCC: $6,197

Major shoulder or elbow joint procedures w CC/MCC: $12,641

Major joint replacement or reattachment of lower extremity w/o MCC: $11,899

Major joint replacement or reattachment of lower extremity w MCC: $17,657

Revision of hip or knee replacement w/o CC/MCC: $9,802

Revision of hip or knee replacement w CC: $11,345

Biopsies of musculoskeletal system and connective tissue w/o CC/MCC: $8,199

Biopsies of musculoskeletal system and connective tissue w MCC: $18,333

Biopsies of musculoskeletal system and connective tissue w CC: $12,580

Other musculoskelet sys and conn tiss O.R. proc w MCC: $1,024

Kidney and ureter procedures for neoplasm w/o CC/MCC: $7,656

Kidney and ureter procedures for neoplasm w MCC: $18,232

Kidney and ureter procedures for neoplasm w CC: $10,359

Revision of hip or knee replacement w MCC: $27,806

Transurethral procedures w MCC: $13,210

Other kidney and urinary tract procedures w/o CC/MCC: $7,758

Other kidney and urinary tract procedures w MCC: $16,419

Other kidney and urinary tract procedures w CC: $12,680

Transurethral prostatectomy w/o CC/MCC: $3,732

Transurethral prostatectomy w CC/MCC: $6,599

Female reproductive system reconstructive procedures: $4,794

Uterine and adnexa proc for non-malignancy w/o CC/MCC: $5,000

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys: 300 or more
Survey Response Rate: 21%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

Here:	4%
State:	6%

Usually

Here:	13%
State:	18%

Always

Here:	83%
Georgia:	76%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	4%
State:	4%

Usually

Here:	14%
State:	14%

Always

This Hospital:	82%
State:	82%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	8%
Georgia:	13%

Usually

This Hospital:	20%
State:	24%

Always

This Hospital:	72%
State:	63%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never

Here:	4%
State:	8%

Usually

This Hospital:	19%
State:	22%

Always

Here:	77%
Georgia:	70%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	19%
State:	23%

Usually

This Hospital:	18%
State:	17%

Always

Here:	63%
State:	60%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	7%
Georgia:	10%

Usually

This Hospital:	19%
Georgia:	20%

Always

This Hospital:	74%
State:	70%

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

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	9%
Georgia:	9%

Usually

This Hospital:	27%
State:	27%

Always

Here:	64%
State:	64%

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

Yes

Here:	81%
Georgia:	80%

This Hospital:	19%
Georgia:	20%

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

6 or lower

This Hospital:	7%
State:	9%

7 or 8

Here:	23%
Georgia:	24%

9 or 10

This Hospital:	70%
State:	67%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

Here:	3%
State:	6%

Yes, probably

This Hospital:	27%
Georgia:	25%

Yes, definitely

This Hospital:	70%
Georgia:	69%

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