ABBEVILLE AREA MEDICAL CENTER - ABBEVILLE, SC

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Addresss:
420 THOMSON CIRCLE
ABBEVILLE, SC, 29620
Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (864) 366-5011

Hospital Type: Critical Access Hospitals
Hospital Owner: Voluntary non-profit - Private
Emergency Services: Yes

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Employment Full-Time Equivalent
Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 4.75
Registered Professional Nurses : 54.00
Other Salaried Personnel : 103.00
Dieticians : 1.00
Physical Therapists : 4.50
Respiratory Therapists : 4.25
Speech Pathologists Or Audiologists : 1.00
Physicians : 3.00
Medical Social Workers : 1.00

Number Of Beds
Total: 25
Total Certified: 25

Provided Services
Nuclear Medicine Services
Acute Renal Dialysis Services
Anesthesia Services
Burn Care Unit Services
Certified Trauma Center Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary Services
Emergency Services
Home Health Services
Hospice Services
ICU - Medical/Surgical Services
Inpatient Surgical Services
Neonatal Nursery Services
Obstetric Services
Optometric Services
Organ Bank Services
Organ Transplant 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

Process of Care

Heart Attack

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

7
South Carolina:

7
Outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack who got aspirin within 24 hours of arrival
This Hospital:

88.0%
State:

97.4%

Heart Failure

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

91.0%
State:

99.4%
Percent of Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)
This Hospital:

92.0%
South Carolina:

97.2%
Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions
This Hospital:

80.0%
South Carolina:

92.5%

Pneumonia

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

95.0%
State:

97.6%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
This Hospital:

100.0%
South Carolina:

99.4%
Percent of Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s)
Here:

82.0%
State:

95.6%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

97.3%

Surgery

Percent of Surgery Patients who got treatment at right time (within 24 hours before or after surgery) to help prevent blood clot
This Hospital:

89.0%
South Carolina:

97.5%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose doctors ordered treatments to prevent blood clots after certain types of surgeries
This Hospital:

89.0%
South Carolina:

98.2%
Percent of Surgery Patients needing hair removed from the surgical area before surgery who had hair removed using a safer method
Here:

100.0%
South Carolina:

99.9%
Patients having surgery who were actively warmed in the operating room or whose body temperature was near normal
This Hospital:

100.0%
South Carolina:

99.8%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure
Here:

11.0%
State:

11.9%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia
Here:

11.3%
South Carolina:

12.7%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure
Here:

24.0%
South Carolina:

23.8%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia
This Hospital:

19.8%
South Carolina:

18.6%

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys:: Between 100 and 299
Survey Response Rate: 30%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
Here:

1%
South Carolina:

5%
Usually
This Hospital:

10%
State:

15%
Always
This Hospital:

89%
State:

80%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

1%
State:

4%
Usually
Here:

7%
State:

12%
Always
This Hospital:

92%
South Carolina:

84%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never
Here:

2%
South Carolina:

10%
Usually
This Hospital:

17%
State:

22%
Always
This Hospital:

81%
South Carolina:

68%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

4%
South Carolina:

7%
Usually
This Hospital:

16%
South Carolina:

21%
Always
Here:

80%
State:

72%

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

Sometimes or never
Here:

8%
South Carolina:

19%
Usually
This Hospital:

19%
State:

16%
Always
Here:

73%
South Carolina:

65%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

3%
State:

9%
Usually
Here:

7%
South Carolina:

19%
Always
This Hospital:

90%
State:

72%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

4%
State:

8%
Usually
This Hospital:

19%
South Carolina:

25%
Always
Here:

77%
South Carolina:

67%

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

Yes
Here:

93%
South Carolina:

85%
No
Here:

7%
South Carolina:

15%

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

6 or lower
Here:

4%
State:

8%
7 or 8
Here:

18%
South Carolina:

22%
9 or 10
This Hospital:

78%
South Carolina:

70%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

No
This Hospital:

3%
South Carolina:

5%
Yes, probably
This Hospital:

16%
South Carolina:

25%
Yes, definitely
This Hospital:

81%
South Carolina:

70%

Use of Medical Imaging

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

3.800%
South Carolina:

8.135%
Outpatient CT scans of the abdomen that were combination (double) scans.
Here:

0.455%
South Carolina:

0.132%
Outpatients who got cardiac imaging stress tests before low-risk outpatient surgery
Here:

3.500%
State:

5.834%

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