CHARLTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL - FOLKSTON, GA

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Addresss:
2449 THIRD STREET
FOLKSTON, GA, 31537
Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (912) 496-2531

Hospital Type: Critical Access Hospitals
Hospital Owner: Government - Hospital District or Authority
Emergency Services: Yes

Employment Full-Time Equivalent
Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 4.00
Registered Professional Nurses : 12.00
Other Salaried Personnel : 61.00
Physical Therapists : 2.00
Respiratory Therapists : 6.00
Medical Social Workers : 1.00
Medical Laboratory Technologists : 14.00
Nuclear Medicine Technicians : 1.00
Diagnostic Radiology Technicians : 7.00

Number Of Beds
Total: 25
Total Certified: 25

Provided Services
Nuclear Medicine Services
Ambulance (Owned) Services
Anatomical Laboratory Services
Anesthesia Services
Blood Bank Services
CT Scanner Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Dedicated Emergency Department Services
Dental Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Emergency Services
Inpatient Surgical Services
Long Term Care (Swing-Beds) Services
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Mri) Services
Occupational Therapy Services
Operating Room Services
Organ Transplant Services
Outpatient Services
Outpatient Surgery Unit Services
Pediatric Services
Pharmacy Services
Physical Therapy Services
Postoperative Recovery Room Services
Respiratory Care Services
Social Services
Speech Pathology Services

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys:: Fewer than 100
Survey Response Rate: 26%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

3%
State:

5%
Usually
Here:

11%
Georgia:

18%
Always
This Hospital:

86%
Georgia:

77%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

1%
Georgia:

4%
Usually
This Hospital:

5%
Georgia:

13%
Always
This Hospital:

94%
Georgia:

83%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never
Here:

14%
State:

12%
Usually
This Hospital:

18%
Georgia:

24%
Always
Here:

68%
State:

64%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

11%
Georgia:

7%
Usually
This Hospital:

7%
Georgia:

22%
Always
Here:

82%
Georgia:

71%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

15%
State:

21%
Usually
This Hospital:

7%
State:

17%
Always
This Hospital:

78%
State:

62%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

10%
Georgia:

10%
Usually
Here:

21%
Georgia:

19%
Always
Here:

69%
Georgia:

71%

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

Sometimes or never
Here:

11%
State:

8%
Usually
This Hospital:

23%
State:

27%
Always
Here:

66%
Georgia:

65%

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

Yes
This Hospital:

79%
Georgia:

81%
No
Here:

21%
Georgia:

19%

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

6 or lower
Here:

4%
State:

9%
7 or 8
Here:

19%
Georgia:

22%
9 or 10
This Hospital:

77%
State:

69%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

No
Here:

3%
Georgia:

6%
Yes, probably
Here:

30%
Georgia:

25%
Yes, definitely
This Hospital:

67%
Georgia:

69%

Use of Medical Imaging

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

14.600%
Georgia:

8.789%
Outpatient CT scans of the abdomen that were combination (double) scans.
This Hospital:

0.036%
Georgia:

0.125%
Outpatient CT scans of the chest that were combination (double) scans.
Here:

0.009%
State:

0.053%

Process of Care

Pneumonia

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

71.0%
Georgia:

97.0%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination
Here:

18.0%
Georgia:

94.4%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination
This Hospital:

20.0%
Georgia:

96.2%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia
Here:

11.3%
State:

12.6%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia
Here:

17.6%
Georgia:

18.5%

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