GORDON HOSPITAL - CALHOUN, GA

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Addresss:
1035 RED BUD ROAD
CALHOUN, GA, 30701
Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (706) 629-2895

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

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Employment Full-Time Equivalent
Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 11.40
Registered Professional Nurses : 81.00
Other Salaried Personnel : 202.00
Dieticians : 1.00
Occupational Therapists : 0.60
Physical Therapists : 1.00
Registered Pharmacists : 2.00
Respiratory Therapists : 7.50
Speech Pathologists Or Audiologists : 0.20
Physicians : 12.00
Medical Social Workers : 1.00
Physician Assistants : 1.00

Number Of Beds
Total: 69
Total Certified: 69

Provided Services
Nuclear Medicine Services
Anesthesia Services
Blood Bank Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary Services
Emergency Services
Home Health Services
ICU - Cardiac (Non-Surgical)Services
ICU - Medical/Surgical Services
Inpatient Surgical Services
Obstetric Services
Occupational Therapy Services
Operating Room 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

Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) - Medicare Provider Charge Data

Acute Myocardial Infarction, Discharged Alive with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$32,296
State:

$27,030
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,930
State:

$7,422
Number of discharges: 18
This Hospital:

1.36%
State:

0.58%
Acute Myocardial Infarction, Discharged Alive with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$40,807
State:

$40,855
Average Total Payments
Here:

$10,182
State:

$11,736
Number of discharges: 27
This Hospital:

2.03%
State:

0.79%
Acute Myocardial Infarction, Discharged Alive without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$20,337
Georgia:

$20,765
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,208
Georgia:

$5,039
Number of discharges: 14
Here:

1.06%
State:

0.30%
Atherosclerosis without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$15,707
Georgia:

$13,855
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$3,545
Georgia:

$3,817
Number of discharges: 38
Here:

2.86%
Georgia:

0.34%
Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$18,040
State:

$18,066
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,045
Georgia:

$5,393
Number of discharges: 30
Here:

2.26%
Georgia:

1.36%
Cardiac Arrhythmia and Conduction Disorders without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$15,908
State:

$12,553
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,455
Georgia:

$3,631
Number of discharges: 22
Here:

1.66%
Georgia:

1.39%
Cellulitis without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$19,656
State:

$17,342
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$7,752
Georgia:

$5,372
Number of discharges: 26
This Hospital:

1.96%
Georgia:

1.61%
Chest Pain
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$15,068
Georgia:

$15,911
Average Total Payments
Here:

$3,345
State:

$3,607
Number of discharges: 21
This Hospital:

1.58%
Georgia:

1.74%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$20,910
Georgia:

$20,363
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,789
Georgia:

$6,113
Number of discharges: 31
This Hospital:

2.34%
State:

2.30%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$23,707
State:

$25,040
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$8,358
Georgia:

$7,413
Number of discharges: 49
This Hospital:

3.69%
Georgia:

2.25%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$18,150
State:

$15,346
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,662
Georgia:

$4,587
Number of discharges: 22
This Hospital:

1.66%
Georgia:

1.80%
Circulatory Disorders Except Acute Myocardial Infarction, with Card Cath with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$42,657
State:

$42,555
Average Total Payments
Here:

$11,347
State:

$12,927
Number of discharges: 11
Here:

0.83%
State:

0.44%
Circulatory Disorders Except Acute Myocardial Infarction, with Card Cath without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$31,638
State:

$28,361
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$8,835
Georgia:

$7,030
Number of discharges: 61
Here:

4.60%
State:

2.03%
Diabetes with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$21,117
State:

$17,959
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,731
State:

$5,418
Number of discharges: 14
This Hospital:

1.06%
Georgia:

0.77%
Esophagitis, Gastroent and Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$22,210
Georgia:

$17,921
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,900
State:

$4,668
Number of discharges: 29
Here:

2.19%
State:

3.05%
G.I. Hemorrhage with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$21,230
State:

$22,011
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,537
Georgia:

$6,499
Number of discharges: 34
Here:

2.56%
State:

2.05%
G.I. Hemorrhage with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$51,830
State:

$39,029
Average Total Payments
Here:

$13,731
Georgia:

$11,652
Number of discharges: 11
This Hospital:

0.83%
State:

0.72%
G.I. Hemorrhage without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$17,850
Georgia:

$15,510
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,834
State:

$4,644
Number of discharges: 13
Here:

0.98%
Georgia:

0.45%
Heart Failure and Shock with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$18,950
State:

$19,560
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,043
Georgia:

$6,481
Number of discharges: 28
This Hospital:

2.11%
State:

3.50%
Heart Failure and Shock with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$35,073
State:

$31,202
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$8,692
State:

$9,507
Number of discharges: 50
This Hospital:

3.77%
State:

3.03%
Heart Failure and Shock without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$15,530
State:

$13,448
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,170
State:

$4,372
Number of discharges: 11
This Hospital:

0.83%
Georgia:

1.23%
Hip and Femur Procedures Except Major Joint with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$46,767
Georgia:

$43,346
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$11,444
State:

$11,587
Number of discharges: 15
Here:

1.13%
State:

1.11%
Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$24,108
State:

$25,991
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,799
State:

$7,265
Number of discharges: 24
Here:

1.81%
State:

1.73%
Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$25,397
Georgia:

$25,510
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$7,075
Georgia:

$7,498
Number of discharges: 21
Here:

1.58%
State:

1.02%
Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$16,085
Georgia:

$16,440
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,922
State:

$4,869
Number of discharges: 32
Here:

2.41%
Georgia:

3.08%
Major Joint Replacement or Reattachment of Lower Extremity without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$56,879
Georgia:

$46,857
Average Total Payments
Here:

$14,865
Georgia:

$13,303
Number of discharges: 50
This Hospital:

3.77%
Georgia:

5.88%
Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$55,410
Georgia:

$55,876
Average Total Payments
Here:

$15,227
State:

$16,527
Number of discharges: 11
This Hospital:

0.83%
Georgia:

0.75%
Misc Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids or Electrolytes without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$18,182
Georgia:

$14,725
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,492
State:

$4,421
Number of discharges: 26
Here:

1.96%
Georgia:

2.20%
Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$24,122
State:

$37,446
Average Total Payments
Here:

$10,670
Georgia:

$12,430
Number of discharges: 12
This Hospital:

0.90%
Georgia:

0.92%
Poisoning and Toxic Effects of Drugs with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$27,894
Georgia:

$34,255
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$7,951
State:

$9,891
Number of discharges: 13
This Hospital:

0.98%
State:

0.27%
Poisoning and Toxic Effects of Drugs without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$13,818
Georgia:

$14,511
Average Total Payments
Here:

$3,767
Georgia:

$4,235
Number of discharges: 12
Here:

0.90%
Georgia:

0.39%
Pulmonary Edema and Respiratory Failure
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$25,228
State:

$28,786
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$9,334
State:

$8,091
Number of discharges: 54
Here:

4.07%
Georgia:

1.99%
Red Blood Cell Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$20,061
Georgia:

$17,108
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,837
State:

$5,275
Number of discharges: 21
This Hospital:

1.58%
State:

1.49%
Renal Failure with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$18,485
Georgia:

$20,836
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,043
Georgia:

$6,507
Number of discharges: 75
Here:

5.65%
State:

2.62%
Renal Failure with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$32,666
State:

$32,753
Average Total Payments
Here:

$10,848
State:

$10,664
Number of discharges: 51
Here:

3.84%
State:

1.84%
Renal Failure without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$15,561
State:

$14,810
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,887
Georgia:

$4,436
Number of discharges: 12
Here:

0.90%
State:

0.29%
Respiratory Infections and Inflammations with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$45,868
State:

$42,932
Average Total Payments
Here:

$12,070
State:

$12,718
Number of discharges: 37
This Hospital:

2.79%
State:

0.92%
Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support <96 Hours
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$73,745
State:

$52,482
Average Total Payments
Here:

$13,764
State:

$14,739
Number of discharges: 11
Here:

0.83%
Georgia:

1.05%
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$47,325
Georgia:

$41,116
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$12,106
Georgia:

$12,225
Number of discharges: 113
This Hospital:

8.52%
State:

4.78%
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$24,863
Georgia:

$23,222
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,850
Georgia:

$7,264
Number of discharges: 28
Here:

2.11%
State:

1.59%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$23,255
Georgia:

$22,144
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$8,543
State:

$6,410
Number of discharges: 39
This Hospital:

2.94%
State:

2.75%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$45,846
Georgia:

$32,348
Average Total Payments
Here:

$9,094
Georgia:

$9,197
Number of discharges: 76
Here:

5.73%
State:

2.08%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$17,421
Georgia:

$16,155
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,813
State:

$4,495
Number of discharges: 17
Here:

1.28%
State:

1.11%
Transient Ischemia
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$20,797
State:

$19,753
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,447
State:

$4,796
Number of discharges: 17
Here:

1.28%
Georgia:

0.99%

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys:: 300 or more
Survey Response Rate: 27%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

4%
State:

5%
Usually
Here:

13%
Georgia:

18%
Always
This Hospital:

83%
State:

77%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
Here:

3%
Georgia:

4%
Usually
Here:

11%
State:

13%
Always
This Hospital:

86%
Georgia:

83%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never
Here:

8%
Georgia:

12%
Usually
Here:

23%
Georgia:

24%
Always
Here:

69%
State:

64%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never
Here:

5%
State:

7%
Usually
Here:

22%
State:

22%
Always
Here:

73%
State:

71%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

18%
State:

21%
Usually
This Hospital:

18%
Georgia:

17%
Always
Here:

64%
Georgia:

62%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

6%
Georgia:

10%
Usually
This Hospital:

15%
State:

19%
Always
This Hospital:

79%
Georgia:

71%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

7%
State:

8%
Usually
Here:

25%
Georgia:

27%
Always
This Hospital:

68%
State:

65%

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

Yes
This Hospital:

85%
State:

81%
No
Here:

15%
Georgia:

19%

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

6 or lower
This Hospital:

7%
Georgia:

9%
7 or 8
Here:

16%
Georgia:

22%
9 or 10
Here:

77%
Georgia:

69%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

No
Here:

4%
State:

6%
Yes, probably
Here:

21%
State:

25%
Yes, definitely
This Hospital:

75%
Georgia:

69%

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Falls and injuries
Here:

0.273%
Georgia:

0.689%
Infection from a Urinary Catheter
Here:

0.273%
Georgia:

0.605%

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival
This Hospital:

98.0%
State:

99.2%
Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

99.1%
Percent of Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge
Here:

100.0%
Georgia:

99.0%
Average number of minutes before outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack got an ECG
This Hospital:

4
Georgia:

33
Outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack who got aspirin within 24 hours of arrival
Here:

96.0%
Georgia:

95.8%
Patients Given a Prescription for a Statin at Discharge
This Hospital:

85.0%
Georgia:

97.9%

Heart Failure

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

99.0%
State:

99.2%
Percent of Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)
This Hospital:

91.0%
State:

95.8%
Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions
Here:

94.0%
State:

89.3%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

99.5%

Pneumonia

Percent of Patients Given Initial Antibiotic(s) within 6 Hours After Arrival
Here:

97.0%
State:

96.3%
Percent of Patients Whose Initial ER Blood Culture Was Performed Prior To Administration Of First Dose Of Antibiotics
This Hospital:

98.0%
Georgia:

97.0%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
Here:

100.0%
Georgia:

98.9%
Percent of Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s)
This Hospital:

96.0%
State:

94.9%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination
Here:

96.0%
Georgia:

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

98.0%
Georgia:

96.2%

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%
State:

98.2%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose preventive antibiotics were stopped at the right time (within 24 hours after surgery)
This Hospital:

93.0%
State:

96.5%
Percent of Surgery Patients who were given the right kind of antibiotic to help prevent infection
Here:

100.0%
Georgia:

98.4%
Percent of Surgery Patients who got treatment at right time (within 24 hours before or after surgery) to help prevent blood clot
Here:

96.0%
Georgia:

96.5%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose doctors ordered treatments to prevent blood clots after certain types of surgeries
Here:

98.0%
Georgia:

97.4%
Percent of Surgery Patients needing hair removed from the surgical area before surgery who had hair removed using a safer method
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

99.6%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose urinary catheters were removed on the first or second day after surgery
Here:

83.0%
Georgia:

93.5%
Surgery patients who were taking heart drugs called beta blockers before coming to the hospital, who were kept on them
This Hospital:

93.0%
State:

95.9%
Outpatients having surgery who got an antibiotic at the right time - within one hour before surgery (higher numbers are better)
This Hospital:

100.0%
Georgia:

96.6%
Outpatients having surgery who got the right kind of antibiotic (higher numbers are better)
This Hospital:

94.0%
Georgia:

97.0%
Patients having surgery who were actively warmed in the operating room or whose body temperature was near normal
This Hospital:

100.0%
Georgia:

99.3%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack
This Hospital:

14.1%
Georgia:

15.6%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure
This Hospital:

13.6%
Georgia:

11.6%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia
Here:

10.3%
Georgia:

12.6%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Attack
This Hospital:

20.1%
State:

18.8%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure
Here:

26.8%
State:

24.1%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia
Here:

19.9%
Georgia:

18.5%

Use of Medical Imaging

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

29.600%
State:

35.075%
Outpatients who had a follow-up mammogram or ultrasound within 45 days after a screening mammogram.
This Hospital:

16.100%
Georgia:

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

0.146%
State:

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

0.111%
State:

0.053%
Outpatients who got cardiac imaging stress tests before low-risk outpatient surgery
Here:

6.100%
Georgia:

5.752%

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