HARDIN MEDICAL CENTER - SAVANNAH, TN

Submitted by:Lisa Churchwell, Marketing Director
Please change the main number of our facility to 731.926.8000. The number you have down is incorrect.
Thank you, Lisa Churchwell, Hardin Medical Center.
Submitted by:Cindy Clayton, Administrative Secretary
Please change the main number on your website for Hardin Medical Center to 731-926-8000. 731-926-8121 is a direct line into Administration. We are getting a number of calls into this line that should have been routed through the main line.

Thank you for your prompt attention.

Institution representatives - add corrected or new information about HARDIN MEDICAL CENTER »

Addresss:
935 WAYNE ROAD
SAVANNAH, TN, 38372
Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (731) 926-8121

Hospital Type: Acute Care Hospitals
Hospital Owner: Government - Local
Emergency Services: Yes
Type: Swing Bed Hospitals

Other nearby nursing homes

Employment Full-Time Equivalent
Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 24.36
Registered Professional Nurses : 18.84
Other Salaried Personnel : 120.00
Dieticians : 1.00
Occupational Therapists : 1.00
Physical Therapists : 2.00
Registered Pharmacists : 2.60
Respiratory Therapists : 1.80
Medical Social Workers : 1.00

Number Of Beds
Total: 58
Total Certified: 58

Provided Services
Nuclear Medicine Services
Anesthesia Services
Blood Bank Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary Services
Emergency Services
Home Health Services
ICU - Medical/Surgical Services
Inpatient Rehabilitiation (Not Carf Accredited) Services
Inpatient Surgical Services
Long Term Care (Swing-Beds) Services
Neonatal Nursery 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

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys:: 300 or more
Survey Response Rate: 32%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

4%
State:

5%
Usually
Here:

14%
Tennessee:

16%
Always
Here:

82%
Tennessee:

79%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

3%
Tennessee:

4%
Usually
Here:

10%
Tennessee:

13%
Always
This Hospital:

87%
State:

83%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

6%
State:

10%
Usually
This Hospital:

23%
State:

23%
Always
This Hospital:

71%
Tennessee:

67%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never
Here:

7%
Tennessee:

7%
Usually
Here:

23%
Tennessee:

22%
Always
Here:

70%
Tennessee:

71%

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

Sometimes or never
Here:

19%
Tennessee:

21%
Usually
This Hospital:

19%
State:

16%
Always
Here:

62%
Tennessee:

63%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

7%
State:

10%
Usually
Here:

18%
Tennessee:

18%
Always
Here:

75%
Tennessee:

72%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

5%
State:

8%
Usually
This Hospital:

25%
Tennessee:

26%
Always
Here:

70%
State:

66%

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

Yes
This Hospital:

86%
State:

82%
No
Here:

14%
State:

18%

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

6 or lower
This Hospital:

8%
Tennessee:

9%
7 or 8
This Hospital:

22%
Tennessee:

23%
9 or 10
This Hospital:

70%
Tennessee:

68%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

No
This Hospital:

5%
Tennessee:

6%
Yes, probably
Here:

28%
State:

25%
Yes, definitely
Here:

67%
Tennessee:

69%

Process of Care

Heart Attack

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

8
Tennessee:

6
Outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack who got aspirin within 24 hours of arrival
This Hospital:

97.0%
Tennessee:

96.4%
Outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack who got drugs to break up blood clots within 30 minutes of arrival
This Hospital:

80
Tennessee:

68
Median Time to Fibrinolysis
This Hospital:

24
Tennessee:

27

Heart Failure

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

94.0%
Tennessee:

98.6%
Percent of Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)
This Hospital:

94.0%
State:

96.4%
Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions
This Hospital:

96.0%
State:

91.6%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
Here:

100.0%
State:

99.4%

Pneumonia

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

98.0%
State:

96.9%
Percent of Patients Whose Initial ER Blood Culture Was Performed Prior To Administration Of First Dose Of Antibiotics
Here:

95.0%
State:

97.4%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
Here:

100.0%
Tennessee:

99.0%
Percent of Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s)
This Hospital:

87.0%
State:

95.2%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination
This Hospital:

97.0%
Tennessee:

95.4%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination
This Hospital:

99.0%
Tennessee:

97.2%

Surgery

Percent of Surgery Patients given an antibiotic at the right time (within one hour before surgery) to help prevent infection
This Hospital:

95.0%
Tennessee:

98.5%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose preventive antibiotics were stopped at the right time (within 24 hours after surgery)
This Hospital:

95.0%
Tennessee:

96.4%
Percent of Surgery Patients who were given the right kind of antibiotic to help prevent infection
This Hospital:

98.0%
State:

98.3%
Percent of Surgery Patients who got treatment at right time (within 24 hours before or after surgery) to help prevent blood clot
This Hospital:

86.0%
Tennessee:

96.6%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose doctors ordered treatments to prevent blood clots after certain types of surgeries
This Hospital:

90.0%
State:

97.6%
Percent of Surgery Patients needing hair removed from the surgical area before surgery who had hair removed using a safer method
Here:

100.0%
Tennessee:

99.9%
Percent of Surgery Patients whose urinary catheters were removed on the first or second day after surgery
This Hospital:

90.0%
Tennessee:

92.9%
Surgery patients who were taking heart drugs called beta blockers before coming to the hospital, who were kept on them
Here:

93.0%
Tennessee:

96.1%
Outpatients having surgery who got an antibiotic at the right time - within one hour before surgery (higher numbers are better)
This Hospital:

92.0%
Tennessee:

97.0%
Outpatients having surgery who got the right kind of antibiotic (higher numbers are better)
This Hospital:

65.0%
State:

96.3%
Patients having surgery who were actively warmed in the operating room or whose body temperature was near normal
Here:

100.0%
Tennessee:

99.8%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure
This Hospital:

11.4%
State:

11.7%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia
Here:

15.9%
Tennessee:

12.4%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure
Here:

24.3%
Tennessee:

25.0%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia
This Hospital:

18.4%
Tennessee:

19.3%

Use of Medical Imaging

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

41.400%
Tennessee:

34.494%
Outpatients who had a follow-up mammogram or ultrasound within 45 days after a screening mammogram.
This Hospital:

10.800%
Tennessee:

8.346%
Outpatient CT scans of the abdomen that were combination (double) scans.
Here:

0.022%
State:

0.170%
Outpatient CT scans of the chest that were combination (double) scans.
Here:

0.012%
Tennessee:

0.080%
Outpatients who got cardiac imaging stress tests before low-risk outpatient surgery
Here:

1.400%
Tennessee:

4.940%

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Falls and injuries
Here:

1.394%
State:

0.749%
Infection from a Urinary Catheter
Here:

1.394%
State:

0.667%

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

Cellulitis without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$10,786
State:

$16,279
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,057
State:

$5,032
Number of discharges: 13
This Hospital:

3.54%
Tennessee:

1.82%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$10,561
State:

$19,593
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$7,044
State:

$5,660
Number of discharges: 11
Here:

3.00%
State:

2.47%
Esophagitis, Gastroent and Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$12,706
Tennessee:

$16,359
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,116
State:

$4,325
Number of discharges: 31
Here:

8.45%
State:

3.25%
G.I. Hemorrhage with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$13,021
Tennessee:

$20,711
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,044
Tennessee:

$6,053
Number of discharges: 13
Here:

3.54%
Tennessee:

1.86%
Heart Failure and Shock with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$15,843
Tennessee:

$19,150
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,199
Tennessee:

$6,090
Number of discharges: 29
This Hospital:

7.90%
Tennessee:

3.17%
Heart Failure and Shock with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$15,549
Tennessee:

$29,962
Average Total Payments
Here:

$9,993
State:

$8,869
Number of discharges: 19
This Hospital:

5.18%
State:

2.69%
Heart Failure and Shock without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$9,246
State:

$14,398
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,833
Tennessee:

$4,108
Number of discharges: 13
Here:

3.54%
State:

1.28%
Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$10,692
State:

$15,485
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,621
Tennessee:

$4,583
Number of discharges: 25
This Hospital:

6.81%
State:

3.34%
Misc Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids or Electrolytes without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$8,951
Tennessee:

$14,272
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,953
State:

$4,148
Number of discharges: 29
Here:

7.90%
State:

2.15%
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$15,488
Tennessee:

$38,065
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$12,708
State:

$11,398
Number of discharges: 46
This Hospital:

12.53%
State:

4.50%
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$13,750
State:

$21,763
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$8,017
State:

$6,717
Number of discharges: 22
Here:

5.99%
State:

1.42%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$14,127
Tennessee:

$20,741
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,229
Tennessee:

$5,942
Number of discharges: 63
Here:

17.17%
State:

3.38%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$17,761
State:

$30,931
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$10,300
Tennessee:

$8,698
Number of discharges: 23
Here:

6.27%
State:

2.30%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$10,785
Tennessee:

$15,203
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,040
State:

$4,222
Number of discharges: 30
Here:

8.17%
State:

1.35%

User Contributions:

Comment about this article, ask questions, or add new information about this topic: