HUGHSTON HOSPITAL - COLUMBUS, GA

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Addresss:
100 FRIST COURT
COLUMBUS, GA, 31909
Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (706) 494-2100

Hospital Type: Acute Care Hospitals
Hospital Owner: Proprietary
Emergency Services: No
Type: Rehabilitation Units

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Employment Full-Time Equivalent
Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 19.00
Registered Professional Nurses : 124.00
Other Salaried Personnel : 203.50
Dieticians : 1.00
Registered Pharmacists : 2.50

Number Of Beds
Total: 100
Total Certified: 100
Rehabilitation Unit Beds: 25

Provided Services
Anatomical Laboratory Services
Anesthesia Services
Blood Bank Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary Services
ICU - Medical/Surgical Services
Inpatient Rehabilitiation (Not Carf Accredited) Services
Inpatient Surgical Services
Occupational Therapy Services
Operating Room Services
Outpatient Services
Pharmacy Services
Physical Therapy Services
Postoperative Recovery Room Services
Respiratory Care Services
Social Services
Therapeutic Radiology Services

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

Back and Neck Procedures Except Spinal Fusion without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$22,530
Georgia:

$28,193
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,486
Georgia:

$6,634
Number of discharges: 58
Here:

15.22%
State:

0.38%
Cervical Spinal Fusion without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$46,844
Georgia:

$47,208
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$11,996
Georgia:

$13,773
Number of discharges: 40
This Hospital:

10.50%
State:

0.64%
Major Joint Replacement or Reattachment of Lower Extremity without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$51,529
State:

$46,857
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$14,365
State:

$13,303
Number of discharges: 164
This Hospital:

43.04%
Georgia:

5.88%
Spinal Fusion Except Cervical without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$97,286
Georgia:

$87,780
Average Total Payments
Here:

$24,652
Georgia:

$26,304
Number of discharges: 119
Here:

31.23%
State:

1.23%

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Falls and injuries
This Hospital:

0.682%
State:

0.689%
Infection from a Urinary Catheter
Here:

0.682%
Georgia:

0.605%

Process of Care

Surgery

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

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:

98.0%
Georgia:

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

99.0%
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
This Hospital:

100.0%
Georgia:

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

100.0%
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:

99.0%
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:

99.0%
Georgia:

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%
State:

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

100.0%
State:

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

100.0%
State:

99.3%

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys:: 300 or more
Survey Response Rate: 50%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

2%
State:

5%
Usually
Here:

12%
State:

18%
Always
Here:

86%
State:

77%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
Here:

3%
Georgia:

4%
Usually
Here:

11%
State:

13%
Always
Here:

86%
State:

83%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

5%
State:

12%
Usually
Here:

17%
Georgia:

24%
Always
Here:

78%
State:

64%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never
Here:

5%
Georgia:

7%
Usually
This Hospital:

17%
State:

22%
Always
Here:

78%
Georgia:

71%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

16%
State:

21%
Usually
Here:

14%
State:

17%
Always
Here:

70%
State:

62%

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

Sometimes or never
Here:

5%
Georgia:

10%
Usually
Here:

13%
Georgia:

19%
Always
Here:

82%
State:

71%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

2%
Georgia:

8%
Usually
This Hospital:

14%
Georgia:

27%
Always
This Hospital:

84%
State:

65%

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

Yes
Here:

90%
State:

81%
No
Here:

10%
Georgia:

19%

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

6 or lower
This Hospital:

2%
Georgia:

9%
7 or 8
Here:

10%
State:

22%
9 or 10
This Hospital:

88%
State:

69%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

No
This Hospital:

1%
Georgia:

6%
Yes, probably
Here:

7%
State:

25%
Yes, definitely
Here:

92%
Georgia:

69%

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