NORTH GEORGIA MEDICAL CENTER (ELLIJAY, GA) Detailed Hospital Profile

Use of Medical Imaging

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

This Hospital:	8.600%
State:	8.789%

Outpatient CT scans of the abdomen that were combination (double) scans.

Here:	0.216%
State:	0.125%

Outpatient CT scans of the chest that were combination (double) scans.

This Hospital:	0.264%
Georgia:	0.053%

Outpatients who got cardiac imaging stress tests before low-risk outpatient surgery

Here:	6.100%
State:	5.752%

Quality Measures

Percent of long-stay residents whose need for help with daily activities has increased

Here:	40.8%
Georgia:	15.5%

Percent of long-stay residents who self-report moderate to severe pain

Here:	16.3%
State:	12.0%

Percent of long-stay high-risk residents with pressure ulcers

Here:	7.4%
Georgia:	7.3%

Percent of long-stay residents who lose too much weight

Here:	14.0%
Georgia:	8.1%

Percent of long-stay residents who have had a catheter inserted and left in their bladder

This Hospital:	2.8%
Georgia:	2.7%

Percent of long-stay residents with a urinary tract infection

Here:	8.6%
Georgia:	7.6%

Percent of long-stay residents who have depressive symptoms

Here:	28.6%
State:	10.7%

Percent of long-stay residents who were physically restrained

This Hospital:	5.2%
State:	1.6%

Percent of long-stay residents experiencing one or more falls with major injury

Here:	12.5%
State:	3.6%

Percent of long-stay residents assessed and given, appropriately, the seasonal influenza vaccine

This Hospital:	4.2%
Georgia:	96.0%

Percent of long-stay residents assessed and given, appropriately, the pneumococcal vaccine

This Hospital:	19.8%
Georgia:	95.5%

Percent of short-stay residents assessed and given, appropriately, the seasonal influenza vaccine

Here:	10.0%
State:	87.1%

Percent of short-stay residents assessed and given, appropriately, the pneumococcal vaccine

Here:	30.0%
Georgia:	84.7%

Percent of long-stay residents who received an antipsychotic medication

Here:	51.1%
Georgia:	28.2%

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys:: Between 100 and 299
Survey Response Rate: 25%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	8%
State:	5%

Usually

This Hospital:	19%
Georgia:	18%

Always

Here:	73%
Georgia:	77%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

Here:	7%
State:	4%

Usually

This Hospital:	18%
State:	13%

Always

Here:	75%
Georgia:	83%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	8%
Georgia:	12%

Usually

This Hospital:	21%
State:	24%

Always

This Hospital:	71%
Georgia:	64%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	10%
State:	7%

Usually

This Hospital:	22%
State:	22%

Always

This Hospital:	68%
Georgia:	71%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	35%
State:	21%

Usually

Here:	13%
State:	17%

Always

This Hospital:	52%
State:	62%

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

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	18%
Georgia:	10%

Usually

Here:	22%
Georgia:	19%

Always

Here:	60%
State:	71%

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

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	8%
State:	8%

Usually

Here:	26%
State:	27%

Always

This Hospital:	66%
Georgia:	65%

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

Yes

This Hospital:	75%
Georgia:	81%

This Hospital:	25%
Georgia:	19%

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

6 or lower

This Hospital:	16%
Georgia:	9%

7 or 8

Here:	30%
State:	22%

9 or 10

This Hospital:	54%
State:	69%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

This Hospital:	15%
State:	6%

Yes, probably

Here:	33%
State:	25%

Yes, definitely

This Hospital:	52%
State:	69%

Complaint Deficiency

Walls or barriers that prevent smoke from passing through and would resist fire for at least one hour
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Properly maintained smoke detectors
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Properly installed electrical wiring and equipment
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Keep each resident's personal and medical records private and confidential
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Make sure that each resident who enters the nursing home without a catheter is not given a catheter, and receive proper services to prevent urinary tract infections and restore normal bladder function
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Have a program that investigates, controls and keeps infection from spreading
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Walls or barriers that prevent smoke from passing through and would resist fire for at least one hour
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
An approved automatic sprinkler system connected to the fire alarm system
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Exits that are free from obstructions and can be used at all times
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Few
Properly care for residents needing special services, including: injections, colostomy, ureostomy, ileostomy, tracheostomy care, tracheal suctioning, respiratory care, foot care, and prostheses
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some
Have a program that investigates, controls and keeps infection from spreading
- Harm: Minimal harm or potential for actual harm
- Scope: Some

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

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$13,954
Georgia:	$20,363

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$5,794
State:	$6,113

Number of discharges: 15

This Hospital:	11.72%
Georgia:	2.30%

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$20,037
Georgia:	$25,040

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$7,728
Georgia:	$7,413

Number of discharges: 15

This Hospital:	11.72%
State:	2.25%

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease without Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$13,333
State:	$15,346

Average Total Payments

Here:	$4,740
Georgia:	$4,587

Number of discharges: 15

Here:	11.72%
State:	1.80%

Heart Failure and Shock with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$13,724
Georgia:	$19,560

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$6,434
Georgia:	$6,481

Number of discharges: 18

This Hospital:	14.06%
Georgia:	3.50%

Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$12,501
Georgia:	$16,440

Average Total Payments

This Hospital:	$5,118
State:	$4,869

Number of discharges: 28

Here:	21.88%
State:	3.08%

Misc Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids or Electrolytes without Major Complications

Average Covered Charges

This Hospital:	$9,837
Georgia:	$14,725

Average Total Payments

Here:	$4,514
State:	$4,421

Number of discharges: 17

Here:	13.28%
Georgia:	2.20%

Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Complications

Average Covered Charges

Here:	$16,722
Georgia:	$22,144

Average Total Payments

Here:	$6,613
State:	$6,410

Number of discharges: 20

Here:	15.63%
Georgia:	2.75%

Process of Care

Heart Attack

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

Here:	667
State:	33

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

This Hospital:	94.0%
Georgia:	95.8%

Heart Failure

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

Here:	100.0%
Georgia:	99.2%

Percent of Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)

Here:	83.0%
Georgia:	95.8%

Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions

Here:	100.0%
Georgia:	89.3%

Pneumonia

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

This Hospital:	79.0%
Georgia:	96.3%

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

Here:	82.0%
Georgia:	97.0%

Percent of Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s)

This Hospital:	63.0%
State:	94.9%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination

Here:	95.0%
State:	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:	95.0%
State:	98.2%

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

This Hospital:	100.0%
Georgia:	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:	67.0%
Georgia:	96.5%

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

This Hospital:	70.0%
Georgia:	97.4%

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

Here:	100.0%
State:	99.6%

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

Here:	96.0%
State:	93.5%

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

This Hospital:	60.0%
Georgia:	95.9%

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

Here:	91.0%
State:	99.3%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure

Here:	12.1%
State:	11.6%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia

This Hospital:	15.1%
State:	12.6%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure

This Hospital:	26.9%
Georgia:	24.1%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia

Here:	18.4%
State:	18.5%

NORTH GEORGIA MEDICAL CENTER - ELLIJAY, GA

Use of Medical Imaging

Quality Measures

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Complaint Deficiency

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

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Heart Failure

Pneumonia

Surgery

Outcome of Care

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