NORTHSIDE HOSPITAL - ATLANTA, GA

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Addresss:
1000 JOHNSON FERRY ROAD, NE
ATLANTA, GA, 30342
Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (404) 851-8000

Hospital Type: Acute Care Hospitals
Hospital Owner: Voluntary non-profit - Private
Emergency Services: Yes
Type: Psychiatric Units

Employment Full-Time Equivalent
Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 6.50
Registered Professional Nurses : 104.75
Other Salaried Personnel : 1186.00
Dieticians : 7.00
Occupational Therapists : 22.00
Physical Therapists : 14.25
Registered Pharmacists : 27.00
Respiratory Therapists : 37.75
Speech Pathologists Or Audiologists : 2.00
Medical Social Workers : 2.50

Number Of Beds
Total: 444
Total Certified: 444
Psychiatric Unit Beds: 25

Provided Services
Nuclear Medicine Services
Acute Renal Dialysis Services
Alcohol And/Or Drug Services
Anatomical Laboratory Services
Anesthesia Services
Blood Bank Services
Certified Trauma Center Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary Services
Emergency Services
Home Health Services
Hospice Services
ICU - Cardiac (Non-Surgical)Services
ICU - Medical/Surgical Services
Inpatient Rehabilitiation (Not Carf Accredited) Services
Inpatient Surgical 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
Psychiatric Services
Respiratory Care Services
Social Services
Speech Pathology Services
Therapeutic Radiology 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
Here:

4%
State:

5%
Usually
This Hospital:

18%
Georgia:

18%
Always
This Hospital:

78%
Georgia:

77%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

4%
State:

4%
Usually
Here:

16%
Georgia:

13%
Always
This Hospital:

80%
Georgia:

83%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

11%
Georgia:

12%
Usually
This Hospital:

26%
State:

24%
Always
This Hospital:

63%
Georgia:

64%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never
Here:

6%
State:

7%
Usually
Here:

21%
Georgia:

22%
Always
Here:

73%
Georgia:

71%

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

Sometimes or never
Here:

20%
State:

21%
Usually
This Hospital:

19%
Georgia:

17%
Always
This Hospital:

61%
Georgia:

62%

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

Sometimes or never
Here:

7%
Georgia:

10%
Usually
This Hospital:

20%
State:

19%
Always
This Hospital:

73%
State:

71%

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

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

9%
State:

8%
Usually
This Hospital:

28%
State:

27%
Always
This Hospital:

63%
State:

65%

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

Yes
Here:

83%
State:

81%
No
Here:

17%
Georgia:

19%

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

6 or lower
Here:

6%
State:

9%
7 or 8
This Hospital:

17%
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:

16%
Georgia:

25%
Yes, definitely
This Hospital:

81%
State:

69%

Use of Medical Imaging

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

28.100%
State:

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

10.500%
Georgia:

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

0.099%
State:

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

0.003%
State:

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

8.600%
State:

5.752%
Outpatients with brain CT scans who got a sinus CT scan at the same time
This Hospital:

1.900%
State:

1.998%

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Falls and injuries
This Hospital:

0.579%
State:

0.689%
Blood infection from a catheter in a large vein
This Hospital:

0.579%
State:

0.572%
Infection from a Urinary Catheter
Here:

0.193%
Georgia:

0.605%
Signs of Uncontrolled Blood Sugar
This Hospital:

0.386%
State:

0.292%

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival
This Hospital:

100.0%
State:

99.2%
Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge
Here:

100.0%
Georgia:

99.1%
Percent of Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)
Here:

100.0%
Georgia:

97.8%
Percent of Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge
Here:

100.0%
Georgia:

99.0%
Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling
Here:

100.0%
State:

99.8%
Percent of Patients Given PCI Within 90 Minutes Of Arrival
Here:

89.0%
State:

92.7%
Patients Given a Prescription for a Statin at Discharge
Here:

99.0%
Georgia:

97.9%

Heart Failure

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

100.0%
State:

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

98.0%
Georgia:

95.8%
Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions
This Hospital:

98.0%
Georgia:

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

100.0%
Georgia:

99.5%

Pneumonia

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

99.0%
Georgia:

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

99.0%
State:

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

100.0%
Georgia:

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

98.0%
Georgia:

94.9%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination
This Hospital:

98.0%
Georgia:

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

99.0%
State:

96.2%

Surgery

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

98.0%
State:

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

97.0%
State:

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

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:

98.0%
State:

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

99.0%
State:

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:

97.0%
Georgia:

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:

96.0%
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:

97.0%
State:

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

98.0%
State:

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

100.0%
State:

99.3%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack
Here:

16.6%
State:

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

13.3%
Georgia:

11.6%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia
Here:

11.0%
Georgia:

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

20.0%
Georgia:

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

23.6%
Georgia:

24.1%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia
This Hospital:

19.3%
Georgia:

18.5%

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

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

$27,306
Georgia:

$18,066
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,332
State:

$5,393
Number of discharges: 11
Here:

0.92%
Georgia:

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

$18,741
State:

$12,553
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$3,632
State:

$3,631
Number of discharges: 16
This Hospital:

1.34%
State:

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

$22,562
Georgia:

$17,342
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,141
State:

$5,372
Number of discharges: 25
Here:

2.09%
Georgia:

1.61%
Cervical Spinal Fusion without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$70,787
State:

$47,208
Average Total Payments
Here:

$13,341
Georgia:

$13,773
Number of discharges: 18
Here:

1.51%
Georgia:

0.64%
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$32,942
Georgia:

$20,363
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,901
Georgia:

$6,113
Number of discharges: 16
This Hospital:

1.34%
State:

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

$31,672
State:

$25,040
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$7,058
State:

$7,413
Number of discharges: 16
This Hospital:

1.34%
State:

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

$18,811
State:

$15,346
Average Total Payments
Here:

$3,948
State:

$4,587
Number of discharges: 11
Here:

0.92%
Georgia:

1.80%
Circulatory Disorders Except Acute Myocardial Infarction, with Card Cath without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$34,741
Georgia:

$28,361
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,849
State:

$7,030
Number of discharges: 16
Here:

1.34%
State:

2.03%
Esophagitis, Gastroent and Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$53,663
Georgia:

$27,355
Average Total Payments
Here:

$11,097
State:

$7,627
Number of discharges: 17
This Hospital:

1.42%
Georgia:

0.70%
Esophagitis, Gastroent and Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$34,437
Georgia:

$17,921
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,212
State:

$4,668
Number of discharges: 32
Here:

2.68%
State:

3.05%
Fractures of Hip and Pelvis without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$17,070
State:

$14,841
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,985
State:

$4,338
Number of discharges: 11
This Hospital:

0.92%
Georgia:

0.27%
G.I. Hemorrhage with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$28,479
State:

$22,011
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,019
State:

$6,499
Number of discharges: 17
Here:

1.42%
State:

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

$19,964
State:

$20,917
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,468
Georgia:

$5,983
Number of discharges: 14
Here:

1.17%
State:

0.56%
G.I. Obstruction without Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$18,391
State:

$14,753
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,371
State:

$4,083
Number of discharges: 13
This Hospital:

1.09%
Georgia:

0.41%
Heart Failure and Shock with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$34,048
State:

$19,560
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,741
Georgia:

$6,481
Number of discharges: 24
Here:

2.01%
State:

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

$43,732
State:

$31,202
Average Total Payments
Here:

$10,442
State:

$9,507
Number of discharges: 23
Here:

1.92%
State:

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

$19,091
Georgia:

$13,448
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,009
Georgia:

$4,372
Number of discharges: 11
Here:

0.92%
State:

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

$43,459
Georgia:

$43,346
Average Total Payments
Here:

$10,878
State:

$11,587
Number of discharges: 20
This Hospital:

1.67%
Georgia:

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

$28,934
State:

$25,991
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,226
State:

$7,265
Number of discharges: 23
This Hospital:

1.92%
State:

1.73%
Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$34,292
Georgia:

$42,912
Average Total Payments
Here:

$10,145
Georgia:

$12,604
Number of discharges: 15
Here:

1.25%
Georgia:

0.93%
Intracranial Hemorrhage or Cerebral Infarction without Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$29,290
Georgia:

$20,289
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,846
Georgia:

$5,383
Number of discharges: 14
Here:

1.17%
State:

0.79%
Kidney and Urinary Tract Infections with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$31,205
State:

$25,510
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,937
State:

$7,498
Number of discharges: 24
Here:

2.01%
State:

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

$21,116
State:

$16,440
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$4,429
Georgia:

$4,869
Number of discharges: 37
This Hospital:

3.09%
Georgia:

3.08%
Major Gastrointestinal Disorders and Peritoneal Infections with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$33,557
Georgia:

$27,148
Average Total Payments
Here:

$7,460
Georgia:

$7,980
Number of discharges: 17
This Hospital:

1.42%
Georgia:

0.29%
Major Joint Replacement or Reattachment of Lower Extremity with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$87,633
State:

$74,669
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$18,265
State:

$20,769
Number of discharges: 11
This Hospital:

0.92%
State:

0.27%
Major Joint Replacement or Reattachment of Lower Extremity without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$62,143
Georgia:

$46,857
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$14,124
State:

$13,303
Number of discharges: 191
This Hospital:

15.97%
Georgia:

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

$59,119
Georgia:

$55,876
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$16,752
State:

$16,527
Number of discharges: 29
This Hospital:

2.42%
State:

0.75%
Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$183,818
Georgia:

$122,673
Average Total Payments
Here:

$47,729
State:

$36,337
Number of discharges: 17
Here:

1.42%
State:

0.50%
Misc Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids or Electrolytes with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$30,585
State:

$22,776
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$6,549
Georgia:

$7,451
Number of discharges: 20
Here:

1.67%
State:

1.12%
Misc Disorders of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids or Electrolytes without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$19,957
Georgia:

$14,725
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,011
Georgia:

$4,421
Number of discharges: 40
Here:

3.34%
Georgia:

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

$60,693
Georgia:

$37,446
Average Total Payments
Here:

$12,533
Georgia:

$12,430
Number of discharges: 22
Here:

1.84%
State:

0.92%
Other Digestive System Diagnoses with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$40,736
State:

$22,431
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,456
State:

$6,503
Number of discharges: 12
Here:

1.00%
Georgia:

0.56%
Other Kidney and Urinary Tract Diagnoses with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$35,520
State:

$26,226
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,851
State:

$8,183
Number of discharges: 11
Here:

0.92%
Georgia:

0.24%
Other Vascular Procedures with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$64,790
State:

$64,856
Average Total Payments
Here:

$18,183
State:

$20,678
Number of discharges: 11
Here:

0.92%
State:

0.70%
Percutaneous Cardiovascular Procedures with Drug-Eluting Stent without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$71,843
Georgia:

$53,487
Average Total Payments
Here:

$17,568
Georgia:

$13,057
Number of discharges: 11
Here:

0.92%
State:

1.54%
Red Blood Cell Disorders with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$47,342
Georgia:

$28,741
Average Total Payments
Here:

$8,942
Georgia:

$9,127
Number of discharges: 17
This Hospital:

1.42%
Georgia:

0.37%
Red Blood Cell Disorders without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$34,986
State:

$17,108
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,083
Georgia:

$5,275
Number of discharges: 23
This Hospital:

1.92%
Georgia:

1.49%
Renal Failure with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$22,945
Georgia:

$20,836
Average Total Payments
Here:

$5,589
Georgia:

$6,507
Number of discharges: 26
This Hospital:

2.17%
Georgia:

2.62%
Renal Failure with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$34,212
State:

$32,753
Average Total Payments
Here:

$9,589
State:

$10,664
Number of discharges: 38
Here:

3.18%
Georgia:

1.84%
Respiratory Infections and Inflammations with Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$50,446
State:

$30,987
Average Total Payments
Here:

$11,246
State:

$9,086
Number of discharges: 16
Here:

1.34%
Georgia:

0.75%
Respiratory Infections and Inflammations with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$69,018
Georgia:

$42,932
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$14,208
State:

$12,718
Number of discharges: 35
This Hospital:

2.93%
Georgia:

0.92%
Septicemia or Severe Sepsis without Mechanical Ventilation 96+ Hours with Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$61,125
State:

$41,116
Average Total Payments
Here:

$12,431
Georgia:

$12,225
Number of discharges: 48
This Hospital:

4.01%
Georgia:

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

$36,596
Georgia:

$23,222
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$7,005
State:

$7,264
Number of discharges: 13
Here:

1.09%
Georgia:

1.59%
Signs and Symptoms without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$21,325
Georgia:

$17,066
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$5,090
Georgia:

$4,443
Number of discharges: 17
Here:

1.42%
State:

0.71%
Simple Pneumonia and Pleurisy with Complications
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$30,254
Georgia:

$22,144
Average Total Payments
Here:

$6,028
Georgia:

$6,410
Number of discharges: 45
This Hospital:

3.76%
State:

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

$52,033
Georgia:

$32,348
Average Total Payments
Here:

$10,286
State:

$9,197
Number of discharges: 28
Here:

2.34%
State:

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

$17,043
State:

$16,155
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,427
Georgia:

$4,495
Number of discharges: 16
This Hospital:

1.34%
Georgia:

1.11%
Spinal Fusion Except Cervical without Major Complications
Average Covered Charges
This Hospital:

$110,008
Georgia:

$87,780
Average Total Payments
This Hospital:

$24,649
State:

$26,304
Number of discharges: 46
Here:

3.85%
State:

1.23%
Syncope and Collapse
Average Covered Charges
Here:

$25,836
Georgia:

$18,313
Average Total Payments
Here:

$4,191
State:

$4,627
Number of discharges: 12
This Hospital:

1.00%
Georgia:

1.59%

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