POLK MEDICAL CENTER (CEDARTOWN, GA) Detailed Hospital Profile

Process of Care

Heart Attack

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

Here:	13
State:	33

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

This Hospital:	98.0%
Georgia:	95.8%

Pneumonia

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

Here:	100.0%
Georgia:	96.3%

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

Here:	100.0%
State:	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:	100.0%
Georgia:	94.9%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination

Here:	100.0%
State:	96.2%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia

This Hospital:	11.8%
State:	12.6%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure

This Hospital:	22.5%
Georgia:	24.1%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia

Here:	20.0%
Georgia:	18.5%

Use of Medical Imaging

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

This Hospital:	6.400%
Georgia:	8.789%

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

This Hospital:	0.020%
State:	0.125%

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys:: Fewer than 100
Survey Response Rate: 36%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Usually

Here:	7%
Georgia:	18%

Always

This Hospital:	93%
Georgia:	77%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	3%
Georgia:	4%

Usually

This Hospital:	7%
State:	13%

Always

This Hospital:	90%
Georgia:	83%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	4%
Georgia:	12%

Usually

Here:	8%
Georgia:	24%

Always

This Hospital:	88%
Georgia:	64%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Usually

This Hospital:	12%
Georgia:	22%

Always

This Hospital:	88%
Georgia:	71%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	12%
State:	21%

Usually

Here:	7%
Georgia:	17%

Always

This Hospital:	81%
State:	62%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	9%
State:	10%

Usually

Here:	6%
Georgia:	19%

Always

Here:	85%
State:	71%

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

Sometimes or never

Here:	2%
State:	8%

Usually

This Hospital:	14%
Georgia:	27%

Always

Here:	84%
State:	65%

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

Yes

Here:	94%
Georgia:	81%

Here:	6%
State:	19%

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

6 or lower

This Hospital:	3%
Georgia:	9%

7 or 8

This Hospital:	16%
State:	22%

9 or 10

This Hospital:	81%
Georgia:	69%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

Here:	2%
State:	6%

Yes, probably

This Hospital:	19%
State:	25%

Yes, definitely

Here:	79%
Georgia:	69%

POLK MEDICAL CENTER - CEDARTOWN, GA

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Pneumonia

Outcome of Care

Use of Medical Imaging

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

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