APPLING HOSPITAL
Acute Care Hospital in Baxley, GA 31513
APPLING HOSPITAL PROFILE
Appling Hospital is an acute care hospital located in Baxley, GA 31513 that serves the Appling county area. This facility is a public hospital with emergency services.
APPLING HOSPITAL
163 E Tollison StreetBaxley, GA 31513
Phone: (912) 367-9841
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Patient Survey Summary Rating Summary Star Rating
The summary star rating combines data from different aspects of the patient’s experience of care to make hospital comparison easier.
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ABOUT THIS PROVIDER
Hospital Type: Acute Care Hospitals What's an acute care hospital?An acute care hospital provides inpatient medical care, services related for surgery and medical services for short-term illnesses, acute medical conditions or injuries.
Hospital Owner: Government - Hospital District Or Authority
Electronic Lab Results: Yes Able to receive lab results electronically
The provider has the ability of receiving laboratory results through a certified Electronic Health Record (EHR) system as discrete searchable data.
Electronically Track Patients Visits: Yes Able to track patients’ lab results, tests, and referrals electronically between visits
The provider is capable of tracking lab tests, diagnostic studies, or patient referrals through a certified Electronic Health Record (EHR) system.
Outpatient Safe Surgery Checklist: Yes Safe surgery checklist use (outpatient)
This hospital follows a safe surgery checklist based on accepted standards of practice. Safe surgery checklists include three critical perioperative periods: 1) The period before the administration of anesthesia; 2) The period before surgical skin incision; and 3) The period of closure of incision and before the patient leaving the operating room for outpatient surgical procedures.
Inpatient Safe Surgery Checklist: Yes Safe surgery checklist use (inpatient)
This hospital follows a safe surgery checklist based on accepted standards of practice. Safe surgery checklists include three critical perioperative periods: 1) The period before the administration of anesthesia; 2) The period before surgical skin incision; and 3) The period of closure of incision and before the patient leaving the operating room for inpatient surgical procedures.
Emergency Services: Yes Emergency Department
This hospital provides emergency services which might include acute medical care or trauma care.
The hospital patient survey at Appling Hospital is administered to a random sample of adult inpatients after discharge. The following are the results of some the survey’s five-star quality ratings.
Doctor Communication: ExcellentQuiet Rooms: Good
Cleanliness: Fair
Pain Management: Good
Discharge Information: Good
Patients Recommend this Hospital: Fair
These performance measures at Appling Hospital show how rapidly emergency departments give recommended treatments known to get the best results for patients with certain common conditions. This information could help patients compare which hospitals provide the right care at the right time.
ER Wait Time: 12 minutes before being seen by a doctor.Discharge Time: 1 hour 54 minutes before being sent home.
Time Before Admission: 3 hours 49 minutes before being admitted to hospital.
Transfer Time: 1 hour 18 minutes admitted before being taken to room.
Broken Bones: 50 minutes before receiving pain meds.
We have identified the following individual quality measures where Appling Hospital has better average ratings than other hospitals in Georgia or where the hospital is performing better compared to national averages or benchmarks.
- Excellent Doctor Communication Rating Excellent Doctor Communication Rating
The provider's patient survey rating score for the quality measure doctor communication is excellent. - Emergency Department: better performance with time before admission Emergency Department: better performance with time before admission
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 229 minutes for time before admission is better than the statewide average of 290 minutes in Georgia. - Emergency Department: better performance with transfer time Emergency Department: better performance with transfer time
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 78 minutes for transfer time is better than the statewide average of 96 minutes in Georgia. - Preventive Care: better performance with patients flu immunization Preventive Care: better performance with patients flu immunization
The provider's Preventive Care performance score of 97% for the quality measure patients flu immunization is better than the 92% average score of Georgia. - Emergency Department: better performance with discharge time Emergency Department: better performance with discharge time
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 114 minutes for discharge time is better than the statewide average of 146 minutes in Georgia. - Emergency Department: better performance with er waiting time Emergency Department: better performance with er waiting time
The provider's Emergency Department performance of 12 minutes for er waiting time is better than the statewide average of 31 minutes in Georgia. - Emergency Department:
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The provider's Emergency Department performance score of 1% for the quality measure left without being seen is better than the 3% average score of Georgia. - Pregnancy and Delivery Care: delivery scheduled too early Pregnancy and Delivery Care: delivery scheduled too early
The provider's Pregnancy and Delivery Care performance score of 0% for the quality measure delivery scheduled too early is better than the 3% average score of Georgia.
NEARBY HOSPITALS
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| JEFF DAVIS HOSPITAL | 163 South Tallahassee Street, P O Box 1690 Hazlehurst, GA 31539 | Yes | 15.97 mi | Compare |
| BACON COUNTY HOSPITAL | 302 South Wayne Street Alma, GA 31510 | Yes | 16.95 mi | Compare |
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| MEADOWS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER | One Meadows Parkway Vidalia, GA 30474 | Yes | 30.32 mi | Compare |
| COFFEE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER | 1101 Ocilla Road Douglas, GA 31533 | Yes | 34.84 mi | Compare |
| MAYO CLINIC HEALTH SYSTEM IN WAYCROSS, INC | 1900 Tebeau Street Waycross, GA 31501 | Yes | 37.38 mi | Compare |
| EVANS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL | 200 N River Street Claxton, GA 30417 | Yes | 38.33 mi | Compare |
| LIBERTY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER | 462 E G Miles Parkway Hinesville, GA 31310 | Yes | 44.71 mi | Compare |
| CANDLER COUNTY HOSPITAL | 400 Cedar Street Metter, GA 30439 | Yes | 47.11 mi | Compare |
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