BACON COUNTY HOSPITAL

Bacon County Hospital is a critical access hospital located in Alma, GA 31510 that serves the Bacon county area. This facility is a non-profit hospital with emergency services.

We have identified the following individual quality measures where Bacon County Hospital has better average ratings than other hospitals in Georgia or where the hospital is performing better compared to national averages or benchmarks.

• Excellent Nurse Communication Rating Excellent Nurse Communication Rating
  The provider's patient survey rating score for the quality measure nurse communication is excellent.
• Excellent Pain Management Rating Excellent Pain Management Rating
  The provider's patient survey rating score for the quality measure pain management is excellent.
• Excellent Medicication Explanation Rating Excellent Medicication Explanation Rating
  The provider's patient survey rating score for the quality measure medicication explanation is excellent.
• Excellent Overall Hospital Rating Excellent Overall Hospital Rating
  The provider's patient survey rating score for the quality measure overall hospital is excellent.
• Excellent Quiet Rooms Rating Excellent Quiet Rooms Rating
  The provider's patient survey rating score for the quality measure quiet rooms is excellent.
• Excellent Recommend Hospital Rating Excellent Recommend Hospital Rating
  The provider's patient survey rating score for the quality measure recommend hospital is excellent.
• Excellent Summary Star Rating Excellent Summary Star Rating
  The provider's patient survey rating score for the quality measure summary star is excellent.
• Better performance with the effective use of abdomen CT use of contrast material Better performance with the effective use of abdomen CT use of contrast material
  The provider's use of abdomen CT use of contrast material is better and more effective compared to the average hospital rate in the state of GA.
• 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 138 minutes for discharge time is better than the statewide average of 146 minutes in Georgia.
• Emergency Department: left without being seen Emergency Department: left without being seen
  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.
• Heart Attack or Chest Pain: better performance with aspirin at arrival Heart Attack or Chest Pain: better performance with aspirin at arrival
  The provider's Heart Attack or Chest Pain performance score of 100% for the quality measure aspirin at arrival is better than the 96% average score of Georgia.
• Heart Attack or Chest Pain: better performance with time to ecg Heart Attack or Chest Pain: better performance with time to ecg
  The provider's Heart Attack or Chest Pain performance of 7 minutes for time to ecg is better than the statewide average of 8 minutes in Georgia.
• Pneumonia: better performance with pneumonia patients given antibiotic(s) Pneumonia: better performance with pneumonia patients given antibiotic(s)
  The provider's Pneumonia performance score of 97% for the quality measure pneumonia patients given antibiotic(s) is better than the 95% average score of Georgia.
• Surgical Care Improvement Project: better performance with beta-blocker prior to admission Surgical Care Improvement Project: better performance with beta-blocker prior to admission
  The provider's Surgical Care Improvement Project performance score of 100% for the quality measure beta-blocker prior to admission is better than the 98% average score of Georgia.
• Surgical Care Improvement Project: better performance with antibiotic within 1 hour Surgical Care Improvement Project: better performance with antibiotic within 1 hour
  The provider's Surgical Care Improvement Project performance score of 100% for the quality measure antibiotic within 1 hour is better than the 99% average score of Georgia.
• Surgical Care Improvement Project: better performance with antibiotic discontinued after 24 hours Surgical Care Improvement Project: better performance with antibiotic discontinued after 24 hours
  The provider's Surgical Care Improvement Project performance score of 100% for the quality measure antibiotic discontinued after 24 hours is better than the 98% average score of Georgia.