BOLIVAR GENERAL HOSPITAL

Bolivar General Hospital is an acute care hospital located in Bolivar, TN 38008 that serves the Hardeman county area. This facility is a public hospital with emergency services.

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

• 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 TN.
• Better performance with the effective use of thorax CT use of contrast material Better performance with the effective use of thorax CT use of contrast material
  The provider's use of thorax CT use of contrast material is better and more effective compared to the average hospital rate in the state of TN.
• Emergency Department: better performance with time before admission Emergency Department: better performance with time before admission
  The provider's Emergency Department performance of 230 minutes for time before admission is better than the statewide average of 244 minutes in Tennessee.
• Preventive Care: better performance with patients flu immunization Preventive Care: better performance with patients flu immunization
  The provider's Preventive Care performance score of 98% for the quality measure patients flu immunization is better than the 95% average score of Tennessee.
• Preventive Care: better performance with healthcare workers flu immunization Preventive Care: better performance with healthcare workers flu immunization
  The provider's Preventive Care performance score of 86% for the quality measure healthcare workers flu immunization is better than the 84% average score of Tennessee.
• Emergency Department: better performance with discharge time Emergency Department: better performance with discharge time
  The provider's Emergency Department performance of 118 minutes for discharge time is better than the statewide average of 133 minutes in Tennessee.
• Emergency Department: better performance with er waiting time Emergency Department: better performance with er waiting time
  The provider's Emergency Department performance of 16 minutes for er waiting time is better than the statewide average of 23 minutes in Tennessee.
• 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 Tennessee.
• 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 3 minutes for time to ecg is better than the statewide average of 6 minutes in Tennessee.
• Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment: better performance with treatment to prevent blood clots Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment: better performance with treatment to prevent blood clots
  The provider's Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment performance score of 94% for the quality measure treatment to prevent blood clots is better than the 90% average score of Tennessee.