CHATUGE REGIONAL HOSPITAL

Chatuge Regional Hospital is a critical access hospital located in Hiawassee, GA 30546 that serves the Towns county area. This facility is a public hospital with emergency services.

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

• 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 GA.
• Emergency Department: better performance with time before admission Emergency Department: better performance with time before admission
  The provider's Emergency Department performance of 234 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 38 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 94% 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 116 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 29 minutes for er waiting time is better than the statewide average of 31 minutes in 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 3 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.
• 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 99% for the quality measure treatment to prevent blood clots is better than the 92% average score of Georgia.