EFFINGHAM HOSPITAL

Effingham Hospital is a critical access hospital located in Springfield, GA 31329 that serves the Effingham county area. This facility is a public hospital with emergency services.

We have identified the following individual quality measures where Effingham 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 simultaneous use of brain CT and sinus CT Better performance with the effective use of simultaneous use of brain CT and sinus CT
  The provider's use of simultaneous use of brain CT and sinus CT 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 242 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 59 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 96% 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 109 minutes for discharge time is better than the statewide average of 146 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 100% 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 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.
• 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 92% average score of Georgia.