HIGGINS GENERAL HOSPITAL

Critical Access Hospital in Bremen, GA 30110

HIGGINS GENERAL HOSPITAL PROFILE

Higgins General Hospital is a critical access hospital located in Bremen, GA 30110 that serves the Haralson county area. This facility is a public hospital with emergency services.

HIGGINS GENERAL HOSPITAL

200 Allen Memorial Drive
Bremen, GA 30110
Phone: (770) 824-2210
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ABOUT THIS PROVIDER

Hospital Type: Critical Access Hospitals What's a critical access hospital?
A critical access hospital is a small facility that provides outpatient and inpatient services on a limited basis, usually to people in rural areas.

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.

Nursing Care Registry: Yes Nursing care registry
The provider participates in the nursing care registry. This registry collects and analyzes information on nursing care topics, conditions, or 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.

PATIENT EXPERIENCE SUMMARY

The hospital patient survey at Higgins General 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: Not Available

Quiet Rooms: Not Available

Cleanliness: Not Available

Pain Management: Not Available

Discharge Information: Not Available

Patients Recommend this Hospital: Not Available

EMERGENCY ROOM WAIT TIMES

These performance measures at Higgins General 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: 46 minutes before being seen by a doctor.

Discharge Time: 2 hours 10 minutes before being sent home.

Time Before Admission: 4 hours 15 minutes before being admitted to hospital.

Transfer Time: 47 minutes admitted before being taken to room.

Broken Bones: 14 minutes before receiving pain meds.

HOSPITAL HIGHLIGHTS

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

NEARBY HOSPITALS

The following providers were found within a 30 mile range from this location.
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TANNER MEDICAL CENTER - CARROLLTON705 Dixie Street
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Yes10.92 miCompare
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Yes13.23 miCompare
POLK MEDICAL CENTER2360 Rockmart Highway
Cedartown, GA 30125
Yes20.65 miCompare
WELLSTAR DOUGLAS HOSPITAL8954 Hospital Drive
Douglasville, GA 30134
Yes23.89 miCompare
WELLSTAR PAULDING HOSPITAL2518 Jimmy Lee Smith Parkway
Hiram, GA 30141
Yes24.48 miCompare

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