HUTCHESON MEDICAL CENTER

Hutcheson Medical Center is an acute care hospital located in Fort Oglethorpe, GA 30742 that serves the Catoosa county area. This facility is a public hospital with emergency services.

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

• Better performance for intestinal infections Better performance for intestinal infections
  The provider has a better than the national benchmark performance for intestinal infections
• 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.
• 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.
• Better performance with the effective use of cardiac imaging for preoperative risk assessment Better performance with the effective use of cardiac imaging for preoperative risk assessment
  The provider's use of cardiac imaging for preoperative risk assessment 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 216 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 57 minutes for transfer time is better than the statewide average of 96 minutes in Georgia.
• 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 94% for the quality measure healthcare workers flu immunization is better than the 86% 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 95 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 24 minutes for er waiting time is better than the statewide average of 31 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.
• 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.
• Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment: better performance with icu treatment to prevent blood clots Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment: better performance with icu treatment to prevent blood clots
  The provider's Blood Clot Prevention and Treatment performance score of 99% for the quality measure icu treatment to prevent blood clots is better than the 96% average score of Georgia.