Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Hospitals

Northeast Georgia Medical Center, Gainesville

743 Spring Street NE
Gainesville, GA 30501
(770) 219-3553
www.nghs.com
This hospital is one of nearly 5,000 that U.S.News evaluated for the latest America's Best Hospitals rankings. See the complete hospital rankings

The following information was provided by American Hospital Association

At a glance

Hospital type: General medical and surgical
Operated by: Not-for-profit
Total beds: 471
Administrator:
Parent system:
Selected accreditations/memberships: Accredited, Joint Commission (JC)|Accreditated, Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF)|

Services Provided

Inpatient:
  • Birthing room
  • Heart catheterization—diagnostic (adult)
  • Elderly/disabled:
    • Skilled nursing care*
  • End-of-life services:
    • Hospice
    • Pain management
  • Heart surgery (adult)
  • Hospitalists
  • Infection isolation room
  • Heart catheterization—treatment (adult)
  • Neonatal intensive care
  • Neonatal intermediate care
  • Cancer services
  • Psychiatric care:
    • Partial hospitalization
    • Psychiatric emergency services
Outpatient:
  • Bariatric/weight control services
  • Breast cancer screening/mammograms
  • Cancer services
  • Dental services
  • Heart catheterization—diagnostic (adult)
  • Extracorporeal shock lithotripter
  • Geriatric services
  • HIV-AIDS services
  • Heart catheterization—treatment (adult)
  • Kidney dialysis
  • Cancer services
  • Physical rehabilitation
  • Psychiatric services:
    • Child/adolescent services
    • Consultation
    • Geriatric services
    • Outpatient care
  • Radiation therapy
  • Sleep center
  • Sports medicine
  • Substance-abuse programs
  • Urgent-care center*
  • Women's health center
  • Wound management services
Patient/family support services:
  • Ambulance services
  • Help with government services
  • Chaplaincy/pastoral care services
  • Cancer services
  • Patient support groups
  • Patient representative/ombusdman
  • Transportation for elderly/handicapped
  • Translation services
Community outreach:
  • Health fairs
  • Health screenings
Radiology--diagnosis and treatment:
  • CT scanner
  • Diagnostic radioisotope facility
  • Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
  • Multislice spiral CT
  • Ultrasound

By the numbers:

Admissions: 25,286
Inpatient surgeries: 7,334
Outpatient visits: 253,544
Outpatient surgeries: 10,565
Emergency room visits: 97,241
Births: 3,960
Beds: 471

Staffing (employed, on payroll):

Full-time physicians and dentists:
N/A
Part-time physicians and dentists:
N/A
Full-time registered nurses:
N/A
Part-time registered nurses:
N/A
Full-time licensed practical nurses:
N/A
Part-time licensed practical nurses:
N/A
Total full-time faculty:
N/A
Total part-time faculty:
N/A

Notes

* At another location in healthcare system or through arrangement with another provider.

Find out more about AHA data products at www.ahadata.com.

Data provided by American Hospital Association. Last updated June 2009.

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