By: Jeffrey Maser  Jan. 31, 2018

Dexur analysts recently examined all major small and large bowel procedure discharges in Georgia from 2013-2016 and found that Northeast Georgia Medical Center Gainesville accounted for the lowest readmission rate of all major Georgia hospitals with a rate of 10.76%. Gwinnett Medical Center–Lawrenceville ranked 2nd with a readmission rate of 11.9% and joined Northeast Georgia Medical Center Gainesville as the only other Georgia facility to report a readmission rate under 13%. Piedmont Henry Hospital, located in Stockbridge ranked 3rd with a rate of 13.04%, South Georgia Medical Center in Valdosta ranked 4th with a rate of 13.4% and Piedmont Fayette Hospital in Fayetteville ranked 5th with a 13.42% rate.

By: Emily Carpintero  Dec. 04, 2017

Dexur's recent analysis of CMS Medicare claims data for the time period of January 2016 through December 2016 showed that Northeast Georgia Medical Center surpassed the national and state average rate of readmissions back to same hospital by 23.83% and 24.7%, respectively. Dexur analyzed patients readmitted within 30-days who were discharged from the original hospital and their readmissions either to the same (index) hospital or a different hospital. 30-day readmissions is a commonly used metric by healthcare professionals to evaluate quality of care at initial admission; same hospital readmission rates can be used to understand why patients are using index or non-index hospitals when complications arise. Below is a graph highlighting the highest readmitted categories in this hospital and their percentage of readmission to the same hospital compare to the state and national averages.