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Tanner Medical Center - Carrollton

705 Dixie Street, Carrollton, GA 30117

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Tanner Medical Center - Carrollton has a CMS overall rating of 2 out of 5 stars. 71% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. Of the 20 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on 1 and worse on 4. Emergency patients spend a median of 3 h in its emergency department before leaving (US median 2 h 42 min).

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CMS overall rating 2/5 CMS summary of quality measures
Would definitely recommend 71% US average 71%
Patient survey rating 3/5 1,110 completed surveys
Compared with the nation 4 worse 1 better of 20 measures CMS could compare

What patients said

Answers from patients who stayed here, collected by CMS in the national HCAHPS survey: 1,110 completed surveys, 20% response rate, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025.

Would definitely recommend the hospital
71%
GA 71% · US 71% · 4 of 5 stars
Rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10
73%
GA 71% · US 72% · 3 of 5 stars
Nurses always communicated well
81%
GA 79% · US 80% · 4 of 5 stars
Doctors always communicated well
79%
GA 79% · US 80% · 3 of 5 stars
Staff always explained new medicines
64%
GA 60% · US 62% · 3 of 5 stars
Given information about recovering at home
87%
GA 85% · US 86% · 4 of 5 stars
Room was always clean
72%
GA 72% · US 74% · 3 of 5 stars
Always quiet at night
58%
GA 64% · US 60% · 3 of 5 stars

This hospital Georgia average US average

Emergency department

How long emergency patients spent here and how some time-critical care went, from CMS's timely and effective care measures, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025. CMS classes this emergency department's patient volume as high; busier departments tend to have longer times, so the national median for departments of the same volume is shown too. These are medians over a year of visits, not a live wait time.

Measure This hospital GA US
Median time in the emergency department before leaving Lower is better · 391 visits sampled · US median for EDs of the same volume: 3 h 22 min 3 h 2 h 42 min 2 h 42 min
Median time for psychiatric and mental health patients Lower is better · 14 visits sampled 5 h 10 min 5 h 8 min 4 h 17 min
Left before being seen Lower is better · 58,416 patients 2% 2% 2%
Stroke symptoms: brain scan read within 45 minutes Higher is better · 16 patients 81% 70% 69%
Severe sepsis and septic shock: all recommended care given Higher is better · 692 patients 78% 63% 65%

How Tanner Medical Center - Carrollton compares with nearby hospitals

The closest hospitals of the same kind that CMS rates or surveys - the same city first, then the same county and ZIP area. Every figure is CMS's: the overall star rating, the share of patients who would definitely recommend the hospital, the median time emergency patients spent before leaving, and how many death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS found better or worse than the national rate.

Hospital CMS stars Would recommend ER median time Vs the nation
Tanner Medical Center - CarrolltonThis hospital2/571%3 h1 better 4 worse
Tanner Medical Center Villa RicaSame county · Villa Rica3/574%2 h 26 min3 worse
Northside Hospital CherokeeSame ZIP area · Canton4/586%3 h 28 min6 better 3 worse
Piedmont Cartersville Medical CenterSame ZIP area · Cartersville3/565%2 h 49 min2 better 1 worse
Higgins General HospitalSame ZIP area · BremenNot rated87%2 h 6 minNo different
Atrium Health Floyd Polk Medical CenterSame ZIP area · CedartownNot rated88%1 h 36 minNo different

Hospitals differ in size and in how sick their patients are. CMS adjusts its outcome measures for that, but a star or a percentage is a starting point for questions, not a verdict.

Deaths

How many patients died within 30 days of admission, adjusted by CMS for how sick they were. Lower is better. Data from Jul 2022 – Jun 2025.

Measure CMS comparison This hospital National
All patients, hospital-wide 2,745 cases Too few cases 4.3% 3.9%
Heart attack 193 cases Too few cases 12.4% 11.9%
Heart failure 299 cases Too few cases 11.4% 11.1%
Pneumonia 389 cases Too few cases 14.5% 15.2%
Stroke 209 cases Too few cases 12.6% 11.9%
COPD 103 cases Too few cases 9.5% 8.6%
Heart bypass surgery (CABG) 37 cases Too few cases 2% 2.4%

Complications

How often patients had serious complications, most of them after surgery, adjusted for how sick they were. Lower is better. Data from Jul 2022 – Jun 2024.

2 worse than the nation 10 no different
Measure CMS comparison This hospital National
Serious complications, combined measure Worse 1.92 likely 1.6 – 2.24 1
Deaths after a serious but treatable surgical complication 51 cases No different 164.11 per 1,000 likely 109.47 per 1,000 – 218.75 per 1,000 173.3 per 1,000
Pressure ulcers (bed sores) 3,821 cases Worse 3.34 per 1,000 likely 2.6 per 1,000 – 4.08 per 1,000 0.63 per 1,000
Collapsed lung caused by a procedure 4,335 cases No different 0.23 per 1,000 likely 0.01 per 1,000 – 0.44 per 1,000 0.21 per 1,000
Broken bones from falls in the hospital 4,275 cases No different 0.28 per 1,000 likely 0.07 per 1,000 – 0.48 per 1,000 0.27 per 1,000
Bleeding or hematoma after surgery 871 cases No different 2.43 per 1,000 likely 0.87 per 1,000 – 3.99 per 1,000 2.34 per 1,000
Kidney injury needing dialysis after surgery 335 cases No different 2.19 per 1,000 likely 0.6 per 1,000 – 3.77 per 1,000 1.67 per 1,000
Breathing failure after surgery 355 cases No different 11.58 per 1,000 likely 5.6 per 1,000 – 17.57 per 1,000 9.42 per 1,000
Blood clots in the lungs or legs after surgery 922 cases No different 3.9 per 1,000 likely 1.69 per 1,000 – 6.11 per 1,000 3.52 per 1,000
Sepsis after surgery 292 cases No different 6.28 per 1,000 likely 2.75 per 1,000 – 9.82 per 1,000 5.27 per 1,000
Surgical wound splitting open 170 cases No different 1.67 per 1,000 likely 0.18 per 1,000 – 3.16 per 1,000 1.77 per 1,000
Accidental cut or tear during abdominal surgery 843 cases No different 1.15 per 1,000 likely 0.14 per 1,000 – 2.17 per 1,000 1.06 per 1,000

1 more measure had too few cases here to report.

Infections caught in the hospital

Standardized infection ratio: 1.0 means as many infections as CMS predicted for a hospital like this one. Lower is better. Data from Oct 2024 – Sep 2025.

1 better than the nation 4 no different
Measure CMS comparison This hospital National
Bloodstream infections from central lines (CLABSI) No different 1.47 likely 0.72 – 2.7 1
Urinary tract infections from catheters (CAUTI) No different 0.49 likely 0.18 – 1.08 1
Surgical site infections after colon surgery No different 0.88 likely 0.15 – 2.92 1
MRSA bloodstream infections No different 1.93 likely 0.9 – 3.67 1
C. diff intestinal infections Better 0.13 likely 0.05 – 0.29 1

1 more measure had too few cases here to report.

Readmissions and return visits

How often patients had to come back to a hospital after going home. Lower is better. Data from Jul 2023 – Jun 2025.

4 no different
Measure CMS comparison This hospital National
Readmitted after a heart attack 289 cases Too few cases 15.5% 14.4%
Readmitted after heart failure 566 cases Too few cases 24% 21.3%
Readmitted after pneumonia 700 cases Too few cases 19.3% 17.3%
Readmitted after COPD 245 cases Too few cases 21% 20%
Readmitted after heart bypass surgery 73 cases Too few cases 12.4% 11%
Days back in hospital after a heart attack 172 cases Too few cases 45.8 days per 100 —
Days back in hospital after heart failure 335 cases Too few cases 82.3 days per 100 —
Days back in hospital after pneumonia 411 cases Too few cases 61.3 days per 100 —
Unplanned visits after an outpatient colonoscopy 664 cases No different 14.9 per 1,000 likely 11.5 per 1,000 – 19.5 per 1,000 13 per 1,000
Hospital admissions during outpatient chemotherapy 27 cases No different 9.6 per 100 likely 6.6 per 100 – 13.8 per 100 10.7 per 100
ER visits during outpatient chemotherapy 27 cases No different 5.3 per 100 likely 3.3 per 100 – 8.3 per 100 5.4 per 100
Unplanned visits after outpatient surgery 379 cases No different 1.2 likely 1 – 1.6 —

2 more measures had too few cases here to report.

Clinicians registered at this address

178 clinicians give this hospital's street address as their practice location in NPPES, the federal provider registry. The same address can take in offices and clinics in the building, and a listing does not prove admitting privileges or current employment.

Specialty Clinicians
Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered 36
Emergency Medicine 17
Family 15
Health Educator 14
Anesthesiology 11
Diagnostic Radiology 10
Internal Medicine 10
Hospitalist 8
Physician Assistant 7
Acute Care 6
Dietitian, Registered 6
Registered Nurse 5

First 12 alphabetically

How to read this page

  • Everything here is published by CMS on Care Compare. We arrange it and explain it; the star ratings and the better / worse verdicts are CMS's, not ours.
  • “No different” is the most common result on most measures at most hospitals. CMS only calls a result better or worse when the difference from the national rate is statistically clear.
  • Death, complication and readmission rates are adjusted by CMS for how sick patients were, so hospitals that treat sicker patients can be compared fairly.
  • Infection results are ratios: 1.0 means as many infections as CMS predicted for a hospital like this one, below 1.0 is fewer.
  • These are hospital-wide results. They do not rate an individual doctor, nurse or department, and they are not medical advice.

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Common questions about Tanner Medical Center - Carrollton

Is Tanner Medical Center - Carrollton a good hospital?

Tanner Medical Center - Carrollton has a CMS overall rating of 2 out of 5 stars. Of the 20 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on 1 and worse on 4. These are hospital-wide results published by CMS; they do not rate individual doctors or departments.

Would patients recommend Tanner Medical Center - Carrollton?

71% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. The figure comes from 1,110 completed HCAHPS surveys.

How long is the wait in the Tanner Medical Center - Carrollton emergency room?

Emergency patients spend a median of 3 h in its emergency department before leaving (US median 2 h 42 min). Among US emergency departments with high patient volume, like this one, the median is 3 h 22 min. 2% of emergency patients left before being seen (US 2%). These are medians over a year of visits, not a live wait time.