Bluefield Regional Medical Center Ratings
500 CHERRY ST
Bluefield, WV 24701
Phone: (304) 327-1100
Bluefield, WV 24701
Phone: (304) 327-1100
Hospital Type: Acute Care Hospitals
Emergency Services: YES
Contents:
Quality of Care - Infectious Diseases - ER Wait Time - Patient Ratings
Quality of Care - Mortality Rate
How well does Bluefield Regional Medical Center save lives? 4% better than the national average, based on the overall mortality rate for critical illnesses.Mortality Rate | |
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Heart Attack | 16% |
Heart Failure | 11% |
Pneumonia | 11% |
Infectious Disease at Bluefield Regional Medical Center
Drug resistant bacteria are becoming the largest health facing the United States. There are an increasing number of drug resistant bacteria, including: drug resistant bacteria due primarily to unnecessary and mis-applied use among humans and livestock, patients with hospitalizations for relatively minor reasons can suddenly face lifethreatening illness.While many hospitals are implementing questionable flu vaccinations1 for their employees, many fewer have as rigorous solutions for nosocomial MDR infections.
Infectious Disease | Cases |
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C. Diff Sickens more than a half million people each year and has a 17% mortality rate after one year2 | 4 |
MRSA Causes life-threatening bloodstream infections, pneumonia and surgical site infections. Mortality rates may be as high as 20%3 | 0 |
Emergency Room Wait Time Ratings
Time until initial exam: 0h 34mNon-critical cases where patient is discharged have total visit time of 2 hour and 33 minutes
Serious cases where patients are admitted have 3 hour and 14 minutes to be admitted, then an additional 1 hour and 8 minutes delay before leaving to their room.
Patient Ratings
While customer satisfaction surveys don't necessarily reflect the quality of care provided at the hospital, it can identify some areas that are important standards to maintain, such as managing pain and maintaining a sanitary environment.Overall Rating: BELOW AVERAGE
Bluefield Regional Medical Center
4.1
out of 5
based on 36 ratings.
36 user reviews.
52% of patients rate the hospital excellent
Positive Patient Ratings
Some patients praise:- Nurses usually take time to communicate well
Negative Patient Ratings
- Staff doesn't respond quickly when patients need help
- Patients were often left in pain
- Facilities are sometimes dirty
Footnotes:
1Questionable efficacy of flu vaccination
2C Diff Mortality Rate
3MRSA Mortality Rate
Bluefield Regional Medical Center Stories
May 05, 2024, 6:16 AM
Raleigh General Hospital: "If the nurses and doctors would stay off their phones and flirting with one another it wouldn't be this long of a wait. " - No
May 05, 2024, 6:16 AM
Beckley Arh Hospital: "If the nurses and doctors would stay off their phones and flirting with one another it wouldn't be this long of a wait. " - No
Dec 10, 2023, 2:31 AM
: "We arrived at 9:30pm to get check out for a migrane headache. Simple dr sees you and they decide to give you something or not. It is now 2:30am and we haven't seen anyone except the triage nurse twice. We are still here" - Cierra
Nov 09, 2023, 8:09 PM
City Hospital: "9 hour or more wait" - Shane
Sep 04, 2023, 1:56 PM
Ohio Valley Medical Center: "This hospital OVMC Wheeling WV is being demolished and it closed " - Rita