Boca Raton Regional Hospital Ratings

800 MEADOWS RD
Boca Raton, FL 33486
Phone: (561) 362-5002

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 Boca Raton Regional Hospital save lives? 12% better than the national average, based on the overall mortality rate for critical illnesses.

	Mortality Rate
Heart Attack	13%
Heart Failure	11%
Pneumonia	11%

Infectious Disease at Boca Raton Regional Hospital

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
C. Diff Sickens more than a half million people each year and has a 17% mortality rate after one year²	60
MRSA Causes life-threatening bloodstream infections, pneumonia and surgical site infections. Mortality rates may be as high as 20%³	4

Emergency Room Wait Time Ratings

Time until initial exam: 1h 1m

Non-critical cases where patient is discharged have total visit time of 2 hour and 41 minutes

Serious cases where patients are admitted have 2 hour and 52 minutes to be admitted, then an additional 1 hour and 54 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: AVERAGE

Boca Raton Regional Hospital 4.6 out of 5 based on 31 ratings. 31 user reviews.

71% of patients rate the hospital excellent

Positive Patient Ratings

Some patients praise:

Nurses usually take time to communicate well
Pain was usually controlled for patients

Negative Patient Ratings

Staff doesn't respond quickly when patients need help

Footnotes:
¹Questionable efficacy of flu vaccination
²C Diff Mortality Rate
³MRSA Mortality Rate

Boca Raton Regional Hospital Stories

Jan 08, 2023, 12:07 AM
Boca Raton Regional Hospital: "Wait times are currently at 5 hours" - Anna

Oct 28, 2022, 11:56 PM
Boca Raton Regional Hospital: "I am going on my 5th hour in the waiting room with a bowel obstruction. " - Ellen

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