Candler Hospital Ratings

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Contents:
Quality of Care - Infectious Diseases - ER Wait Time - Patient Ratings

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Quality of Care - Mortality Rate

How well does Candler Hospital save lives? 1% better than the national average, based on the overall mortality rate for critical illnesses.

	Mortality Rate
Heart Attack	16%
Heart Failure	12%
Pneumonia	11%

Infectious Disease at Candler 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	72
MRSA Causes life-threatening bloodstream infections, pneumonia and surgical site infections. Mortality rates may be as high as 20%3	12

Emergency Room Wait Time Ratings

Time until initial exam: 1h 0m

Non-critical cases where patient is discharged have total visit time of 2 hour and 56 minutes

Serious cases where patients are admitted have 5 hour and 6 minutes to be admitted, then an additional 3 hour and 51 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

68% of patients rate the hospital excellent



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

Candler Hospital Stories

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May 14, 2022, 6:28 AM
Candler Hospital: "Took my husband to the Ed at 2:30 am with severe abdominal pain. Sat there 2 hours and was never seen. The facility was very dirty. Upon leaving we asked why it was taking so long. The tech said that they had patients waiting to be admitted and was basically working out of two rooms. How can this be effective care for an ED department that has 40 rooms. There is no reason for sick patients to have to wait 4 to 5 hours to be seen. Savannah needs more medical facilities to treat sick patients. What kind of monopoly is going on that we can't have more hospitals in this area?" - Sandra

Jan 27, 2022, 6:48 AM
Candler Hospital: "This is beyond ridiculous. Sat in the emergency room from 11pm until finally leaving at 6:30am. Never made it to the back to be seen. No one checked on me. Will be calling the news and higher. Is this what we are doing now? Memorial would have NEVER done that. I know where to go next time. Severely dehydrated and sick. Thanks Candler for your care.. NOT!" - David

Jan 27, 2022, 6:47 AM
Candler Hospital: "This is beyond ridiculous. Sat in the emergency room from 11pm until finally leaving at 6:30am. Never made it to the back to be seen. No one checked on me. Will be calling the news and higher. Is this what we are doing now? Memorial would have NEVER done that. I know where to go next time. Severely dehydrated and sick. Thanks Candler for your care.. NOT!" - David

Aug 04, 2020, 2:46 PM
Candler Hospital: "I took my husband to the ER with chest pains. 3 hours later after sitting in the waiting room after an EKG. We left 9 days later he had a massive heart Attack. You tell me what kind of hospital this it. Thank God for Memorial or my husband would be DEAD." - Denise

Aug 04, 2020, 2:46 PM
Candler Hospital: "I took my husband to the ER with chest pains. 3 hours later after sitting in the waiting room after an EKG. We left 9 days later he had a massive heart Attack. You tell me what kind of hospital this it. Thank God for Memorial or my husband would be DEAD." - Denise

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