Danville Regional Medical Center Ratings
142 SOUTH MAIN STREET
Danville, VA 24541
Phone: (434) 799-2100
Danville, VA 24541
Phone: (434) 799-2100
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 Danville Regional Medical Center save lives? 12% worse than the national average, based on the overall mortality rate for critical illnesses.Mortality Rate | |
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Heart Attack | 17% |
Heart Failure | 13% |
Pneumonia | 13% |
Infectious Disease at Danville 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 | 52 |
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 45mNon-critical cases where patient is discharged have total visit time of 3 hour and 26 minutes
Serious cases where patients are admitted have 3 hour and 24 minutes to be admitted, then an additional 2 hour and 16 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
Danville Regional Medical Center
4.25
out of 5
based on 35 ratings.
35 user reviews.
55% of patients rate the hospital excellent
Positive Patient Ratings
Some patients praise:- Nurses usually take time to communicate well
- Doctors usually communicate well with patients
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
Danville Regional Medical Center Stories
Oct 06, 2016, 11:32 PM
Danville Regional Medical Center: "Bad Family experience in January 2016i'll only because the doctor refused to listen to me and is been a bad !!! bad ! life experience ever since i���my family have been been in pain ever since January 2016 until now October 6, 2016" - W
Oct 06, 2016, 11:23 PM
Danville Regional Medical Center: "Bad Family experience in January 2016i'll because the doctor refused to listen to me and is been a life experience " - W