Delray Medical Center 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 Delray Medical Center save lives? 11% better than the national average, based on the overall mortality rate for critical illnesses.

	Mortality Rate
Heart Attack	13%
Heart Failure	12%
Pneumonia	9%

Infectious Disease at Delray 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
C. Diff Sickens more than a half million people each year and has a 17% mortality rate after one year2	48
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: 0h 26m

Non-critical cases where patient is discharged have total visit time of 2 hour and 57 minutes

Serious cases where patients are admitted have 3 hour and 28 minutes to be admitted, then an additional 2 hour and 24 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

55% of patients rate the hospital excellent



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

Delray Medical Center Stories

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Dec 07, 2022, 7:06 PM
Delray Medical Center: "My wife was taken to Delray Medical Center after an injury. She was given a bed in the ER. Not seen by the medical or nursing staff for hours. She was ignored. When I questioned the nursing staff, I was told to go back into the room because I had no right being in the hallway asking questions . Very unprofessional. The worst hospital er to be in. A day in a half later my wife was moved to a room in the heart unit. Her tests were mixed up with the other patient in the room. A complete disaster. Glad she was released to go home. The worst hospital to be admitted to. " - Jack

Dec 21, 2021, 2:45 PM
Delray Medical Center: "I am 97 years old and was admitted into hospital through the ER. Although I had 2 doses of Pfizer & the booster I contracted COVID through BOTH of my aides. Both the PCR & the at home rapid tests showed positive. I was able to obtain the monoclonal antibodies. Although the wait time took a long time I want to acknowledge the RN Maksim who took care of me in the ER. I was admitted at 2:30 pm & discharged after 10:00pm . He administered the antibodies to me, provided additional blankets, helped me with the bathroom, kept calling the pharmacy to see why my medicine had not arrived, and took my oxygen levels several times. He did an excellent job and I was fortunate to have him take care of me. " - Fred

Apr 23, 2021, 3:08 PM
Delray Medical Center: "Ambiance take me to ER last night 10:30, didn’t see dr tell after 12:00. My blood pressure was 202/96, and heart was afib. Paramedics said I needed to go to hospital, they did a ekg, said hospital would do another, also blood work and check red swollen left arm and black and blue bruise in above the swollen arm. Dr didn’t check me except looked at arm. And left. Nurse give me a pill 1hour later. I asked if I was for infection in arm, she she foe swelling to go down. Then he would see what to do next. A haft a hour later she said I’m discharged. She give me papers saying I can resume all activities, put ice on arm and if still red and swollen after 2 days go to primary dr.” Why did I go to hospital “. I have two valves and pacemaker. I have pafib and I’m 79. It’s sad, the dr just didn’t care enough to ask question about health history. Or didn’t check to see if I had I infection or blood clot. And I asked to go to Delray Hospital, way to understaffed. By the way, I sat in hall for over 3 hours.. I thank God for watching over me. If I were your mother, would this be acceptable. I wish I could have written a praise report!" - Arlene

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