Dominican Hospital Ratings
1555 SOQUEL DRIVE
Santa Cruz, CA 95065
Phone: (831) 462-7700
Santa Cruz, CA 95065
Phone: (831) 462-7700
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 Dominican Hospital save lives? 10% worse than the national average, based on the overall mortality rate for critical illnesses.| Mortality Rate | |
|---|---|
| Heart Attack | 15% |
| Heart Failure | 14% |
| Pneumonia | 14% |
Infectious Disease at Dominican 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 | 56 |
| 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 11mNon-critical cases where patient is discharged have total visit time of 2 hour and 30 minutes
Serious cases where patients are admitted have 3 hour and 12 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
Dominican Hospital
4.4
out of 5
based on 21 ratings.
21 user reviews.
59% 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
- Facilities are sometimes dirty
- Rooms were often noisy at night
Footnotes:
1Questionable efficacy of flu vaccination
2C Diff Mortality Rate
3MRSA Mortality Rate
Dominican Hospital Stories
May 15, 2022, 3:19 AM
Dominican Hospital: "I was here last week saw an incompetent physicians assistant who told me I have a pimple on my back. Well I have MRSA and he not only sent me home with no antibiotics he told me “ maybe next time you’ll think about not relapsing.
Ive been working in the Medical field for 22 years and have never seen such negligent and incompetent work. I heard Dominican medical treatment was less that standard but this was straight negligence and criminal.
I’m now sitting back in waiting room with a temp, blurred vision and painful lesion on my back, face and neck. All because the P.A. I saw did not want to prescribe antibiotics.
I hope I’m not sepesis. Next stop news paper.
This is absurded. " - Tracy
