Erlanger 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 Erlanger Medical Center save lives? 15% worse than the national average, based on the overall mortality rate for critical illnesses.

	Mortality Rate
Heart Attack	18%
Heart Failure	12%
Pneumonia	14%

Infectious Disease at Erlanger 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	108
MRSA Causes life-threatening bloodstream infections, pneumonia and surgical site infections. Mortality rates may be as high as 20%3	24

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 17 minutes

Serious cases where patients are admitted have 2 hour and 17 minutes to be admitted, then an additional 2 hour and 21 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

69% of patients rate the hospital excellent



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

Erlanger Medical Center Stories

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Jan 02, 2018, 6:04 AM
Erlanger Medical Center: "I arrived at Erlanger ER and within an hour was seen, admitted, and scheduled for surgery. All of my nurses and doctors were very knowledgeable and extremely nice. I spent 4 days there and i have only one complaint. I know the hospital is old, however i did think the bathroom in my room, especiaally the shower could have been much cleaner. Please have a team of people go through and clean these showers properly. " - Alethea

Oct 05, 2016, 2:07 AM
Erlanger Medical Center: "I got mrsa was prescreenef for mrsa in the er. I had sepsis after the surgery i was told i had mrsa. Reading reviews i find yhat erlanger has a higher rate than normal. My stsy in the er was 14 hours waoting for a bed.
" - William

Sep 17, 2016, 9:38 PM
Erlanger Medical Center: "I dont understand why a hospital would ever charge a patient for parking. It is ridiculous to charge patients for parking when they need to visit the ER. Other hospitals in the area don't charge patients for parking. Plus I called Dobson Community Clinic twice Friday to see the dentist. No one called back and they close way to early on Fridays to do a walk in. I could not leave work early yet the personal who answered the phone and transferred me to the dentist said I had to. They are not my boss and do not pay any of my bills. They should stay open until 5 to allow patients who cannot leave early. I guess they don't understand that." - Christy

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