Franciscan St Elizabeth Health - Lafayette Central Ratings

1501 HARTFORD ST
Lafayette, IN 47904
Phone: (765) 502-4334

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 Franciscan St Elizabeth Health - Lafayette Central save lives? 2% worse than the national average, based on the overall mortality rate for critical illnesses.

	Mortality Rate
Heart Attack	15%
Heart Failure	12%
Pneumonia	12%

Infectious Disease at Franciscan St Elizabeth Health - Lafayette Central

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	16
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 17m

Non-critical cases where patient is discharged have total visit time of 1 hour and 36 minutes

Serious cases where patients are admitted have 2 hour and 6 minutes to be admitted, then an additional 1 hour and 18 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

Franciscan St Elizabeth Health - Lafayette Central 4.35 out of 5 based on 53 ratings. 53 user reviews.

65% 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
Pain was usually controlled for patients

Negative Patient Ratings

Staff doesn't respond quickly when patients need help
Facilities are sometimes dirty

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

Franciscan St Elizabeth Health - Lafayette Central Stories

Nov 27, 2023, 9:43 PM
Community Hospital South: "I've been here 4.5 hours and have not been seen. My BP is at stroke level and I have chest pain with loss of consciousness... " - Jessica

Sep 05, 2023, 5:09 PM
: "Been in the waiting room at iu Methodist since 2:30 and it is now 5:08!!!! Are you F'ing kidding me???? " - Cjj

Jul 09, 2023, 12:06 PM
Franciscan St Francis Health - Indianapolis: "My last visit was seemless and the Dr was extremely knowledgeable and the wait time was minimal.
I very seldom go to any dr but I would go to this ER again if needed" - Luther

Jul 01, 2023, 6:01 PM
Community Hospital East: "Our experience was zero. We were there well over 21/2 hours and wasn’t taken back to a room at all. My sister was very sick and also letting others go ahead of us with similar issues. Not at all impressed by this hospital. She never was seen. We finally left." - Dana

Jul 01, 2023, 9:21 AM
Community Hospital East: "Our experience was zero. We were there well over 21/2 hours and wasn’t taken back to a room at all. My sister was very sick and also letting others go ahead of us with similar issues. Not at all impressed by this hospital. She never was seen. We finally left." - Dana

Compare hospitals in Tippecanoe County