Geisinger Wyoming Valley 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 Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center save lives? 9% worse than the national average, based on the overall mortality rate for critical illnesses.

	Mortality Rate
Heart Attack	16%
Heart Failure	12%
Pneumonia	14%

Infectious Disease at Geisinger Wyoming Valley 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	52
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: 0h 40m

Non-critical cases where patient is discharged have total visit time of 3 hour and 28 minutes

Serious cases where patients are admitted have 3 hour and 6 minutes to be admitted, then an additional 3 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: AVERAGE

72% of patients rate the hospital excellent



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

Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center Stories

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Oct 17, 2023, 9:51 AM
Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center: "I had a start of a bad infection this hospital barley did anything knowing how serious it could be they sent me home I went to PENN MEDICINE IN PHILADELPHIA with them knowing the same thing THEY admitted me for two weeks . I can back explained I’m waiting on my medication but since my PICC line and medication was through PENN MEDICINE they routinely checked me due to other issues . Which is understandable and again I went to PENN where I was admitted until everything with my medication was set up .


Months later I came back with a drainage issue from one of my wounds on my leg EVERYTHING IS THE SAME ISSUE .
I found out I had an infection on top an infection: The DRs here tested me I GOT NO CALL AND MY CHART WAS NOT UPDATED BECAUSE I CHECK IT ALL THE TIME . It took 30 days for me to find out ny wound was infected . 30 days with out medication and I was getting worse luckily for me I had an appointment with my ID DR at PENN and he was the one who found out what was going on and treated me right away but due to their negligence everything got worse . " - Brittany

Sep 27, 2023, 6:54 AM
Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center: "Been waiting for 8 hrs on a Tuesday night for my dad’s obstructed bowel. Still waiting as I type this. There’s one family ahead of us. We came from 20 miles away. " - Christopher

Sep 27, 2023, 2:49 AM
Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center: "Been waiting for 8 hrs on a Tuesday night for my dad’s obstructed bowel. Still waiting as I type this. There’s one family ahead of us. We came from 20 miles away. " - Christopher

Dec 13, 2022, 7:33 PM
Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center: "3 hours is BS! My mom has been waiting for over 7 hours. She has a severe infection in her foot. She is a diabetic and possibly has the flu. It’s ridiculous to have elderly people wait an entire day to be seen. I know times are tough and hospitals are busy but she was advised by her foot doctor akd her family doctor to come to er to be scheduled for surgery. Why? Why? Why can’t they schedule the surgery so it’s planned and she doesn’t have to sit here and suffer all day in pain and uncomfortable and hungry. " - Kelly

Dec 03, 2022, 6:14 PM
Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center: "My son is very sick. Vomiting non stop for 2 days. Not even keeping down water sips or small ice chips. He is in alot of pain and so very weak and pale. There is blood in his vomiting. But here we are for a 6 hour wait thus far. Nothing seems to matter. So upsetting and frustrated." - Cole

Jul 28, 2021, 11:19 PM
Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center: "I’ve been sitting with severe abdominal pain for 4 hours now and have only seen triage. This baffles me in every aspect there is. How can a hospital run its emergency room this way! And if my case wasn’t severe enough then why even make me stay longer?! Aparently I’ve picked the wrong hospital! And hopefully my condition doesn’t worsen in the meantime! " - Eileen

Jan 20, 2021, 6:04 AM
Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center: "9 hours in emergency room for two broken bones and I needed surgery go anywhere else there are mean and dangerous there it’s like walking it prison more guards then nurses and doctors that will tell you something right there " - Phillip

Jan 20, 2021, 5:54 AM
Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center: "9 hours in emergency room for two broken bones and I needed surgery go anywhere else there are mean and dangerous there it’s like walking it prison more guards then nurses and doctors that will tell you something right there " - Phillip

Jan 20, 2021, 5:47 AM
Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center: "Horrible staff no humanity mean people who laugh at other people’s pain as they get paid to do it I broke my tibia and fibia ankle broke I was told to go take aspirin let go at 2 am to take taxi home no help from staff how the president of that hospital let that go on amazes me in my opinion go to any other er you’ll be much safer safer safer and a happier patient " - Phillip

Jan 20, 2021, 5:46 AM
Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center: "Horrible staff no humanity mean people who laugh at other people’s pain as they get paid to do it I broke my tibia and fibia ankle broke I was told to go take aspirin let go at 2 am to take taxi home no help from staff how the president of that hospital let that go on amazes me in my opinion go to any other er you’ll be much safer safer safer and a happier patient " - Phillip

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