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Hackensackumc Mountainside Ratings

BAY AND HIGHLAND AVE
Montclair, NJ 07042
Phone: (973) 429-6000

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 Hackensackumc Mountainside save lives? 7% better than the national average, based on the overall mortality rate for critical illnesses.
Mortality Rate
Heart Attack15%
Heart Failure10%
Pneumonia11%


Infectious Disease at Hackensackumc Mountainside

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 DiseaseCases
C. Diff
Sickens more than a half million people each year and has a 17% mortality rate after one year2
68
MRSA
Causes life-threatening bloodstream infections, pneumonia and surgical site infections. Mortality rates may be as high as 20%3
8


Emergency Room Wait Time Ratings

Time until initial exam: 1h 3m

Non-critical cases where patient is discharged have total visit time of 3 hour and 0 minutes

Serious cases where patients are admitted have 3 hour and 0 minutes to be admitted, then an additional 2 hour and 30 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
Hackensackumc Mountainside 4.45 out of 5 based on 29 ratings. 29 user reviews.


61% 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



Hackensackumc Mountainside Stories



Dec 23, 2020, 10:58 PM
Hackensackumc Mountainside: "The dumb abusive CUNY’s that treated me for “anxiety” And put it all over my papers anxiety anxiety anxiety anxiety anxiety anxiety anxiety are stupid bitches because guess why I couldn’t breathe for six days you dumb fucking cons? I left your shit shitty filthy fucking hospital I got diagnosed with COPD and has been having a flareup for a week so I hope you all die and go to hell you fucking bitches" - Jessica


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