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Interfaith Medical Center Ratings

1545 ATLANTIC AVENUE
Brooklyn, NY 11213
Phone: (718) 613-4000

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 Interfaith Medical Center save lives? 7% worse than the national average, based on the overall mortality rate for critical illnesses.
Mortality Rate
Heart Attack18%
Heart Failure12%
Pneumonia12%


Infectious Disease at Interfaith 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 DiseaseCases
C. Diff
Sickens more than a half million people each year and has a 17% mortality rate after one year2
24
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 58m

Non-critical cases where patient is discharged have total visit time of 5 hour and 14 minutes

Serious cases where patients are admitted have 6 hour and 59 minutes to be admitted, then an additional 3 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: POOR
Interfaith Medical Center 3.9 out of 5 based on 28 ratings. 28 user reviews.


41% of patients rate the hospital excellent

Positive Patient Ratings

Some patients praise:
  • Doctors usually communicate well with patients

Negative Patient Ratings

  • Staff doesn't respond quickly when patients need help
  • Nurses often fail to communicate
  • Patients were often left in pain
  • Facilities are sometimes dirty




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



Interfaith Medical Center Stories



Nov 12, 2022, 11:01 AM
Interfaith Medical Center: "This place is HORRIBLE!!!! My husband has been there since yesterday for his heart still in the ER the the staff is HORRIBLE!! The place is dirty they Communication skills are the WORST !! Very unprofessional. The reason I don’t move my husband is because it’s his heart once they do whatever test they gotta do he’s getting a transfer out of It is unfortunately there you go to the emergency room for whatever reason and you don’t get to The treatment of human deserves I think the staff needs to be Retrain" - Migdalia

Nov 12, 2022, 10:59 AM
Interfaith Medical Center: "This place is HORRIBLE!!!! My husband has been there since yesterday for his heart still in the ER the the staff is HORRIBLE!! The place is dirty they Communication skills are the WORST !! Very unprofessional. The reason I don’t move my husband is because it’s his heart once they do whatever test they gotta do he’s getting a transfer out of It is unfortunately there you go to the emergency room for whatever reason and you don’t get to The treatment of human deserves I think the staff needs to be Retrain" - Migdalia

Nov 12, 2022, 9:27 AM
Interfaith Medical Center: "This place is HORRIBLE!!!! My husband has been there since yesterday for his heart still in the ER the the staff is HORRIBLE!! The place is dirty they Communication skills are the WORST !! Very unprofessional. The reason I don’t move my husband is because it’s his heart once they do whatever test they gotta do he’s getting a transfer out of It is unfortunately there you go to the emergency room for whatever reason and you don’t get to The treatment of human deserves I think the staff needs to be Retrain" - Migdalia


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