Lake Wales Medical Center Ratings

410 S 11TH ST
Lake Wales, FL 33853
Phone: (863) 676-1433

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

	Mortality Rate
Heart Attack	18%
Heart Failure	11%
Pneumonia	13%

Infectious Disease at Lake Wales 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	12
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 22m

Non-critical cases where patient is discharged have total visit time of 2 hour and 2 minutes

Serious cases where patients are admitted have 2 hour and 47 minutes to be admitted, then an additional 1 hour and 36 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

Lake Wales Medical Center 4.45 out of 5 based on 28 ratings. 28 user reviews.

64% 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

Lake Wales Medical Center Stories

Jan 08, 2020, 6:41 PM
Lake Wales Medical Center: "Staff have inner jokes when serious situation us going on " - Katherine

Jan 08, 2020, 6:41 PM
Lake Wales Medical Center: "Staff have inner jokes when serious situation us going on " - Katherine

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