Lakeland Regional 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 Lakeland Regional Medical Center save lives? 8% better than the national average, based on the overall mortality rate for critical illnesses.

	Mortality Rate
Heart Attack	14%
Heart Failure	11%
Pneumonia	11%

Infectious Disease at Lakeland Regional 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	116
MRSA Causes life-threatening bloodstream infections, pneumonia and surgical site infections. Mortality rates may be as high as 20%3	12

Emergency Room Wait Time Ratings

Time until initial exam: 0h 18m

Non-critical cases where patient is discharged have total visit time of 2 hour and 20 minutes

Serious cases where patients are admitted have 2 hour and 31 minutes to be admitted, then an additional 0 hour and 42 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

67% of patients rate the hospital excellent



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

Lakeland Regional Medical Center Stories

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Sep 27, 2023, 2:41 AM
Lakeland Regional Medical Center: "One of the worse experiences. " - Jhovy

Aug 09, 2023, 7:25 AM
Lakeland Regional Medical Center: "Been here 3 hrs 10 min???" - Shawn

Aug 09, 2023, 7:23 AM
Lakeland Regional Medical Center: "Been here 3 hrs 10 min???" - Shawn

Aug 06, 2023, 7:02 AM
Lakeland Regional Medical Center: "I'm a veteran. Us marine. Involved in a severe car accident. Fractured hip. Herniated c1 and c2 spine and severe issues with my lumbar. Told they could fix it but there are a better choice of Surgeon here in lakeland. Going on 5 month now post mva and nothing.
God help Americans " - Keith

May 16, 2023, 1:30 AM
Lakeland Regional Medical Center: "Been waiting over 4 hours. Almost 5 now." - Michelle

Apr 07, 2023, 11:17 PM
Lakeland Regional Medical Center: "My mom is at 6 hours and counting..." - Frisbie

Nov 30, 2022, 7:07 PM
Lakeland Regional Medical Center: "More than 2.5 hour wait. " - Tara

Aug 08, 2022, 5:43 PM
Lakeland Regional Medical Center: "Waited for four hours and never was checked on by a nurse or doctor just one emt took my bp which was 192/118 and no actin was taken I sat over four hours waiting and nobody checked on me or my heart in any way shape or form. Worst er experience I’ve f my life will never go back for care there. People were sleeping in benches and in old care rooms outfitted with chairs the old waiting area and care areas are gone it is astoundingly horrid and nightmarishly reminiscent of the care level given in the 1600s daily plagues. The one charge nurses available answers no questions only tells you you’re on a long list still waiting to be seen by the doctor. Never been in any er where staff waits for some cruel fictitious doctor to trollio along. We waited from 9:20 on until after 2am. They moved all the old setup around and it is a horrible nightmare do not go there find another facility for your own health safety if you have a choice. I don’t know what changes or who took it over but it is currently horrific and cannot recommend anyone affiliated with such a scene who hasn’t reported it to the medical board for immediate remedial action. I’m a former nursing professional and that is not supposed to occur in modern US healthcare we most have some barbaric influencers overruling nursing standards and patient care ethics and laws to even exist that way. Inexcusable. Deadly in fact when someone has a bp that high for that length of time. Inexcusable for modern healthcare. " - Anonymous

Jan 04, 2022, 6:40 PM
Lakeland Regional Medical Center: "Waitting 4 hours so far not seen yet " - MArgarita

Jan 04, 2022, 6:40 PM
Lakeland Regional Medical Center: "Waitting 4 hours so far not seen yet " - MArgarita

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