Licking Memorial Hospital 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 Licking Memorial Hospital save lives? 2% worse than the national average, based on the overall mortality rate for critical illnesses.

	Mortality Rate
Heart Attack	15%
Heart Failure	12%
Pneumonia	13%

Infectious Disease at Licking Memorial Hospital

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	24
MRSA Causes life-threatening bloodstream infections, pneumonia and surgical site infections. Mortality rates may be as high as 20%3	4

Emergency Room Wait Time Ratings

Time until initial exam: 1h 1m

Non-critical cases where patient is discharged have total visit time of 2 hour and 31 minutes

Serious cases where patients are admitted have 2 hour and 36 minutes to be admitted, then an additional 1 hour and 8 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

63% of patients rate the hospital excellent



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

Licking Memorial Hospital Stories

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Jan 03, 2023, 4:48 PM
Licking Memorial Hospital: "5 hrs in ER waiting room ,left because still hadn't been seen !!! " - Angela

Jun 29, 2022, 5:07 AM
Licking Memorial Hospital: "Haven't been seen yet I am needing iv pumped in me 4 My blood sugar levels are out of wack " - Matthew

Jun 29, 2022, 5:06 AM
Licking Memorial Hospital: "Haven't been seen yet I am needing iv pumped in me 4 My blood sugar levels are out of wack " - Matthew

Oct 12, 2017, 2:32 PM
Licking Memorial Hospital: "Today on October 12th 2017 I came in for an important xray on my back, that was ordered from my primary doctor. When I wAs called I was handed a gown and told to go into the public bathroom to change.I asked "do you have any where move sanitary?" I was told "no". I told her I physically in able to do that without sitting. I also said I wasn't going to lay my clothing on the floor. I am actually sick. She told me " if I don't like it then go some where else". I asked her " why can't I use The empty room?" she Said " I going to put a patient in there" I said "I am a patient aren't I?" she said again " if you don't like it go some where else". I said " there is no way you can expect me to do that, there is no way you would "no way am I doing that. Sit on the public toilet to take my cloths off and leaving them on the floor. So yes I will go elsewhere for my xray. She also said " do you want a survey?" I said "yes" . so she sped up around me to the reception area and said " give her a survey!". The ladies at the reception area asked if I was ok. And kept apologizing. " - Deanna

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