Middle Tennessee Medical Center Inc 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 Middle Tennessee Medical Center Inc save lives? 3% worse than the national average, based on the overall mortality rate for critical illnesses.

	Mortality Rate
Heart Attack	16%
Heart Failure	11%
Pneumonia	13%

Infectious Disease at Middle Tennessee Medical Center Inc

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	48
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: 0h 45m

Non-critical cases where patient is discharged have total visit time of 2 hour and 57 minutes

Serious cases where patients are admitted have 2 hour and 19 minutes to be admitted, then an additional 2 hour and 18 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

73% of patients rate the hospital excellent



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

Middle Tennessee Medical Center Inc Stories

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Jul 25, 2021, 2:32 AM
Middle Tennessee Medical Center Inc: "Don't come to this emergency room!!! Been here since 11 pm still in waiting room. " - Carolyn

Dec 30, 2020, 10:18 PM
Middle Tennessee Medical Center Inc: "Waited 4 and a half hours with chest pain. Was able to call and get labs from nurse, left AMA. " - Simpson

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