North Fulton Regional 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 North Fulton Regional Hospital save lives? 3% worse than the national average, based on the overall mortality rate for critical illnesses.

	Mortality Rate
Heart Attack	17%
Heart Failure	10%
Pneumonia	13%

Infectious Disease at North Fulton Regional 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	16
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 24m

Non-critical cases where patient is discharged have total visit time of 2 hour and 19 minutes

Serious cases where patients are admitted have 2 hour and 43 minutes to be admitted, then an additional 1 hour and 40 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

65% of patients rate the hospital excellent



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

North Fulton Regional Hospital Stories

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Dec 07, 2022, 9:05 PM
North Fulton Regional Hospital: "Six hours waiting in the ER and still here. Came in with my father for a cardiac concern. Triaged in ~30 minutes, then just sitting in the waiting room. Apparently no beds available and were repeatedly told that they “were busy”. We’re supposed to be waiting on one test that takes about 30 minutes to get a result…going on three hours now." - Robert

Sep 21, 2021, 2:57 AM
North Fulton Regional Hospital: "These wait times that are posted are a joke. Just like anywhere else especially here in Alpharetta it’s not who you are but who you know. I sat in the ER with a woman getting fluids in an IV in the waiting area. Yet some old man comes walking in, with a little boo boo on his finger that needed a few stitches….came in dropped a few names and was in and out in less than 30 minutes. That ticked me off! Just like every other hospital the nurses do more talking than working. This country and its racism too. I had my mask down for 3 minutes and some old racist black man comes and makes a scene. I said I apologize I just forgot and he went on and on. Then when the young black nurse told me “put your mask up SON” I almost lost it. I am twice her age but racism again.
During this review Ihave been sitting in a wheelchair after 4 hip surgeries and the hip is not right YET I HAVE SAID NOTHING. WHY BECAUSE I WOULD RATHER BE PART OF THE SOLUTION NOT THE PROBLEM!
To the old man about the mask I am sorry your wife is obese and you walked past me 10 TIMES. going oh my God Oh My Back.
“Empty barrels when they fall make the most noise” a
To the young nurse who called me a BOY please take a class in manners and etiquette. 4.5 hours waiting with a possible broken or dislocated hip.
Never ever again " - Matthew

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