North Metro Medical Center Ratings
1400 BRADEN STREET
Jacksonville, AR 72076
Phone: (501) 985-7000
Jacksonville, AR 72076
Phone: (501) 985-7000
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 North Metro Medical Center save lives? 3% worse than the national average, based on the overall mortality rate for critical illnesses.Mortality Rate | |
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Heart Attack | 17% |
Heart Failure | 10% |
Pneumonia | 13% |
Infectious Disease at North Metro 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 |
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C. Diff Sickens more than a half million people each year and has a 17% mortality rate after one year2 | 0 |
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 41mNon-critical cases where patient is discharged have total visit time of 2 hour and 3 minutes
Serious cases where patients are admitted have 3 hour and 5 minutes to be admitted, then an additional 1 hour and 15 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
North Metro Medical Center
4.3
out of 5
based on 29 ratings.
29 user reviews.
65% 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
- Rooms and facilities are usually clean
- Rooms were often quiet at night
Negative Patient Ratings
Footnotes:
1Questionable efficacy of flu vaccination
2C Diff Mortality Rate
3MRSA Mortality Rate
North Metro Medical Center Stories
Sep 11, 2016, 8:01 AM
North Metro Medical Center: "I took my son to North metro er on 9-9-16 cause his fingernails started falling off for no reason no other patients were there we sat for an hour and a half still in waiting room so I went back in patient area all rooms empty but on and all the nurses are at the station talking about what they were doing over the weekend so I say the is a very bad hospital go here if u want to die cause if they are not doing there job for a four year old they won't for you" - justin
Sep 11, 2016, 7:59 AM
North Metro Medical Center: "I took my son to North metro er on 9-9-16 cause his fingernails started falling off for no reason no other patients were there we sat for an hour and a half still in waiting room so I went back in patient area all rooms empty but on and all the nurses are at the station talking about what they were doing over the weekend so I say the is a very bad hospital go here if u want to die cause if they are not doing there job for a four year old they won't for you" - justin