Parkland Health 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 Parkland Health Center save lives? 9% better than the national average, based on the overall mortality rate for critical illnesses.

	Mortality Rate
Heart Attack	15%
Heart Failure	11%
Pneumonia	9%

Infectious Disease at Parkland Health 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	12
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 48m

Non-critical cases where patient is discharged have total visit time of 2 hour and 40 minutes

Serious cases where patients are admitted have 2 hour and 59 minutes to be admitted, then an additional 1 hour and 1 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

70% of patients rate the hospital excellent



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

Parkland Health Center Stories

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Mar 11, 2024, 2:04 AM
Mercy Hospital St Louis: "We were admitted fairly quick through triage, but we are in the room after triage for 9 hours at this point waiting for a clean room. Ridiculous " - Robert

Feb 26, 2024, 1:42 PM
: "We waited 8 hours last night at MO Bap" - DL

Dec 22, 2023, 8:34 PM
Saint Luke's East Lee's Summit Hospital: "Going on 3 1/2 hours now. " - Chris

Nov 29, 2023, 12:53 AM
Mercy Hospital St Louis: "Been waiting 7 hours in Mercy ER so far!!! You’re report of 2 hrs 11 min is WRONG!!" - C

Oct 20, 2023, 5:14 PM
Saint Luke's East Lee's Summit Hospital: "The wait time is incorrect. Going on 3 1/2 hours and not seen yet" - Angie

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