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Parkridge Medical Center Ratings

2333 MCCALLIE AVE
Chattanooga, TN 37404
Phone: (423) 894-4220

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 Parkridge Medical Center save lives? 1% worse than the national average, based on the overall mortality rate for critical illnesses.
Mortality Rate
Heart Attack15%
Heart Failure13%
Pneumonia11%


Infectious Disease at Parkridge 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 DiseaseCases
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
4


Emergency Room Wait Time Ratings

Time until initial exam: 0h 13m

Non-critical cases where patient is discharged have total visit time of 2 hour and 1 minutes

Serious cases where patients are admitted have 2 hour and 44 minutes to be admitted, then an additional 1 hour and 25 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
Parkridge Medical Center 4.65 out of 5 based on 27 ratings. 27 user reviews.


74% of patients rate the hospital excellent

Positive Patient Ratings

Some patients praise:
  • Nurses usually take time to communicate well
  • Pain was usually controlled for patients
  • Rooms and facilities are usually clean

Negative Patient Ratings

    No consistently negative reviews



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



    Parkridge Medical Center Stories



    Mar 04, 2020, 4:23 PM
    Parkridge Medical Center: "It was an awful day& I went to ER for,-HELP-,& was treated very wrong!,1-Dr,was willing to try to help,then just dis appeared,-a girl?-working there was on phone+"saying "shes not asking for anything" & had another hospital on line,she threw a blanket over to me,as if she didn't know how to treat- anyone, while a man sat in a chair talking- loudly- saying"she came in here with 4+ kinds of cancer" *WHAT??If so,Why in the hell did not anyone talk to me,too busy kissing ass to other hospital(that is being sued)!! He acted as if he was a Dr.--Wow--!!*Just like the others at awful hospital,self involved,-Facades!!He acted like he enjoyed the attention, a woman(co-worker) asked him_ how did he know that,he said,- urine-*it wasn't tested,there! I was pale& very sick, shaking & trying not to get even more upset, bunch of- True ass kissers- he wouldn't look my way,-he was having a good day!He would have mad God sick!!& He'll get his,God won't mind sending him to hell,Awful ER!!,didn't do Anything but give prescription for-infection.?,NEVER talked with me,just hurried me along,I couldn't even walk into the hospital!,& get-*very INCOMPIDENT so called medical " people", got thier names!!" - Mollie

    Mar 04, 2020, 4:23 PM
    Parkridge Medical Center: "It was an awful day& I went to ER for,-HELP-,& was treated very wrong!,1-Dr,was willing to try to help,then just dis appeared,-a girl?-working there was on phone+"saying "shes not asking for anything" & had another hospital on line,she threw a blanket over to me,as if she didn't know how to treat- anyone, while a man sat in a chair talking- loudly- saying"she came in here with 4+ kinds of cancer" *WHAT??If so,Why in the hell did not anyone talk to me,too busy kissing ass to other hospital(that is being sued)!! He acted as if he was a Dr.--Wow--!!*Just like the others at awful hospital,self involved,-Facades!!He acted like he enjoyed the attention, a woman(co-worker) asked him_ how did he know that,he said,- urine-*it wasn't tested,there! I was pale& very sick, shaking & trying not to get even more upset, bunch of- True ass kissers- he wouldn't look my way,-he was having a good day!He would have mad God sick!!& He'll get his,God won't mind sending him to hell,Awful ER!!,didn't do Anything but give prescription for-infection.?,NEVER talked with me,just hurried me along,I couldn't even walk into the hospital!,& get-*very INCOMPIDENT so called medical " people", got thier names!!" - Mollie

    Mar 04, 2020, 4:23 PM
    Parkridge Medical Center: "It was an awful day& I went to ER for,-HELP-,& was treated very wrong!,1-Dr,was willing to try to help,then just dis appeared,-a girl?-working there was on phone+"saying "shes not asking for anything" & had another hospital on line,she threw a blanket over to me,as if she didn't know how to treat- anyone, while a man sat in a chair talking- loudly- saying"she came in here with 4+ kinds of cancer" *WHAT??If so,Why in the hell did not anyone talk to me,too busy kissing ass to other hospital(that is being sued)!! He acted as if he was a Dr.--Wow--!!*Just like the others at awful hospital,self involved,-Facades!!He acted like he enjoyed the attention, a woman(co-worker) asked him_ how did he know that,he said,- urine-*it wasn't tested,there! I was pale& very sick, shaking & trying not to get even more upset, bunch of- True ass kissers- he wouldn't look my way,-he was having a good day!He would have mad God sick!!& He'll get his,God won't mind sending him to hell,Awful ER!!,didn't do Anything but give prescription for-infection.?,NEVER talked with me,just hurried me along,I couldn't even walk into the hospital!,& get-*very INCOMPIDENT so called medical " people", got thier names!!" - Mollie

    Mar 04, 2020, 4:23 PM
    Parkridge Medical Center: "It was an awful day& I went to ER for,-HELP-,& was treated very wrong!,1-Dr,was willing to try to help,then just dis appeared,-a girl?-working there was on phone+"saying "shes not asking for anything" & had another hospital on line,she threw a blanket over to me,as if she didn't know how to treat- anyone, while a man sat in a chair talking- loudly- saying"she came in here with 4+ kinds of cancer" *WHAT??If so,Why in the hell did not anyone talk to me,too busy kissing ass to other hospital(that is being sued)!! He acted as if he was a Dr.--Wow--!!*Just like the others at awful hospital,self involved,-Facades!!He acted like he enjoyed the attention, a woman(co-worker) asked him_ how did he know that,he said,- urine-*it wasn't tested,there! I was pale& very sick, shaking & trying not to get even more upset, bunch of- True ass kissers- he wouldn't look my way,-he was having a good day!He would have mad God sick!!& He'll get his,God won't mind sending him to hell,Awful ER!!,didn't do Anything but give prescription for-infection.?,NEVER talked with me,just hurried me along,I couldn't even walk into the hospital!,& get-*very INCOMPIDENT so called medical " people", got thier names!!" - Mollie

    Mar 04, 2020, 4:22 PM
    Parkridge Medical Center: "It was an awful day& I went to ER for,-HELP-,& was treated very wrong!,1-Dr,was willing to try to help,then just dis appeared,-a girl?-working there was on phone+"saying "shes not asking for anything" & had another hospital on line,she threw a blanket over to me,as if she didn't know how to treat- anyone, while a man sat in a chair talking- loudly- saying"she came in here with 4+ kinds of cancer" *WHAT??If so,Why in the hell did not anyone talk to me,too busy kissing ass to other hospital(that is being sued)!! He acted as if he was a Dr.--Wow--!!*Just like the others at awful hospital,self involved,-Facades!!He acted like he enjoyed the attention, a woman(co-worker) asked him_ how did he know that,he said,- urine-*it wasn't tested,there! I was pale& very sick, shaking & trying not to get even more upset, bunch of- True ass kissers- he wouldn't look my way,-he was having a good day!He would have mad God sick!!& He'll get his,God won't mind sending him to hell,Awful ER!!,didn't do Anything but give prescription for-infection.?,NEVER talked with me,just hurried me along,I couldn't even walk into the hospital!,& get-*very INCOMPIDENT so called medical " people", got thier names!!" - Mollie


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