Putnam Hospital 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 Putnam Hospital 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	10%
Pneumonia	10%

Infectious Disease at Putnam Hospital 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	28
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: 1h 5m

Non-critical cases where patient is discharged have total visit time of 2 hour and 20 minutes

Serious cases where patients are admitted have 3 hour and 0 minutes to be admitted, then an additional 1 hour and 56 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

77% of patients rate the hospital excellent



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

Putnam Hospital Center Stories

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Aug 31, 2022, 5:11 PM
Putnam Hospital Center: "Waited almost 7 hours on August 23rd for my mom to be seen (94 years old). Not one medical person came out or triaged any of the patients in the waiting room. When I asked to speak to the Nursing Supervisor after more than 6 hours, I was approached by 2 security officers and a police officer. The police officer stood in an intimidating stance and told me to sit down and wait another hour. I left. Will never go back. Complete disregard for patients medical needs." - Kathy

Jul 17, 2022, 3:36 PM
Putnam Hospital Center: "I was very concerned over a person that was sick and I felt it necessary to take her to the Emergency at Putnam County Hospital in Carmel, NY ! I thought that a hospital and it’s staff are there to help the people ! and they are getting paid to do their job and if their choice of career is too much then maybe they should keep looking til they find a job they are happy with ! There is no room at hospitals for gossip ! prejudices ! or any other rude behaviors ! If a person goes to the Emergency Of a hospital it’s because they are in need of urgent care ! " - Ianna

Jul 17, 2022, 3:36 PM
Putnam Hospital Center: "I was very concerned over a person that was sick and I felt it necessary to take her to the Emergency at Putnam County Hospital in Carmel, NY ! I thought that a hospital and it’s staff are there to help the people ! and they are getting paid to do their job and if their choice of career is too much then maybe they should keep looking til they find a job they are happy with ! There is no room at hospitals for gossip ! prejudices ! or any other rude behaviors ! If a person goes to the Emergency Of a hospital it’s because they are in need of urgent care ! " - Ianna

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