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Roger Williams Medical Center Ratings

825 CHALKSTONE AVENUE
Providence, RI 02908
Phone: (401) 456-2000

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 Roger Williams Medical Center save lives? 0% better than the national average, based on the overall mortality rate for critical illnesses.
Mortality Rate
Heart Attack16%
Heart Failure11%
Pneumonia12%


Infectious Disease at Roger Williams 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
24
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 47m

Non-critical cases where patient is discharged have total visit time of 2 hour and 38 minutes

Serious cases where patients are admitted have 3 hour and 50 minutes to be admitted, then an additional 2 hour and 2 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
Roger Williams Medical Center 4.6 out of 5 based on 32 ratings. 32 user reviews.


68% of patients rate the hospital excellent

Positive Patient Ratings

Some patients praise:
  • Nurses usually respond quickly when patients need help
  • 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



    Roger Williams Medical Center Stories



    Mar 31, 2022, 1:11 PM
    Roger Williams Medical Center: "I went to the ER at 8am with complaint of not being able to swallow without wanting to pass out. The first person I spoke to which was a triage nurse I informed I had nothing to eat or drink for 12 hours and I was ignored.I was put in a room immediately I assume because my BP was 153/107 and I’m pretty young, I asked for advil repeatedly so that I would be able to swallow some fluids I was ignored and treated as if I was burden. I see the Dr 3 hours later she saysit looked like I had an infection. Nurse comes back with a rapid strep test which ended up being positive at this point I still have had my pain addressed it took another hour to receive a medicine Via an I.v which didn’t work. I don’t want to be that guy but if you are gay and or a minority save yourself the aggravation don’t go here these people are awful humans. before you jump to their defense and make the case they have been on the front lines for the last three years fighting covid and they are under staffed etc, I’ll do it for you nurses are heroes and we would be in a very bad place without them. Unfortunately being understaffed and overworked doesn’t give anyone the right to ignore someone an have an awful attitude while doing so . I will be bringing this complaint as far up as I can go I am disgusted by the way I was treated and no one should have to be treated that way but sadly nothing will come of it. " - R

    Oct 09, 2021, 11:19 AM
    Roger Williams Medical Center: "Dr looked like a homeless shelter. Went at 1 am left by 4 people there for 8 hrs and reception never took their names. Bad client care. Awful don't recommend" - Sherlah


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