Saratoga Hospital 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 Saratoga Hospital save lives? 1% better than the national average, based on the overall mortality rate for critical illnesses.

	Mortality Rate
Heart Attack	17%
Heart Failure	11%
Pneumonia	11%

Infectious Disease at Saratoga Hospital

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	8
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 34m

Non-critical cases where patient is discharged have total visit time of 2 hour and 48 minutes

Serious cases where patients are admitted have 2 hour and 55 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

71% of patients rate the hospital excellent



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

Saratoga Hospital Stories

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Aug 17, 2023, 8:39 AM
Saratoga Hospital: "8/16/2023 I waited 6 hours before I finally gave up. Was there to be evaluated for a possible MRSA infection. Was clearly triaged to be one of the last to be seen. But worse were those who waited 7 or 8 hours before giving up. The man doing triage was incompetent and rude and uncaring. If you want to know more, feel free to call. I still need medical care." - Harriet

Apr 07, 2018, 12:31 AM
Saratoga Hospital: "Once you get to a room. This is where the service drops. It can be up to 2 hours before ANYONE enters the room to see how you are doing. Had ER experience two days ago and thought maybe a fluke but nope in the ER again tonight with pain in chest and it's been over an hour and no one has set foot in my room. I understand there may be a wait but someone checking in makes a difference in customer care. I'm left wondering if they even know I am in here. " - Elizabeth

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