Shands Hospital At The University Of Florida 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 Shands Hospital At The University Of Florida save lives? 13% better than the national average, based on the overall mortality rate for critical illnesses.

	Mortality Rate
Heart Attack	13%
Heart Failure	10%
Pneumonia	10%

Infectious Disease at Shands Hospital At The University Of Florida

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	216
MRSA Causes life-threatening bloodstream infections, pneumonia and surgical site infections. Mortality rates may be as high as 20%3	36

Emergency Room Wait Time Ratings

Time until initial exam: 1h 33m

Non-critical cases where patient is discharged have total visit time of 4 hour and 1 minutes

Serious cases where patients are admitted have 3 hour and 56 minutes to be admitted, then an additional 3 hour and 28 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

Shands Hospital At The University Of Florida Stories

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Aug 07, 2022, 1:00 AM
Shands Hospital At The University Of Florida: "It’s been 9 hours and I have yet to be seen. Some patients have been here even longer. I have a chemical burn to my eye which has gotten worse the 9 hours and still waiting. ER staff have been friendly and doing the best they can but behind these doors who knows what is going on but this is beyond unacceptable " - Bernadette

Nov 10, 2021, 6:05 AM
Shands Hospital At The University Of Florida: "Try 10.5 hours and we finally left. They did shift change and had not seen the new nurse for 1.5 hours.
" - maggie

Jul 18, 2021, 5:17 AM
Shands Hospital At The University Of Florida: "This is so far from true with a 3 hour wait time. I've been here for 11 hours, 6 other people have been here for 17 hours and none of us have been seen.

What happens to Shands????" - Lisa

Jul 14, 2021, 12:43 AM
Shands Hospital At The University Of Florida: "Going to Shands ER is a absolutely inhumane. The wait time is and has been 9 hours plus. Someone should be fired. Just sit back and look for yourself. This lack of proper leadership has resulted in my family members to be in the ER for well over 12hrs without being offered a something to eat or drink. Don't believe the hype this ER is overwhelmed everyday due to lack of leadership.
On a lighter note if you survive the 24hrs or more it may take to be admitted the doctor's are generally excellent. Remember your in control of your health care so I encourage everyone to voice there concerns. This has to be corrected!" - Frederick

Aug 10, 2017, 10:45 AM
Shands Hospital At The University Of Florida: "wated over 5hr no help felt so bad had to leave" - James

Jun 15, 2017, 1:50 PM
Shands Hospital At The University Of Florida: "Son brought in for possible abdominal bleed. Waited 9 hours, no dr, no room, no results. We left. Came back next day when waiting room was empty. Been waiting four hours no triage, no drs, nobody being called back for rooms. it is now packed. This is the worst ER I've ever been to. Staff is rude, i wxoected more from a Nationally known trauma center. We drove here out of state expecting better health care not worse. Soending money for hotel, second day here, no dr, no results, no room." - Shannon

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