Skagit Valley 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 Skagit Valley Hospital save lives? 11% worse than the national average, based on the overall mortality rate for critical illnesses.

	Mortality Rate
Heart Attack	15%
Heart Failure	14%
Pneumonia	15%

Infectious Disease at Skagit Valley 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	12
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 23m

Non-critical cases where patient is discharged have total visit time of 2 hour and 17 minutes

Serious cases where patients are admitted have 2 hour and 45 minutes to be admitted, then an additional 1 hour and 19 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

66% of patients rate the hospital excellent



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

Skagit Valley Hospital Stories

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Feb 23, 2023, 9:02 PM
Skagit Valley Hospital: "Rude employees! Exorbitant bills! Misdiagnosis (life threatening) no negotiable bills. Ridiculous FOR profit facility " - Morgan

Jun 03, 2022, 2:06 PM
Skagit Valley Hospital: "As a senior citizen, I have been to many hospitals throughout my lifetime and have never been treated with as much kindness and compassion as I have at Skagit Valley Hospital. They are always so respectful, as well as, thorough in treatment. I did have an issue once with communicating to the front desk my urgency needing to be seen. However, once I explained what had taken place with the desk, to the nurse, she was apologetic and quickly rectified the situation. I trust them, knowing I will receive the best care." - Katie

May 28, 2022, 12:20 AM
Skagit Valley Hospital: "As a senior citizen, I have been to many hospitals throughout my lifetime and have never been treated with as much kindness and compassion as I have at Skagit Valley Hospital. They are always so respectful, as well as, thorough in treatment. I did have an issue once with communicating to the front desk my urgency needing to be seen. However, once I explained what had taken place with the desk, to the nurse, she was apologetic and quickly rectified the situation. I trust them, knowing I will receive the best care." - Katie

Jul 27, 2021, 10:40 PM
Skagit Valley Hospital: "I went in because I am positive for covid and having low oxygen levels at home while laying down below 90 she was rude and said I’m only low because my fake nails and then she only checked my blood pressure which was 111/84. She didn’t listen to my lungs as to I’m short of breath and or check anything else. She was very rude. Then she said ok u need to go sit behind the barrier. I said ok. She was not polite about at all. On my way out of triage I said to her I think I’m gonna faint and she said I’m fine and go have a seat. She took several other patients straight back. I sat in the waiting room for 2 hours and then my body just gave out. I was dizzy and ready to puke and needed to lay down. I was still in the bottom of the list cause I’m the triage nurse eyes I had no need to be there. Worst service ever. " - Misty

May 28, 2020, 11:32 AM
Skagit Valley Hospital: "I have had a number of day surges, 5 just in the past 5 years. Dr. Dang performed the surgery which went great. The admitting nurse very nice and helpful but the anesthesiologist all but guaranteed he knew what he was doing and I would not have side effects I had had in past. I ended up with worse side effects I have ever had with nerve block. Then the sling they sent me home in was too small. The nurse checking me out says u can dress yourself right, and just left the room. I couldn’t finish dressing myself with 1 arm so I said yes I will need help, she was handing me my clothes with her fingertips with a discussed look on her face. I don’t understand how surgery nurses don’t know more than I do about different procedures and actually have some empathy for patients. Why else do they work there? The experience made my recovery harder and longer, and I would really appreciate it if someone could acknowledge the mistakes that were made so they won’t b made again. Thank you" - Felisa

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