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St Bernard Hospital Ratings

326 W 64TH ST
Chicago, IL 60621
Phone: (773) 962-3900

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 St Bernard Hospital save lives? 4% better than the national average, based on the overall mortality rate for critical illnesses.
Mortality Rate
Heart Failure10%
Pneumonia13%


Infectious Disease at St Bernard 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 DiseaseCases
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: 0h 19m

Non-critical cases where patient is discharged have total visit time of 3 hour and 42 minutes

Serious cases where patients are admitted have 5 hour and 57 minutes to be admitted, then an additional 2 hour and 44 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: POOR
St Bernard Hospital 3.65 out of 5 based on 22 ratings. 22 user reviews.


44% of patients rate the hospital excellent

Positive Patient Ratings

Some patients praise:
  • Doctors usually communicate well with patients

Negative Patient Ratings

  • Staff doesn't respond quickly when patients need help
  • Nurses often fail to communicate
  • Patients were often left in pain
  • Facilities are sometimes dirty




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



St Bernard Hospital Stories



Mar 13, 2024, 5:16 PM
Palos Community Hospital: "Ridiculous. Longest patient waiting for over 3 hours but not called 4 hours later from the Emergency Department. Service here is awful now. Never again" - Charlene

Feb 27, 2024, 6:56 PM
Herrin Hospital: "Been over 2 hours and my son has a 103 fever. Covid. Left him in the waiting room " - Teresa

Feb 17, 2024, 1:09 AM
: "I currently have been waiting SEVEN hours at Advocate Christ Hospital " - April

Jan 15, 2024, 3:44 PM
: "OVER 24 HOURS at University Of Chicago. My 82yr dad is in a hallway and they will not let anyone back there with him. They keep saying they are waiting for a bed, but he still sitting since Sunday at 3:30pm. Looks like these wait times do not update.

Any suggestions for a site with accurate times?"
- Sheryl

Jan 10, 2024, 8:56 PM
The University Of Chicago Medical Center: "Been here 2 days in a row and waited 7 hrs w/ my mentally handicap uncle and was never saw by a doctor. There were people who had been waiting for almost 10 hours to see a doctor. " - Dionne


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