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Swedish American Hospital Ratings

1401 EAST STATE STREET
Rockford, IL 61104
Phone: (815) 968-4400

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 Swedish American Hospital save lives? 7% better than the national average, based on the overall mortality rate for critical illnesses.
Mortality Rate
Heart Attack13%
Heart Failure12%
Pneumonia11%


Infectious Disease at Swedish American 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
44
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 29m

Non-critical cases where patient is discharged have total visit time of 2 hour and 59 minutes

Serious cases where patients are admitted have 3 hour and 14 minutes to be admitted, then an additional 1 hour and 15 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
Swedish American Hospital 4.7 out of 5 based on 28 ratings. 28 user reviews.


72% of patients rate the hospital excellent

Positive Patient Ratings

Some patients praise:
  • Nurses usually take time to communicate well
  • Doctors usually communicate well with patients
  • 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



    Swedish American Hospital Stories



    Sep 19, 2022, 4:07 PM
    Swedish American Hospital: "Awful ER. Not enough seating. Sick people are having to stand!!!!! Been here 4 hours and stay still in waiting room. Elderly an next to me is vomiting blood yet they don’t put him in a room. So sad. Homeless people allowed to roam around waiting room swearing, yelling etc. not good when u are not well. NO hospital should be run like this!!!!!! Shameful and disgusting treatment of people, " - Merle

    May 26, 2022, 9:06 AM
    Swedish American Hospital: "1.5 hour to get blood drawn and ekg. Next6 hours nothing. When I left at 130 in morning there were 4 in waiting room and 6 behind counter having a grand Ole time. Ask for an update or when I may see a dr they were so rude and condescending. Will never go back" - Daniel

    Feb 12, 2017, 11:40 PM
    Swedish American Hospital: "Swedish American ER is worst in Country hands down
    Consistently show that they don't care over and over "
    - Allison


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