The University Of Chicago Medical Center 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 The University Of Chicago Medical Center save lives? 4% better than the national average, based on the overall mortality rate for critical illnesses.

	Mortality Rate
Heart Attack	14%
Heart Failure	12%
Pneumonia	11%

Infectious Disease at The University Of Chicago Medical Center

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	208
MRSA Causes life-threatening bloodstream infections, pneumonia and surgical site infections. Mortality rates may be as high as 20%3	20

Emergency Room Wait Time Ratings

Time until initial exam: 1h 48m

Non-critical cases where patient is discharged have total visit time of 4 hour and 6 minutes

Serious cases where patients are admitted have 5 hour and 15 minutes to be admitted, then an additional 4 hour and 6 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

62% of patients rate the hospital excellent



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

The University Of Chicago Medical Center Stories

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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

Jan 09, 2024, 6:01 PM
The University Of Chicago Medical Center: "Taken to ER from the doctor office located in the hospital only to wait 3 hours and left without the recommended treatment because it became too painful to sit waiting. Totally unacceptable " - James

Jun 11, 2022, 11:43 PM
The University Of Chicago Medical Center: "Sat. 5/11/22. Arrived at 4:30 pm. It's now 10:40pm" - William

Feb 08, 2022, 5:36 AM
The University Of Chicago Medical Center: "5+ hours wait time? That's being generous" - Anon

Sep 02, 2021, 2:25 AM
The University Of Chicago Medical Center: "I’m wondering when will this hospital get a review of their wait time in the ER. It appears that the dog emergency room and the children’s emergency room are equally pathetic. The wait time is longer than seven hours and most people was observed getting up and leaving. I don’t think it hurts the hospital because they triage everyone and get paid for nothing. People should contact your insurance company and dispute the charge at the hospital if the wait time is longer than seven hours." - John

May 15, 2021, 10:28 PM
The University Of Chicago Medical Center: "Wait TIMES ARE 8 HOURS BEEN HERE SINCE 12PM ITS 930 PM IN SEVERE PAIN LEVEL 8 SHORT OF BREATH LOSS CONSCIOUSNESS 2X EVEN TRIED TO CALL 911 TO TAKE ME TO ANOTHER HOSPITAL BUT BEEN PUT ON HOLD" - Nick

May 15, 2021, 10:24 PM
The University Of Chicago Medical Center: "WAIT TIMES IS 8 HOURS NO MATTER PAIN OR URGENCY LEVEL!!!!!!! FUCKING RIDICULOUS BEEN HERE SINCE NOON" - Nick

Oct 15, 2020, 8:18 PM
The University Of Chicago Medical Center: "I’ve been here since allegro got this morning. And still don’t know what’s going. And haven’t left the garage where they are keeping Er patients" - Robert

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