Uh Geauga 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 Uh Geauga Medical Center save lives? 8% better than the national average, based on the overall mortality rate for critical illnesses.

	Mortality Rate
Heart Attack	13%
Heart Failure	11%
Pneumonia	12%

Infectious Disease at Uh Geauga 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	32
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 14m

Non-critical cases where patient is discharged have total visit time of 2 hour and 31 minutes

Serious cases where patients are admitted have 2 hour and 40 minutes to be admitted, then an additional 1 hour and 35 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

Uh Geauga Medical Center Stories

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Apr 10, 2022, 5:23 PM
Uh Geauga Medical Center: "ER visit today 7am Dr would not even see me. Dr Piscitelli sent in PA who would not get hospitalist to admit me nor do MS treatment of IV Solumedrol for 4 days in patient as sugar goes over 600 need insulin while on steroids so must be in hospital. Can only walk 4 ft then go down
BP was 214/105 and they just discharged me!!!!???? Now home in such pain no steroids no help nothing!! I dont know what to do. Dr ssys he cannot admit even though UH Dr. Cant reach an advocate just soooo scared right now need help..my files all.at Geauga my Dr same for 17 years
Meds all from same dr and pharmacy so why.will they not help me??? Please I need help" - Tammy

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