University Of Mississippi Med Center Ratings

2500 N STATE ST
Jackson, MS 39216
Phone: (601) 984-4100

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 University Of Mississippi Med Center save lives? 7% worse than the national average, based on the overall mortality rate for critical illnesses.

	Mortality Rate
Heart Attack	17%
Heart Failure	12%
Pneumonia	13%

Infectious Disease at University Of Mississippi Med 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	68
MRSA Causes life-threatening bloodstream infections, pneumonia and surgical site infections. Mortality rates may be as high as 20%³	8

Emergency Room Wait Time Ratings

Time until initial exam: 0h 46m

Non-critical cases where patient is discharged have total visit time of 2 hour and 22 minutes

Serious cases where patients are admitted have 3 hour and 54 minutes to be admitted, then an additional 2 hour and 0 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

University Of Mississippi Med Center 4.7 out of 5 based on 39 ratings. 39 user reviews.

72% of patients rate the hospital excellent

Positive Patient Ratings

Some patients praise:

Nurses usually take time to communicate well
Rooms were often quiet at night

Negative Patient Ratings

Staff doesn't respond quickly when patients need help

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

University Of Mississippi Med Center Stories

Feb 13, 2022, 9:08 PM
University Of Mississippi Med Center: "Something has to get better ! I could die sitting here the way the wait times are. I’m in so much pain, they haven’t gave me anything for pain or the nausea !!!! I’ve been here since 6, 3 hours is more than enough time to see what’s going on with me. RAPID TRACK IS NOT RAPID. SHUT IT DOWN" - Ebony

Feb 13, 2022, 8:45 PM
University Of Mississippi Med Center: "Something has to get better ! I could die sitting here the way the wait times are. I’m in so much pain, they haven’t gave me anything for pain or the nausea !!!! I’ve been here since 6, 3 hours is more than enough time to see what’s going on with me. RAPID TRACK IS NOT RAPID. SHUT IT DOWN" - Ebony

Feb 13, 2022, 8:45 PM
University Of Mississippi Med Center: "Something has to get better ! I could die sitting here the way the wait times are. I’m in so much pain, they haven’t gave me anything for pain or the nausea !!!! I’ve been here since 6, 3 hours is more than enough time to see what’s going on with me. RAPID TRACK IS NOT RAPID. SHUT IT DOWN" - Ebony

Oct 14, 2020, 6:17 PM
University Of Mississippi Med Center: "the worst waiting area. I have had 2 strokes in the last 60 days and have been waiting in waiting room for 3 hours, throwing up, dizzy and all and they say they are waiting to get clean room. If it takes 3 hour to clean a room then they need new employees. this is sad. " - charlie

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