Wellstar Kennestone Hospital 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 Wellstar Kennestone Hospital save lives? 1% better than the national average, based on the overall mortality rate for critical illnesses.

	Mortality Rate
Heart Attack	15%
Heart Failure	11%
Pneumonia	13%

Infectious Disease at Wellstar Kennestone 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 Disease	Cases
C. Diff Sickens more than a half million people each year and has a 17% mortality rate after one year2	160
MRSA Causes life-threatening bloodstream infections, pneumonia and surgical site infections. Mortality rates may be as high as 20%3	4

Emergency Room Wait Time Ratings

Time until initial exam: 0h 54m

Non-critical cases where patient is discharged have total visit time of 3 hour and 30 minutes

Serious cases where patients are admitted have 3 hour and 13 minutes to be admitted, then an additional 2 hour and 2 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

70% of patients rate the hospital excellent



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

Wellstar Kennestone Hospital Stories

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Mar 10, 2023, 1:15 AM
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital: "
I worked for WellStar Kennestone ED for 7 years and the current management staff is horrible. They have no clue about what goes on day to day. A handful of talented nurses are the only things keeping the whole ED afloat. Senior management should be ashamed of hiring talentless Directors to run the busiest ED in Georgia. The Executive Director of the ED, Jeff Schaffo and Director, Dan Cunningham should be fired immediately for their lack of leadership and lack of caring for their employees. SHAME, SHAME, SHAME for keeping them on staff! Do not recommend working there under their management, you'll regret it and you'll get NO SUPPORT only empty promises! DO BETTER WELLSTAR!" - Daryl

Jan 14, 2023, 8:21 AM
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital: "Says 3.5 hour wait time. I've been here for over 8 so far! " - Brandon

Oct 05, 2022, 1:56 AM
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital: "Very understaffed emergency room hospital and very uncaring staff. Go somewhere else if you can. This should be your last choice don’t have any other. Good luck getting help there! " - Anonymous

Oct 05, 2022, 1:29 AM
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital: "Very understaffed emergency room hospital and very uncaring staff. Go somewhere else if you can. This should be your last choice don’t have any other. Good luck getting help there! " - Anonymous

Oct 03, 2022, 11:10 PM
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital: "I dropped my husband off over 5 hours ago with possible sepsis and dehydration. He’s still in the waiting room. " - Nancy

Jul 22, 2022, 2:25 PM
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital: "ER wait times are unreal. Stay away inless you have a true life threatening emergency!!" - Lynda

May 17, 2022, 8:11 AM
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital: "Worst service or should I say lack of service I’ve ever experienced! " - Angela

May 17, 2022, 8:09 AM
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital: "Worst service or should I say lack of service I’ve ever experienced! " - Angela

May 17, 2022, 8:09 AM
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital: "Worst service or should I say lack of service I’ve ever experienced! " - Angela

May 17, 2022, 8:09 AM
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital: "Worst service or should I say lack of service I’ve ever experienced! " - Angela

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