Bedford Memorial 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 Bedford Memorial Hospital save lives? 29% worse than the national average, based on the overall mortality rate for critical illnesses.

	Mortality Rate
Heart Failure	14%
Pneumonia	17%

Infectious Disease at Bedford Memorial 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	0
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 41m

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 12 minutes to be admitted, then an additional 0 hour and 54 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

69% of patients rate the hospital excellent



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

Bedford Memorial Hospital Stories

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Mar 13, 2018, 8:49 AM
Bedford Memorial Hospital: "My dad who is a highly recognized person in Bedford, va and was president of the hospital board at one time, was just treated in your hospital again. 3 strikes your out hoes for him and I about the treatment that he received there. The first time a simple gall bladder surgery went from being a simple recovery to a difficult one, which Bedford said they didn't know what else to do and sent him to Lynchburg and then Charlottesville, where he underwent 7 surgeries, that wound up finally being successful. The 2nd time, on this recent stay, his heart medicine was failed to be given to him. The 3rd time, he was telling a nurse about how much pain he went through , on trying a nasogastric tube being inserted to try and resolve the intestinal obstruction. My dad is very trustworthy of others and for medical professionals to go against that and use a cold and rigid tube vs a heated and limber tube in the nose is not very professional at all. After being transferred to Lynchburg , on this hospital stay he was not even given an option, of an endoscopic procedure, but instead a catscan.. how hard is that yo decide! He drank the liquid for the cat scan and said he did not feel bloated at all and is drinking Apple juice this morning. I'm not trying to be critical because my dad thinks a lot of Bedford Memorial hospital. Instead , you may want to keep in mind the 3 things I mentioned, that he went through and hope that doesn't happen to someone else. Thank you very much for reading this and may Bedford Memorial keep looking for better ways to improve themselves. " - Julie

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