Canton-Potsdam Hospital Ratings
50 LEROY STREET
Potsdam, NY 13676
Phone: (315) 265-3300
Potsdam, NY 13676
Phone: (315) 265-3300
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 Canton-Potsdam Hospital save lives? 2% worse than the national average, based on the overall mortality rate for critical illnesses.Mortality Rate | |
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Heart Attack | 17% |
Heart Failure | 12% |
Pneumonia | 11% |
Infectious Disease at Canton-Potsdam 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 |
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C. Diff Sickens more than a half million people each year and has a 17% mortality rate after one year2 | 8 |
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 30mNon-critical cases where patient is discharged have total visit time of 1 hour and 41 minutes
Serious cases where patients are admitted have 2 hour and 5 minutes to be admitted, then an additional 1 hour and 10 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
Canton-Potsdam Hospital
4.55
out of 5
based on 26 ratings.
26 user reviews.
65% of patients rate the hospital excellent
Positive Patient Ratings
Some patients praise:- Nurses usually take time to communicate well
Negative Patient Ratings
Footnotes:
1Questionable efficacy of flu vaccination
2C Diff Mortality Rate
3MRSA Mortality Rate
Canton-Potsdam Hospital Stories
Mar 02, 2020, 10:17 PM
Canton-Potsdam Hospital: "Ive had to surgeries at this hospital,and ive been all around this country in different ones,let me say,this is one of the hospitals at the top of my list id ever want to go to for anything,they were gery very nice,clean,proficient,and not one single nurse was rude,not one!that was amazing in itself,i love canton hospital and the whole staff it takes to run it,you guys are AWESOME,thank you for such good treatment," - April