Community First Medical Center Ratings

5645 W Addison Street
Chicago, IL 60634
Phone: (773) 282-7000

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

	Mortality Rate at Community First Medical Center	National Average
Heart Attack	12%	12.6%
Stroke	13.4%	13.9%
Heart Failure	10.5%	11.8%
Pneumonia	16.2%	18.2%

Infectious Disease at Community First Medical Center

Drug resistant bacteria are becoming a large health risk 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.

Infectious Disease	Cases
C. Diff Sickens more than a half million people each year and has a 17% mortality rate after one year¹	8
MRSA Causes life-threatening bloodstream infections, pneumonia and surgical site infections. Mortality rates may be as high as 20%²	0

Emergency Room Wait Time Ratings

Average Time Spent In Emergency Department: 3h 48m

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 Patient Rating: POOR

Positive Patient Ratings

No consistently positive ratings

Negative Patient Ratings

Staff doesn't respond quickly when patients need help
Nurses often fail to communicate
Doctors often fail to communicate with patients
Patients often don't receive help when they request it
Facilities are sometimes dirty
Rooms were often noisy at night

Footnotes:

¹C Diff Mortality Rate
²MRSA Mortality Rate

Community First Medical Center Stories

Feb 18, 2022, 7:19 PM
Presence Our Lady Of The Resurrection Med Ctr: "At present our wait time is now five and a half hours. This is the second time in less than one year that this has been the case. There are people crying in the waiting room and nobody is helping them" - Karen

Jun 01, 2021, 10:52 PM
Presence Our Lady Of The Resurrection Med Ctr: "Sorry wrong hospital I'm at Presence Resurrection medical center er on Talcott in chicago." - Melissa

Jun 01, 2021, 10:49 PM
Presence Our Lady Of The Resurrection Med Ctr: "It's been 3 hours and 20 since I've walked in. I've had one x-ray and sent back to er waiting room. Still no er bed. " - Melissa

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