Desert Valley 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 Desert Valley Hospital save lives? 19% better than the national average, based on the overall mortality rate for critical illnesses.

	Mortality Rate
Heart Attack	13%
Heart Failure	9%
Pneumonia	9%

Infectious Disease at Desert Valley 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	4
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: 1h 18m

Non-critical cases where patient is discharged have total visit time of 4 hour and 3 minutes

Serious cases where patients are admitted have 4 hour and 19 minutes to be admitted, then an additional 4 hour and 6 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

61% of patients rate the hospital excellent



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

Desert Valley Hospital Stories

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Dec 13, 2022, 5:37 AM
Desert Valley Hospital: "The most ridiculous wait periods I have ever seen! Horrible healthcare. I waited 7 hours for my daughter to be seen through ER. It’s literally survival of the fittest. Don’t bring your loved ones here!" - Jessica

Aug 26, 2022, 1:24 PM
Desert Valley Hospital: "They killed my mom there. She died a week after having surgery of sepsis." - Karen

Jul 19, 2022, 1:31 PM
Desert Valley Hospital: "Been sitting here for over 3 hours and my daughter is coughing up stones. Yet, staff does not care." - Alicia

Apr 11, 2022, 5:18 AM
Desert Valley Hospital: "Wait time at St. Mary's for non-critical cases from being seen to discharge is under 4 hours. Desert Valley Er is 8 hours...I am still waiting to be discharged. It has been 7 hours and it is not crowded at this time. The nurse had time to give a waiting patient water, but not to begin the discharge process." - Julie

Apr 11, 2022, 4:33 AM
Desert Valley Hospital: "They are understaffed. I got in pretty quickly and had my diagnosis in about 2 1/2 hours. I had acute pain abdominally and was ready to go home. After waiting 3 hours, I am still not discharged. The nurse says that it will be quite awhile before she can remove the IV taped to the inside off my arm. Just the IV needle no IV. The nurse says no she can't remove it at this time.because there is a long list of people ahead of me waiting to be seen. I would just have to wait, and it was going to be a very long wait, she said, before they would discharge me. The plastic chairs hurt my hips and lower back. The open door created a chilly draft. Go to Saint Mary's. I wish I had." - Julie

Jan 02, 2022, 10:21 AM
Desert Valley Hospital: "I went in at 2:30 pm today 1/1/2021. Extreme pain in lower abdominal and back regions, especially in my pelvis area. I get to submit urine sample after 1 hour and blood sample after 2 hours wait time. CT scan of my pelvis area after 3 hours. At 6 pm I was told that they are waiting for CT scan results, but I was told by a nurse that is ONLY ONE DOCTOR working in the ER today. The Rest were on vacation. It is rather strange to have ONE doctor running an ER on the day that higher than normal Injuries from the night before is expected. It is now 930 pm and I’m still waiting for the doctor to Read my CT scan if I need to be admitted into the hospital. I am leaving the hospital in pain where my mother has to drive me home. I was told that I was 6th in line, but since And I quote “you are not dying” , they do not know when the doctor will read my CT scan for further treatment." - Jessica

Jan 02, 2022, 1:08 AM
Desert Valley Hospital: "I went in at 2:30 pm today 1/1/2021. Extreme pain in lower abdominal and back regions, especially in my pelvis area. I get to submit urine sample after 1 hour and blood sample after 2 hours wait time. CT scan of my pelvis area after 3 hours. At 6 pm I was told that they are waiting for CT scan results, but I was told by a nurse that is ONLY ONE DOCTOR working in the ER today. The Rest were on vacation. It is rather strange to have ONE doctor running an ER on the day that higher than normal Injuries from the night before is expected. It is now 930 pm and I’m still waiting for the doctor to Read my CT scan if I need to be admitted into the hospital. I am leaving the hospital in pain where my mother has to drive me home. I was told that I was 6th in line, but since And I quote “you are not dying” , they do not know when the doctor will read my CT scan for further treatment." - Jessica

Jan 02, 2022, 1:06 AM
Desert Valley Hospital: "I went in at 2:30 pm today 1/1/2021. Extreme pain in lower abdominal and back regions, especially in my pelvis area. I get to submit urine sample after 1 hour and blood sample after 2 hours wait time. CT scan of my pelvis area after 3 hours. At 6 pm I was told that they are waiting for CT scan results, but I was told by a nurse that is ONLY ONE DOCTOR working in the ER today. The Rest were on vacation. It is rather strange to have ONE doctor running an ER on the day that higher than normal Injuries from the night before is expected. It is now 930 pm and I’m still waiting for the doctor to Read my CT scan if I need to be admitted into the hospital. I am leaving the hospital in pain where my mother has to drive me home. I was told that I was 6th in line, but since And I quote “you are not dying” , they do not know when the doctor will read my CT scan for further treatment." - Jessica

Nov 03, 2021, 10:46 PM
Desert Valley Hospital: "My father-in-law has been waiting at the hospital since 9:30AM and is STILL waiting (it is now 7:45PM). Definitely NOT the wait time stated here!" - Corie

Mar 08, 2018, 4:56 PM
Desert Valley Hospital: "I waited there for 9 or 10 hrs last night and was still being told ihad 3 people in front of me so i left had to go to work my arm was hurting they never gave me nothing" - Jonathan

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