Dominican Hospital Ratings
1555 Soquel Drive
Santa Cruz, CA 95065
Phone: (831) 462-7700
Santa Cruz, CA 95065
Phone: (831) 462-7700
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 Dominican Hospital save lives? 4% worse than the national average, based on the overall mortality rate for critical illnesses.| Mortality Rate at Dominican Hospital | National Average | |
|---|---|---|
| Heart Attack | 12% | 12.6% |
| Stroke | 13.6% | 13.9% |
| Heart Failure | 11.9% | 11.8% |
| Pneumonia | 21.1% | 18.2% |
Infectious Disease at Dominican Hospital
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 | 13 |
| 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 8mPatient 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: AVERAGE
Positive Patient Ratings
Some patients praise:- Nurses usually take time to communicate well
- Doctors usually communicate well with patients
- Rooms and facilities are usually clean
Negative Patient Ratings
- Staff doesn't respond quickly when patients need help
- Patients often don't receive help when they request it
- Rooms were often noisy at night
Footnotes:
1C Diff Mortality Rate
2MRSA Mortality Rate
Dominican Hospital Stories
May 15, 2022, 3:19 AM
Dominican Hospital: "I was here last week saw an incompetent physicians assistant who told me I have a pimple on my back. Well I have MRSA and he not only sent me home with no antibiotics he told me “ maybe next time you’ll think about not relapsing.
Ive been working in the Medical field for 22 years and have never seen such negligent and incompetent work. I heard Dominican medical treatment was less that standard but this was straight negligence and criminal.
I’m now sitting back in waiting room with a temp, blurred vision and painful lesion on my back, face and neck. All because the P.A. I saw did not want to prescribe antibiotics.
I hope I’m not sepesis. Next stop news paper.
This is absurded. " - Tracy
