Fort Loudoun Medical Center Ratings

550 FORT LOUDOUN MEDICAL CENTER DR
Lenoir City, TN 37772
Phone: (865) 271-6000

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 Fort Loudoun Medical Center save lives? 6% better than the national average, based on the overall mortality rate for critical illnesses.

	Mortality Rate
Heart Attack	15%
Heart Failure	11%
Pneumonia	11%

Infectious Disease at Fort Loudoun Medical Center

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	12
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 33m

Non-critical cases where patient is discharged have total visit time of 2 hour and 28 minutes

Serious cases where patients are admitted have 2 hour and 44 minutes to be admitted, then an additional 2 hour and 0 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

Fort Loudoun Medical Center 4.45 out of 5 based on 30 ratings. 30 user reviews.

70% of patients rate the hospital excellent

Positive Patient Ratings

Some patients praise:

Nurses usually take time to communicate well
Rooms were often quiet at night

Negative Patient Ratings

Staff doesn't respond quickly when patients need help
Patients were often left in pain
Facilities are sometimes dirty

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

Fort Loudoun Medical Center Stories

Sep 09, 2021, 3:05 PM
Fort Loudoun Medical Center: "This place is the single worst hospital/emergency room I have ever been to. My elderly father was forced to wait for over 4 hours, after being specifically instructed to go to the ER by his doctor. The staff is desk staff are absolutely despicable, their lack of empathy, and “not my fault attitude” is disgusting. If you can take your loved ones anywhere but here, because it has been proven time and again that this place does not care" - Andrew

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