Gadsden Regional Medical Center Ratings
1007 GOODYEAR AVENUE
Gadsden, AL 35903
Phone: (256) 494-4000
Gadsden, AL 35903
Phone: (256) 494-4000
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 Gadsden Regional Medical Center save lives? 8% worse than the national average, based on the overall mortality rate for critical illnesses.| Mortality Rate | |
|---|---|
| Heart Attack | 17% |
| Heart Failure | 11% |
| Pneumonia | 15% |
Infectious Disease at Gadsden Regional 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 | 36 |
| MRSA Causes life-threatening bloodstream infections, pneumonia and surgical site infections. Mortality rates may be as high as 20%3 | 12 |
Emergency Room Wait Time Ratings
Time until initial exam: 0h 49mNon-critical cases where patient is discharged have total visit time of 2 hour and 53 minutes
Serious cases where patients are admitted have 3 hour and 37 minutes to be admitted, then an additional 2 hour and 1 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
Gadsden Regional Medical Center
4.6
out of 5
based on 34 ratings.
34 user reviews.
71% of patients rate the hospital excellent
Positive Patient Ratings
Some patients praise:- Nurses usually take time to communicate well
- Pain was usually controlled for patients
Negative Patient Ratings
- Staff doesn't respond quickly when patients need help
- Facilities are sometimes dirty
Footnotes:
1Questionable efficacy of flu vaccination
2C Diff Mortality Rate
3MRSA Mortality Rate
Gadsden Regional Medical Center Stories
Oct 20, 2021, 5:53 AM
Gadsden Regional Medical Center: "The worst possible experience. Was there 8 plus hours. In severe pain. Not given anything for pain 7 hours. Never given test results." - Cindy
Jan 21, 2018, 8:13 PM
Gadsden Regional Medical Center: "Went for a rotator cuff repair. Contracted MRSA in my surgical sight and had to be taken in for irrigation and debridement of the surgical sight. Not once in the 8+ hours I was there did I see a cleaning person. Neither time." - Anita
May 25, 2017, 9:06 AM
Gadsden Regional Medical Center: "Emergency room very unorganized. My mom was left in a hall way
Unattended facility very unsanitary. After finally being amendment to a room
Or nurses were very nice and caring , but with no docter coming in to observe mother.
It was hard for nurse to give us care we needed.
But most of all the whole hospital from emergency room to
Floor and ICU area was not clean.
I found this most disturbing because of infections such as Staff .
This hospital was busy and is in a great area for local counties
Hope these things are improved in near future. " - Trenia
