George Washington Univ 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 George Washington Univ Hospital save lives? 3% worse than the national average, based on the overall mortality rate for critical illnesses.

	Mortality Rate
Heart Attack	15%
Heart Failure	12%
Pneumonia	13%

Infectious Disease at George Washington Univ 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	68
MRSA Causes life-threatening bloodstream infections, pneumonia and surgical site infections. Mortality rates may be as high as 20%3	16

Emergency Room Wait Time Ratings

Time until initial exam: 0h 53m

Non-critical cases where patient is discharged have total visit time of 3 hour and 53 minutes

Serious cases where patients are admitted have 3 hour and 31 minutes to be admitted, then an additional 4 hour and 38 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

64% of patients rate the hospital excellent



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

George Washington Univ Hospital Stories

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Jan 04, 2023, 11:36 PM
George Washington Univ Hospital: "Wait time is 8.5 hours. I just left. " - Yvette

Jan 03, 2023, 12:41 AM
George Washington Univ Hospital: "You should reflect accurate times so people can make informed decisions for choosing which ER to go to - Arrived on 1/2 and now it's 1/3 - 8.5 hours and counting sitting in ER !
If you are over capacity just say so. " - Vivek

Nov 17, 2022, 7:21 AM
George Washington Univ Hospital: "Wait was 12 hours " - Maya

Nov 16, 2022, 11:43 PM
George Washington Univ Hospital: "Wait was 12 hours " - Maya

Jul 11, 2022, 7:13 PM
George Washington Univ Hospital: "4 hours waiting time. Worst waiting room experience. " - Holly

Jun 23, 2022, 8:38 PM
George Washington Univ Hospital: "You will have a better chance of GOOGLING how to heal yourself, as long as you’ll be fucking waiting. Don’t even bother or waste your time. " - Bernisha

Apr 23, 2022, 12:38 PM
George Washington Univ Hospital: "Waited 10 hours and still wasn’t seen; syncope started to present problem and I told staff and they did nothing.. I had to leave to go back home to take medication " - Teaacute

Apr 23, 2022, 12:37 PM
George Washington Univ Hospital: "Waited 10 hours and still wasn’t seen; syncope started to present problem and I told staff and they did nothing.. I had to leave to go back home to take medication " - Teaacute

Apr 05, 2022, 12:49 AM
George Washington Univ Hospital: "I need to come in badly but last time I waited 9 hours. I was so sick." - Lisa

Nov 23, 2021, 3:34 AM
George Washington Univ Hospital: "ALL OF THESE ARTICLES OF FALSE. I WAS IN GW FOR 12 HOURS ONCE. 9 OF THISE JUST WAITING. I CAME TOVTHE ER WITH A EKG SHOWUNG I HAD A HEART ATTACK AND BLOOD PRESURE OF 175. I AM STILL IN THE WAITING ROOM AND IT HAS BEEN 7 HOURS. I HAVE NOT SEEN A DOCTOR. THIS IS THE STORY OF THE 20 PEOPLE IN THE ER. MAYOR BOWSER I AND THE 178 PEOPLE IN MY DC GROUP, THE 150K IN MY DMV GROUPS ALL WILL KNOW ABOUT THIS! IT MAKES NO SENSE. OH YES THEY DID A EKG AND DID ANOTHER BLOOD PRESSURE READING. EVEN THEN MY PRESSURE WAS 179. IT IS 3 34am and I been here since 8pm. " - Lo

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