Good Samaritan Hospital Of Suffern Ratings

255 Lafayette Avenue
Suffern, NY 10901
Phone: (845) 368-5000

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 Good Samaritan Hospital Of Suffern save lives? 0% worse than the national average, based on the overall mortality rate for critical illnesses.

	Mortality Rate at Good Samaritan Hospital Of Suffern	National Average
Heart Attack	12.6%	12.6%
Stroke	12.7%	13.9%
Heart Failure	12.5%	11.8%
Pneumonia	18.7%	18.2%

Infectious Disease at Good Samaritan Hospital Of Suffern

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	6
MRSA Causes life-threatening bloodstream infections, pneumonia and surgical site infections. Mortality rates may be as high as 20%²	2

Emergency Room Wait Time Ratings

Average Time Spent In Emergency Department: 4h 4m

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 Patient Rating: AVERAGE

Positive Patient Ratings

No consistently positive ratings

Negative Patient Ratings

Staff doesn't respond quickly when patients need help
Nurses often fail to communicate
Doctors often fail to communicate with patients
Patients often don't receive help when they request it
Facilities are sometimes dirty
Rooms were often noisy at night

Footnotes:

¹C Diff Mortality Rate
²MRSA Mortality Rate

Good Samaritan Hospital Of Suffern Stories

Apr 30, 2018, 3:15 PM
Good Samaritan Hospital Of Suffern: "I am in the emergency room with my 86 year old mother. She seems to have suffered a mild stroke. Woke up this morning with pain in her head could not walk vomiting and slurd speech. Arrived at ER around 11:40am register and saw triage. Was to room in ER and mother was laid in ER bed. It is 3:15 pm. Blood was drawn by nurse still no Doctor has seem my mother. " - Angel

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