Grady Memorial Hospital Ratings

80 Jesse Hill, Jr Drive Se
Atlanta, GA 30303
Phone: (404) 616-4252

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 Grady Memorial Hospital save lives? 5% worse than the national average, based on the overall mortality rate for critical illnesses.

	Mortality Rate at Grady Memorial Hospital	National Average
Heart Attack	11.4%	12.6%
Stroke	18.6%	13.9%
Heart Failure	11%	11.8%
Pneumonia	18.6%	18.2%

Infectious Disease at Grady Memorial 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	74
MRSA Causes life-threatening bloodstream infections, pneumonia and surgical site infections. Mortality rates may be as high as 20%²	26

Emergency Room Wait Time Ratings

Average Time Spent In Emergency Department: 6h 25m

Serious cases where patients are admitted wait 15 hour and 0 minutes delay before admission 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 Patient Rating: AVERAGE

Positive Patient Ratings

Some patients praise:

Doctors usually communicate well with patients

Negative Patient Ratings

Staff doesn't respond quickly when patients need help
Nurses often fail to communicate
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

Grady Memorial Hospital Stories

Oct 26, 2022, 7:13 AM
Grady Memorial Hospital: "Lie’s thirteen hours wait or more " - Lakeia

Jul 19, 2022, 4:59 PM
Grady Memorial Hospital: "You’d been done died. Picked up by funeral and got buried by the time they call you . For them to have all these people just sitting here is unacceptable. " - Jordan

Jul 19, 2022, 4:58 PM
Grady Memorial Hospital: "You’d been done died. Picked up by funeral and got buried by the time they call you . For them to have all these people just sitting here is unacceptable. " - Jordan

Mar 12, 2016, 8:41 PM
Grady Memorial Hospital: "I'm a lack make who loves my people... But at Grady hospital they need to fire a lot of them coons. They don't do shit but keep taking fucking breaks through your your whole process in the ER . Cause tremendous delays.. They nurses are so focus on chatter. They lie to you and tell you they can't give you information .. I been in this fuccin hospital for 11 hours and all this dumb Asa's ignorant ass lady at the front desk can say is well other people waiting for 14 ??? I'm like butch it's an emergency room. Honestly if you not shot. Your wait will be 11 hours.... FUCK GRADY HOSPITAL" - Grady

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