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Greenville Memorial Medical Center Ratings

701 GROVE RD
Greenville, SC 29605
Phone: (864) 455-7000

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 Greenville Memorial Medical Center save lives? 11% worse than the national average, based on the overall mortality rate for critical illnesses.
Mortality Rate
Heart Attack17%
Heart Failure13%
Pneumonia13%


Infectious Disease at Greenville Memorial 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 DiseaseCases
C. Diff
Sickens more than a half million people each year and has a 17% mortality rate after one year2
200
MRSA
Causes life-threatening bloodstream infections, pneumonia and surgical site infections. Mortality rates may be as high as 20%3
24


Emergency Room Wait Time Ratings

Time until initial exam: 1h 24m

Non-critical cases where patient is discharged have total visit time of 3 hour and 19 minutes

Serious cases where patients are admitted have 3 hour and 21 minutes to be admitted, then an additional 2 hour and 39 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
Greenville Memorial Medical Center 4.6 out of 5 based on 37 ratings. 37 user reviews.


69% of patients rate the hospital excellent

Positive Patient Ratings

Some patients praise:
  • Nurses usually take time to communicate well
  • Doctors usually communicate well with patients

Negative Patient Ratings

  • Staff doesn't respond quickly when patients need help




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



Greenville Memorial Medical Center Stories



Dec 28, 2022, 9:16 PM
Greenville Memorial Medical Center: "Lower abdominal pain " - Shaquille

Dec 15, 2022, 11:39 PM
Greenville Memorial Medical Center: "Been here for 5 hrs now waiting. " - Gracie

Dec 09, 2022, 11:49 PM
Greenville Memorial Medical Center: "ER wait time averaging 9 hours today, Dec 9.
Place a mess"
- Robert

Nov 02, 2022, 3:13 AM
Greenville Memorial Medical Center: "i waited from 11:30pm until 3am at greenville memorial. legit was puking every five minutes along w being a transplant patient. i went there on halloween and had no problem being seen but waited almost 4 hours and couldn’t be seen and was in worse condition today (11/1/2022) than i was on halloween. they say 3hours and 21 minutes on here for the wait time RIGHT NOW. that’s bs. one couple i spoke to before i decided to leave had been there for SEVEN HOURS with a hernia that was about 3 inches out of his belly. sad they do it by “first come first serve” like some damn restaurant when in reality it should be “most important to least important” americas health care system need to do better. ????????" - hannah

Nov 02, 2022, 3:12 AM
Greenville Memorial Medical Center: "i waited from 11:30pm until 3am at greenville memorial. legit was puking every five minutes along w being a transplant patient. i went there on halloween and had no problem being seen but waited almost 4 hours and couldn’t be seen and was in worse condition today (11/1/2022) than i was on halloween. they say 3hours and 21 minutes on here for the wait time RIGHT NOW. that’s bs. one couple i spoke to before i decided to leave had been there for SEVEN HOURS with a hernia that was about 3 inches out of his belly. sad they do it by “first come first serve” like some damn restaurant when in reality it should be “most important to least important” americas health care system need to do better. ????????" - hannah

Jan 04, 2021, 3:40 PM
Greenville Memorial Medical Center: "Has this been updated recently" - Tony

Jan 04, 2021, 3:03 PM
Greenville Memorial Medical Center: "Has this been updated recently" - Tony


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