Hackensack Meridian Health, Mountainside Medical Ratings

1 Bay Avenue
Montclair, NJ 07042
Phone: (973) 429-6000

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 Hackensack Meridian Health, Mountainside Medical save lives? 11% better than the national average, based on the overall mortality rate for critical illnesses.

	Mortality Rate at Hackensack Meridian Health, Mountainside Medical	National Average
Heart Attack	11.8%	12.6%
Stroke	14.3%	13.9%
Heart Failure	10.1%	11.8%
Pneumonia	14.7%	18.2%

Infectious Disease at Hackensack Meridian Health, Mountainside Medical

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	3
MRSA Causes life-threatening bloodstream infections, pneumonia and surgical site infections. Mortality rates may be as high as 20%²	9

Emergency Room Wait Time Ratings

Average Time Spent In Emergency Department: 4h 17m

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
Rooms and facilities are usually clean

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

Footnotes:

¹C Diff Mortality Rate
²MRSA Mortality Rate

Hackensack Meridian Health, Mountainside Medical Stories

Dec 23, 2020, 10:58 PM
Hackensackumc Mountainside: "The dumb abusive CUNY’s that treated me for “anxiety” And put it all over my papers anxiety anxiety anxiety anxiety anxiety anxiety anxiety are stupid bitches because guess why I couldn’t breathe for six days you dumb fucking cons? I left your shit shitty filthy fucking hospital I got diagnosed with COPD and has been having a flareup for a week so I hope you all die and go to hell you fucking bitches" - Jessica

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