Hardin Memorial 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 Hardin Memorial Hospital save lives? 2% better than the national average, based on the overall mortality rate for critical illnesses.

	Mortality Rate
Heart Attack	15%
Heart Failure	10%
Pneumonia	12%

Infectious Disease at Hardin Memorial 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	40
MRSA Causes life-threatening bloodstream infections, pneumonia and surgical site infections. Mortality rates may be as high as 20%3	4

Emergency Room Wait Time Ratings

Time until initial exam: 0h 50m

Non-critical cases where patient is discharged have total visit time of 2 hour and 53 minutes

Serious cases where patients are admitted have 3 hour and 34 minutes to be admitted, then an additional 1 hour and 41 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

63% of patients rate the hospital excellent



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

Hardin Memorial Hospital Stories

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Jul 16, 2022, 12:33 AM
Hardin Memorial Hospital: "I know visiting the er is not a short visit....but the last two times i took my sick 84 year old mom there...12hrs the first and 9hrs just a few days ago. I try not to be a complainer but 12 and 9 hrs???? Come on!!" - Michael

Jul 26, 2017, 9:50 AM
Hardin Memorial Hospital: "I brouhht my wife to Hardin ER. She had juzt had gallbladder surgery 2 days before. She was jaundiced, had fever of about 102 and we waited about 6 hours before she wss afmitted. Not only that but the nutsing staff played on their smart phones. I eventually haf to ask someone my wifes status after 4 hours of waiting. This is unacceptable." - Jamez

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