Hca Florida Putnam Hospital Ratings

---

Contents:
Quality of Care - Infectious Diseases - ER Wait Time - Patient Ratings

---

Quality of Care - Mortality Rate

How well does Hca Florida Putnam Hospital save lives? 4% worse than the national average, based on the overall mortality rate for critical illnesses.

	Mortality Rate at Hca Florida Putnam Hospital	National Average
Heart Attack	13.8%	12.6%
Stroke	12.3%	13.9%
Heart Failure	10.5%	11.8%
Pneumonia	22.3%	18.2%

Infectious Disease at Hca Florida Putnam 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	1
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: 2h 26m

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: BELOW AVERAGE



Footnotes:

¹C Diff Mortality Rate
²MRSA Mortality Rate

Hca Florida Putnam Hospital Stories

Share your experience

Jan 28, 2023, 7:18 PM
Putnam Community Medical Center: "Got into a fatal car accident. Checked in Palatka ER at 11:53am and took in the back 2hrs later. Laceration all over, head hit steering wheel blacking out, something in eye. Did not see a doctor and nurses forgot about me in the room that held 6 devided by curtains (other people checked in and out the whole time). Nurses stated doctor’s rotated out 3 times while I was waiting. They did a CT scan and one nurse scrubbed lacerations leaving most of the glass still in the wounds. Spoke with detectives, gave blood, statements etc and it was done and over with. Around 8pm my wife asked the nurses if I could have something to drink and they openly admitted to forgetting about me. Asked them about the scans and one nurse just said everything was negative. No issues?!?!? Went to doctors in Gainesville and the scans they took shown ruptured disc, 2 others herniated, torn ligaments and pinched nerves. I am now in $20k debt that I can’t pay thanks to Palatka Florida ER. " - Josh

Jan 28, 2023, 6:58 PM
Putnam Community Medical Center: "Got into a fatal car accident. Checked in Palatka ER at 11:53am and took in the back 2hrs later. Laceration all over, head hit steering wheel blacking out, something in eye. Did not see a doctor and nurses forgot about me in the room that held 6 devided by curtains (other people checked in and out the whole time). Nurses stated doctor’s rotated out 3 times while I was waiting. They did a CT scan and one nurse scrubbed lacerations leaving most of the glass still in the wounds. Spoke with detectives, gave blood, statements etc and it was done and over with. Around 8pm my wife asked the nurses if I could have something to drink and they openly admitted to forgetting about me. Asked them about the scans and one nurse just said everything was negative. No issues?!?!? Went to doctors in Gainesville and the scans they took shown ruptured disc, 2 others herniated, torn ligaments and pinched nerves. I am now in $20k debt that I can’t pay thanks to Palatka Florida ER. " - Josh

Compare hospitals in Putnam County