Howard County General 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 Howard County General Hospital save lives? 14% better than the national average, based on the overall mortality rate for critical illnesses.

	Mortality Rate
Heart Attack	13%
Heart Failure	10%
Pneumonia	10%

Infectious Disease at Howard County General 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	0
MRSA Causes life-threatening bloodstream infections, pneumonia and surgical site infections. Mortality rates may be as high as 20%3	0

Emergency Room Wait Time Ratings

Time until initial exam: 0h 0m

Non-critical cases where patient is discharged have total visit time of 0 hour and 0 minutes

Serious cases where patients are admitted have 3 hour and 23 minutes to be admitted, then an additional 3 hour and 6 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

69% of patients rate the hospital excellent



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

Howard County General Hospital Stories

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Jun 03, 2022, 3:27 AM
Howard County General Hospital: "My wife is crying while having chest pains and shortness of breath. We have been sitting in the ER waiting room for six and a half hours. It took them an hour and a half just to get her triage. Another hour and a half after asking three nurses finally medication to stop her from throwing up and to deal with the pain so she would stop crying and hyperventilating causing her to vomit. And because I asked them about her care and the receptionist got an attitude then I told her to stop watching Law & Order and do her job they had me removed from the ER. The nurse literally told me that my wife got skipped because there was three people with the same last name. After speaking with security they let me back in because I had already been inside for 3 hours trying to keep my wife comfortable which they had no intention of doing.. how can you sit there and watch somebody cry in pain and do absolutely nothing same nurse seen me and called the police to have them remove me. Even the security guard said it was wrong what they were doing to me even the cop said it was wrong but they can ask me to leave because it's a private business. Secretary on a power trip. The sign on the door says that one adult patient can have somebody with them. They told me that did not apply because I had already had a altercation with the secretary on a power trip. Which all comes from her not doing her job. I asked for the security guard and the cops information they would not give it to me the cop gave me his name and badge number and the report number is there anything I can do about this. I'm sitting in the car right now worried sick. Which is not good for me because I'm a chronic pain patient" - Michael

Sep 07, 2021, 5:53 PM
Howard County General Hospital: "My wife has been there today for 6 hours and still hasn't been seen." - Michael

Jan 04, 2017, 8:46 PM
Howard County General Hospital: "Was in the ER waiting room on 1/3/16 from 4:30 to 11:30 pm when I ask how much longer before I could get a diagnosis I was told another 2 to three three hours! Today 1/4/16 I came back at 4:30 pm. I am still here at 8:45 pm waiting to hear what needs to be done to help me to get rid of breathing, sinus, and coughing issues. Was told that they have had someone her for more than 10 hours wait to hear about what is wrong with them.
" - David

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