Hunterdon Medical Center 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 Hunterdon Medical Center save lives? 3% better than the national average, based on the overall mortality rate for critical illnesses.

	Mortality Rate
Heart Attack	13%
Heart Failure	12%
Pneumonia	12%

Infectious Disease at Hunterdon 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 Disease	Cases
C. Diff Sickens more than a half million people each year and has a 17% mortality rate after one year2	56
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: 1h 5m

Non-critical cases where patient is discharged have total visit time of 3 hour and 13 minutes

Serious cases where patients are admitted have 2 hour and 55 minutes to be admitted, then an additional 2 hour and 49 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

66% of patients rate the hospital excellent



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

Hunterdon Medical Center Stories

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Oct 15, 2022, 3:38 AM
Hunterdon Medical Center: "Asthmatic 9 year old with Covid struggling to breathe left to wait in er waiting room for a room to be cleaned for over an HOUR. Ready to call an ambulance to go to another hospital. Will never come here again. " - Christina

Jul 22, 2020, 3:57 PM
Hunterdon Medical Center: "Went in on the advice of my doctor for quick evaluation of a potential blood clot on a weekday afternoon. Waiting room empty yet I am still here waiting after 2 hours as workers chat, laugh and gossip with each other... had to ask for timing updates and was discouraged from waiting outside, although I did due to COVID worries. What if this is a serious clot that travels to my lungs? No sense of urgency whatsoever. Maddening. " - Diane

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