Kaweah Health Medical Center Ratings
400 W Mineral King Ave
Visalia, CA 93291
Phone: (559) 624-2000
Visalia, CA 93291
Phone: (559) 624-2000
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 Kaweah Health Medical Center save lives? 9% worse than the national average, based on the overall mortality rate for critical illnesses.| Mortality Rate at Kaweah Health Medical Center | National Average | |
|---|---|---|
| Heart Attack | 15.7% | 12.6% |
| Stroke | 13.8% | 13.9% |
| Heart Failure | 14.4% | 11.8% |
| Pneumonia | 18.2% | 18.2% |
Infectious Disease at Kaweah Health Medical Center
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 | 45 |
| MRSA Causes life-threatening bloodstream infections, pneumonia and surgical site infections. Mortality rates may be as high as 20%2 | 7 |
Emergency Room Wait Time Ratings
Average Time Spent In Emergency Department: 4h 34mPatient 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
No consistently positive ratingsNegative Patient Ratings
- Staff doesn't respond quickly when patients need help
- Nurses often fail to communicate
- Doctors often fail to communicate with patients
- Patients often don't receive help when they request it
- Facilities are sometimes dirty
Footnotes:
1C Diff Mortality Rate
2MRSA Mortality Rate
Kaweah Health Medical Center Stories
Dec 28, 2022, 1:57 AM
Kaweah Delta Medical Center: "I pray that when I have an event I have ample time to go to Stanford. I also pray that my grandchildren can be immediately taken to Valley Children’s.
I am seriously concerned about the value of life verses money at Kaweah. By the way. Why does Kaweah keep changing its name? Also, why is it necessary to pay for pricey commercial on TV? Shouldn’t word of mouth be ample with the Stella care you claim to provide?" - Toni
Jun 24, 2017, 10:06 AM
Kaweah Delta Medical Center: "We came here for severe left eye pain . I went back was seen by PA then blood work and just waiting in the waiting room. It's been about 4 hrs. There's about only two patients in ER waiting to be seen. This place is very dirty bugs running around bathrooms very dirty. PA wanted to rule out eye stroke that he said is serious to him and needed to be checked. So if it was so urgent why are we waiting still. My wife worked in the ER and never seen such a dirty area and in violation of the HIPPA law. I wouldn't recommend thus hospital to no one if I would have known this I would have drove to Bakersfield 1hr 15min just to go to Dignity Hispital/Mercy Hospital but thinking since this is the only Hospital out here looks very bad on Visilia. Will never come here again unfortunately . The RN never comes out to check on anyone here BP,Vitals, temp. " - Jim
Oct 14, 2016, 2:44 AM
Kaweah Delta Medical Center: "So weve been wait here for 4 hours or more an they lag so much hardle check in they still havent even put me in a god damn room this hospital sucks ass im ging everyone a heads up do not ever come here...." - Hope
