Kershawhealth Ratings

1315 Roberts Street
Camden, SC 29020
Phone: (803) 432-4311

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 Kershawhealth save lives? 8% worse than the national average, based on the overall mortality rate for critical illnesses.

	Mortality Rate at Kershawhealth	National Average
Stroke	14.2%	13.9%
Heart Failure	12.6%	11.8%
Pneumonia	20.8%	18.2%

Infectious Disease at Kershawhealth

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	4
MRSA Causes life-threatening bloodstream infections, pneumonia and surgical site infections. Mortality rates may be as high as 20%²	1

Emergency Room Wait Time Ratings

Average Time Spent In Emergency Department: 2h 27m

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: AVERAGE

Positive Patient Ratings

Some patients praise:

Nurses usually take time to communicate well
Doctors usually communicate well with patients

Negative Patient Ratings

Staff doesn't respond quickly when patients need help
Patients often don't receive help when they request it
Facilities are sometimes dirty

Footnotes:

¹C Diff Mortality Rate
²MRSA Mortality Rate

Kershawhealth Stories

Jan 07, 2017, 10:10 AM
Kershaw Health: "1/7/17 took 6 yr old granddaughter to Kershaw Health ER because Elgin Urgent Care was closed, which is usually open. Signed in at 823 am, she was weighed and taken to ER. At 905am I asked where the doctor was. Was told only 1 doctor and he was with an emergency. When we went in there was no one waiting. At 920 I asked again, told the same. She had earache and sore throat. It would have taken him 5 mins to see her. I got mad and left. Elgin Urgent Care put sign on door closed due to bad weather. No freezing rain or snow at that time. LIve 2 miles from Elgin URgent Care. Wasted trip. NOw home with sick grandchild." - Barbara

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