Lahey Clinic 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 Lahey Clinic Hospital save lives? 5% better than the national average, based on the overall mortality rate for critical illnesses.

	Mortality Rate
Heart Attack	14%
Heart Failure	12%
Pneumonia	12%

Infectious Disease at Lahey Clinic 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	104
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 54m

Non-critical cases where patient is discharged have total visit time of 2 hour and 46 minutes

Serious cases where patients are admitted have 4 hour and 13 minutes to be admitted, then an additional 1 hour and 25 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

75% of patients rate the hospital excellent



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

Lahey Clinic Hospital Stories

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Sep 13, 2022, 12:09 AM
Lahey Clinic Hospital: "Arrived at 5 pm. It's now after midnight still
In the waiting room. " - Michael

Aug 09, 2022, 9:55 PM
Lahey Clinic Hospital: "08/09:2022 Have been waiting with my daughter for over 5 hours in ER waiting area. She is experiencing extreme pain abdominal pain. She cannot stand up. Check in girl is the rudest excuse for a human being. She was proud to inform us the same information 4 times even though I told her I understood it the first time. She said it 3 more times and smirked. I’ve herd 3 other patients complaining of her behavior. Unfortunately at 9:40 pm I don’t have any other options. " - C

Aug 09, 2022, 9:37 PM
Lahey Clinic Hospital: "08/09:2022 Have been waiting with my daughter for over 5 hours in ER waiting area. She is experiencing extreme pain abdominal pain. She cannot stand up. Check in girl is the rudest excuse for a human being. She was proud to inform us the same information 4 times even though I told her I understood it the first time. She said it 3 more times and smirked. I’ve herd 3 other patients complaining of her behavior. Unfortunately at 9:40 pm I don’t have any other options. " - C

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