Methodist Richardson 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 Methodist Richardson Medical Center save lives? 12% worse than the national average, based on the overall mortality rate for critical illnesses.

	Mortality Rate at Methodist Richardson Medical Center	National Average
Heart Attack	15.7%	12.6%
Stroke	13.7%	13.9%
Heart Failure	13%	11.8%
Pneumonia	21.8%	18.2%

Infectious Disease at Methodist Richardson 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	26
MRSA Causes life-threatening bloodstream infections, pneumonia and surgical site infections. Mortality rates may be as high as 20%2	2

Emergency Room Wait Time Ratings

Average Time Spent In Emergency Department: 2h 55m

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



Footnotes:

¹C Diff Mortality Rate
²MRSA Mortality Rate

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Jul 27, 2021, 5:23 PM
Methodist Richardson Medical Center: "7/27/21 - wait is over 3 hours to see an MD" - James

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