Musc Medical Center Ratings

---

Contents:
Quality of Care - Infectious Diseases - ER Wait Time - Patient Ratings

---

Quality of Care - Mortality Rate

How well does Musc Medical Center save lives? 1% worse than the national average, based on the overall mortality rate for critical illnesses.

	Mortality Rate
Heart Attack	13%
Heart Failure	12%
Pneumonia	14%

Infectious Disease at Musc 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	116
MRSA Causes life-threatening bloodstream infections, pneumonia and surgical site infections. Mortality rates may be as high as 20%3	12

Emergency Room Wait Time Ratings

Time until initial exam: 0h 38m

Non-critical cases where patient is discharged have total visit time of 2 hour and 32 minutes

Serious cases where patients are admitted have 2 hour and 31 minutes to be admitted, then an additional 1 hour and 40 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: VERY GOOD

81% of patients rate the hospital excellent



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

Musc Medical Center Stories

Share your experience

Sep 13, 2023, 8:49 PM
Musc Medical Center: "Wait time is over 5hrs" - Melinda

Aug 04, 2022, 10:29 AM
Musc Medical Center: "My 80 year old mother was brought in by ambulance with leg injury. After 7 hours no one had looked at her wound. Checked her vitals or circulation. Do they still have doctors working at MUSC?" - KW

Jul 26, 2022, 4:24 AM
Musc Medical Center: "Absolute worst experience ever. Arrived a little before 7pm and it’s currently 4:20 a.m and I have yet to be seen. I would leave but the possibility of my appendix rupturing has me on a chokehold. I will NEVER come back her again. " - Ebony

Jul 21, 2022, 6:01 PM
Musc Medical Center: "So far I've been here for 2.5 hrs and an told it will beat couple hours more. Mind you, no one will tell you the wait is so long. But asking around to the people, 4-5 hrs to be seen. I saw 2 women finally leave because they couldn't wait any longer. Lady gave up after 5 hrs. Another lady working for FedEx had to leave with a busted ankle. Triage nurse tells her we really would like to do some scans (twice) imho to cya. I asked the triage nurse, how long? I don't know. Well somebody knows. Apologies from her for not knowing, but she must say this 40x per day. The lady at reception is just as evasive and vague. I would have brought my daily meds if I knew I would be here this long. Thinking about ordering from Uber eats, but that might be a little selfish, considering all the people here waiting. Hurting, and hungry, I'm sure. Now WHY MUSC does not have enough beds for the ER Isa good question. Get with it, MUSC. You used to be a medical God in the community. Now, kind of pathetic." - Jeannie

Compare hospitals in Charleston County