Natchitoches Regional 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 Natchitoches Regional Medical Center save lives? 11% better than the national average, based on the overall mortality rate for critical illnesses.

	Mortality Rate
Heart Attack	14%
Heart Failure	10%
Pneumonia	11%

Infectious Disease at Natchitoches Regional 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	0
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 45m

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

Serious cases where patients are admitted have 3 hour and 23 minutes to be admitted, then an additional 0 hour and 56 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

65% of patients rate the hospital excellent



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

Natchitoches Regional Medical Center Stories

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Jan 06, 2023, 8:41 AM
Natchitoches Regional Medical Center: "I brought my 92 yr old mother to ER 630 in am with SOB. No one came out to car to assist us, had to go get our own wheelchair - no pedals on chair and mom too sick to hold up legs. Secretary took our information than we sat. No nurses came to evaluate her. She had labored breathing. Talked to secretary multiple times , she said that she told the nurses. Waited an hour, did not feel comfortable waiting any longer as moms breathing was getting worse. Left and went to Alexandria. On the way out another family member said they had been there some 10 pm the night before and they still had not done anything with his wife.
I work at ER in Minnesota When you pull up someone comes out with wheelchair, there is a nurse at the station that does a quick set of vitals and triages patient to either a pt. Room or the waiting area depending upon how sick the patient is.
Natchotoches ER is not an ER it is a glorified clinic with people working to just get a check not really having the critical skills to work in an ER. " - Sherry

Jan 06, 2023, 8:41 AM
Natchitoches Regional Medical Center: "I brought my 92 yr old mother to ER 630 in am with SOB. No one came out to car to assist us, had to go get our own wheelchair - no pedals on chair and mom too sick to hold up legs. Secretary took our information than we sat. No nurses came to evaluate her. She had labored breathing. Talked to secretary multiple times , she said that she told the nurses. Waited an hour, did not feel comfortable waiting any longer as moms breathing was getting worse. Left and went to Alexandria. On the way out another family member said they had been there some 10 pm the night before and they still had not done anything with his wife.
I work at ER in Minnesota When you pull up someone comes out with wheelchair, there is a nurse at the station that does a quick set of vitals and triages patient to either a pt. Room or the waiting area depending upon how sick the patient is.
Natchotoches ER is not an ER it is a glorified clinic with people working to just get a check not really having the critical skills to work in an ER. " - Sherry

Jan 06, 2023, 8:40 AM
Natchitoches Regional Medical Center: "I brought my 92 yr old mother to ER 630 in am with SOB. No one came out to car to assist us, had to go get our own wheelchair - no pedals on chair and mom too sick to hold up legs. Secretary took our information than we sat. No nurses came to evaluate her. She had labored breathing. Talked to secretary multiple times , she said that she told the nurses. Waited an hour, did not feel comfortable waiting any longer as moms breathing was getting worse. Left and went to Alexandria. On the way out another family member said they had been there some 10 pm the night before and they still had not done anything with his wife.
I work at ER in Minnesota When you pull up someone comes out with wheelchair, there is a nurse at the station that does a quick set of vitals and triages patient to either a pt. Room or the waiting area depending upon how sick the patient is.
Natchotoches ER is not an ER it is a glorified clinic with people working to just get a check not really having the critical skills to work in an ER. " - Sherry

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