North Carolina Baptist Hospital Ratings

Medical Center Boulevard
Winston-Salem, NC 27157
Phone: (336) 716-2011

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 North Carolina Baptist Hospital save lives? 0% better than the national average, based on the overall mortality rate for critical illnesses.

	Mortality Rate at North Carolina Baptist Hospital	National Average
Heart Attack	14%	12.6%
Stroke	14.3%	13.9%
Heart Failure	10.9%	11.8%
Pneumonia	17.1%	18.2%

Infectious Disease at North Carolina Baptist Hospital

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	57
MRSA Causes life-threatening bloodstream infections, pneumonia and surgical site infections. Mortality rates may be as high as 20%²	37

Emergency Room Wait Time Ratings

Average Time Spent In Emergency Department: 3h 45m

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

North Carolina Baptist Hospital Stories

Aug 20, 2017, 4:14 AM
North Carolina Baptist Hospital: "I went to the nc babysit hospital emergency room recently for severe lower abdominal pain I asked the doctor when I first saw him to please not send me home the way I am I told them I had hernia surgery and that's where the pain was i told them it felt like I was being torn apart well they did their tests ct scan ultrasound came back and told me they couldn't find anything wrong and sent me home knowing I was still hurting and with nothing for the pain when I got home I laid in bed for two days in pain it was on the weekend if you can't turn to your local er where do you turn to well on the third day the repaired hernia ripped apart it was tearing me apart thanks a lot babtist hospital " - Gray

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