Ocean 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 Ocean Medical Center save lives? 5% worse than the national average, based on the overall mortality rate for critical illnesses.

	Mortality Rate at Ocean Medical Center	National Average
Heart Attack	14.7%	12.6%
Stroke	14.7%	13.9%
Heart Failure	12.5%	11.8%
Pneumonia	17.4%	18.2%

Infectious Disease at Ocean 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	19
MRSA Causes life-threatening bloodstream infections, pneumonia and surgical site infections. Mortality rates may be as high as 20%2	5

Emergency Room Wait Time Ratings

Average Time Spent In Emergency Department: 2h 37m

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

Ocean Medical Center Stories

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Nov 10, 2021, 9:08 PM
Ocean Medical Center: "I went to ocean hospital for a fall I had , the PA I had had an X-ray taken and he told me you better get to an orthopedic right away you have bone cancer of your forearm. In a panic I was seen right away be an orthopedic and he said your arm is fine when I told him it was a PA he said figures , no your fine . My point is the hospital should do better in their hiring process , this PA should sell used cars and stay away from the medical field ." - Frank

Nov 10, 2021, 11:53 AM
Ocean Medical Center: "I went to ocean hospital for a fall I had , the PA I had had an X-ray taken and he told me you better get to an orthopedic right away you have bone cancer of your forearm. In a panic I was seen right away be an orthopedic and he said your arm is fine when I told him it was a PA he said figures , no your fine . My point is the hospital should do better in their hiring process , this PA should sell used cars and stay away from the medical field ." - Frank

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