Piedmont Augusta Hospital 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 Piedmont Augusta Hospital save lives? 7% worse than the national average, based on the overall mortality rate for critical illnesses.

	Mortality Rate at Piedmont Augusta Hospital	National Average
Heart Attack	11.4%	12.6%
Stroke	14.3%	13.9%
Heart Failure	12%	11.8%
Pneumonia	23.2%	18.2%

Infectious Disease at Piedmont Augusta 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	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: 4h 41m

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

Piedmont Augusta Hospital Stories

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Jun 24, 2022, 6:07 PM
University Hospital: "7 hour wait time in ER just to be examined. Front desk is dismissive. Staff walks around talking, out loud, about how understaffed it is and they are the only ones working today. Seems obvious that the entire facility just doesn't care. Not a good trait for an emergency room. Staff with bad attitudes, no middle management and very poor leadership. Incredibly bad environment. Incredibly bad experience. June 24, 2022" - Bert

Jun 21, 2022, 2:23 AM
University Hospital: "Assuming they’re short staffed because I’ve been here for 2 1/2 hours… and counting. Another girl here (that chose to leave about an hour go) said she’d been here since 9:30. " - Aubern

Apr 14, 2022, 9:20 PM
University Hospital: "This place just sucks. My wife with a diverticulitis attack. She's cring in pain. NOTHING. Writing this now 6 people have walked out. Just plain sucks

" - Steve

Feb 24, 2022, 8:31 PM
University Hospital: "Have been here over 5 hours with husband having heart issue and still has not been checked by Dr. " - Laurie

Feb 14, 2022, 10:01 AM
University Hospital: "Well let's say I was treated as a nobody. I checked in around 12:30 am with shortness of breath. I was put in a waiting room with no one even checking on myself or other patients for over 6 hours. Ran out of oxygen too weak to go ask for any and was left in a chair with no family member in that 6 hours. Family called and they stated all was ok. I ended up sleeping on a table with no one checking on me. I have medical insurance and I'm sure my bill will be in the thousands I felt like a homeless person. I manage to make it to the desk 6 hours later and asked for some water. They stated with an attitude there was a vending machine I could get some water. I had no money or phone on me.. I survived with no care. Night shift could of cared less. Let them try to send me a large bill. Wrong wrong wrong. I am a retired disappointed nurse." - Jill

Jan 13, 2022, 10:22 PM
University Hospital: "This place is honestly a joke I have chest pain and very light headed I’ve been here 7 hours and found myself helping patients other patients that’s bound to wheel chair get to nurses station and then I tell the lady you calling people who needs help to you she well we don’t know Wow this hospital should be condemned it’s so nasty it’s a room off triage B across from it has dirty bloody cotton balls and needles in the floor I THINK IMMA DIE HERE BEFORE I’M SEEN SAD THIS PLACE TERRIBLE" - Latrina

Jan 13, 2022, 10:22 PM
University Hospital: "This place is honestly a joke I have chest pain and very light headed I’ve been here 7 hours and found myself helping patients other patients that’s bound to wheel chair get to nurses station and then I tell the lady you calling people who needs help to you she well we don’t know Wow this hospital should be condemned it’s so nasty it’s a room off triage B across from it has dirty bloody cotton balls and needles in the floor I THINK IMMA DIE HERE BEFORE I’M SEEN SAD THIS PLACE TERRIBLE" - Latrina

Jan 13, 2022, 10:21 PM
University Hospital: "This place is honestly a joke I have chest pain and very light headed I’ve been here 7 hours and found myself helping patients other patients that’s bound to wheel chair get to nurses station and then I tell the lady you calling people who needs help to you she well we don’t know Wow this hospital should be condemned it’s so nasty it’s a room off triage B across from it has dirty bloody cotton balls and needles in the floor I THINK IMMA DIE HERE BEFORE I’M SEEN SAD THIS PLACE TERRIBLE" - Latrina

Jan 13, 2022, 6:12 PM
University Hospital: "The emergency room is ridiculous. 10 hours and still waiting. May be sepsis. Doesn't matter. Still waiting." - Vernell

Sep 30, 2021, 8:09 PM
University Hospital: ": "My mom was sent to the ER today by her surgeon at 11:00 a.m. to be admitted to University Hospital in Augusta Georgia. She is still sitting in the waiting room at the ER 8:00p.m.
She is a cancer patient currently undergoing treatment and has a compromised immune system. She hasn't had food or water the entire 9 hrs and no one mentioned she could have been waiting at home all this time via the virtual check in app. I just happened to discover while googling ER wait times. Why is this happening!?" - Shannon " - Shannon

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