Regional Hospital Of Scranton 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 Regional Hospital Of Scranton save lives? 7% better than the national average, based on the overall mortality rate for critical illnesses.

	Mortality Rate
Heart Attack	15%
Heart Failure	9%
Pneumonia	12%

Infectious Disease at Regional Hospital Of Scranton

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	28
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 25m

Non-critical cases where patient is discharged have total visit time of 2 hour and 0 minutes

Serious cases where patients are admitted have 3 hour and 35 minutes to be admitted, then an additional 1 hour and 55 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

62% of patients rate the hospital excellent



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

Regional Hospital Of Scranton Stories

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Aug 03, 2021, 4:14 AM
Regional Hospital Of Scranton: "My father is fatigued, dehydrated, has a fever and high pulse, and is shaking with the chills. After a colonoscopy today, his GI doc advised a visit to the ER at 11:50pm for possible dehydration & fluids. We arrived at 12:40pm. He hasn’t even been triaged yet. It’s 3:25am. Also, the ED is not full, as per the receptionist and empty waiting room. I can’t speak to the level of care, as my father hasn’t been seen. Deplorable service." - Tina

Aug 03, 2021, 3:27 AM
Regional Hospital Of Scranton: "My father is fatigued, dehydrated, has a fever and high pulse, and is shaking with the chills. After a colonoscopy today, his GI doc advised a visit to the ER at 11:50pm for possible dehydration & fluids. We arrived at 12:40pm. He hasn’t even been triaged yet. It’s 3:25am. Also, the ED is not full, as per the receptionist and empty waiting room. I can’t speak to the level of care, as my father hasn’t been seen. Deplorable service." - Tina

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