Rush University 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 Rush University Medical Center save lives? 21% better than the national average, based on the overall mortality rate for critical illnesses.

	Mortality Rate
Heart Attack	15%
Heart Failure	7%
Pneumonia	10%

Infectious Disease at Rush University 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	212
MRSA Causes life-threatening bloodstream infections, pneumonia and surgical site infections. Mortality rates may be as high as 20%3	12

Emergency Room Wait Time Ratings

Time until initial exam: 1h 54m

Non-critical cases where patient is discharged have total visit time of 4 hour and 8 minutes

Serious cases where patients are admitted have 3 hour and 11 minutes to be admitted, then an additional 2 hour and 35 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

75% of patients rate the hospital excellent



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

Rush University Medical Center Stories

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Jan 06, 2024, 9:24 PM
Rush University Medical Center: "Complete lie, service is TERRIBLE. Staff does not care for the patients, attitudes are disgusting, responsive are passive. The overall experience of this hospital is shameful, daughter waiting 2hrs for pain being I had to ask for the Charge Nurse for this to happen. Will not be back and for anyone else so pays for Insurance go where you treated gracefully, it’s disgusting how the treat these patients. FYI still waiting" - Talara

Jan 04, 2024, 3:55 AM
Rush University Medical Center: "I am currently sitting in the emergency room waiting as we speak. I got here at 5:15pm and it's currently 3am so whoever came up with this 3 hour wait time bullshit is straight up lying. I'm going on 10 hours. The last time I was here it was 8 and a half. Don't believe a damn thing from hospital stats." - Andy

Dec 08, 2023, 3:53 AM
Rush University Medical Center: "Hi,

The current wait time is about 13-14 hours. My wife and I have been here for 9 hours since yesterday.

Please note this for others because this week they said their wait times have remained at this level.

Regards," - Emanuel

Oct 03, 2023, 11:20 PM
Rush University Medical Center: "I wait at Rush almost 7 hours from register and see a doctor and doctor is still not coming yet. " - Elaine

Jun 01, 2023, 2:34 PM
Rush University Medical Center: "My mom has been in the emergency room since 8 am she’s still hasn’t seen a doctor she’s light headed and dizzy now because she’s been in the waiting room so long she’s 74 yrs old with massive Heath issues ! It’s a shame that she hasn’t been waited on yet especially since rush is her primary hospital! " - Lisa

May 29, 2023, 6:17 AM
Rush University Medical Center: "Take the estimate and multiply it by at least 2" - Christopher

May 18, 2023, 1:49 AM
Rush University Medical Center: "It’s 12:48am and I’ve been here since 5:30pm. Am not even on the next up list for a room" - AK

Mar 02, 2023, 6:45 AM
Rush University Medical Center: "This a lie the wait time is bullshit I been here since 6pm and still waiting in the er at 4 am still having seen no doctor " - Jessica

Mar 02, 2023, 4:44 AM
Rush University Medical Center: "This a lie the wait time is bullshit I been here since 6pm and still waiting in the er at 4 am still having seen no doctor " - Jessica

Jan 21, 2023, 6:14 AM
Rush University Medical Center: "Lies, been here since 9:30 and it’s now 3:30am they don’t move anyone quick here. 6 hours. " - Sandy

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