Saint Joseph's Hospital Of Atlanta Ratings

5665 Peachtree Dunwoody Road
Atlanta, GA 30342
Phone: (678) 843-5720

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 Saint Joseph's Hospital Of Atlanta save lives? 0% worse than the national average, based on the overall mortality rate for critical illnesses.

	Mortality Rate at Saint Joseph's Hospital Of Atlanta	National Average
Heart Attack	13.8%	12.6%
Stroke	12.8%	13.9%
Heart Failure	10.6%	11.8%
Pneumonia	19.4%	18.2%

Infectious Disease at Saint Joseph's Hospital Of Atlanta

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	8
MRSA Causes life-threatening bloodstream infections, pneumonia and surgical site infections. Mortality rates may be as high as 20%²	4

Emergency Room Wait Time Ratings

Average Time Spent In Emergency Department: 4h 46m

Serious cases where patients are admitted wait 2 hour and 47 minutes delay before admission 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 Patient Rating: AVERAGE

Positive Patient Ratings

Some patients praise:

Doctors usually communicate well with patients

Negative Patient Ratings

Staff doesn't respond quickly when patients need help
Nurses often fail to communicate
Patients often don't receive help when they request it
Facilities are sometimes dirty

Footnotes:

¹C Diff Mortality Rate
²MRSA Mortality Rate

Saint Joseph's Hospital Of Atlanta Stories

Dec 13, 2022, 2:46 PM
Saint Joseph's Hospital Of Atlanta: "I have been sitting in your ER FOR 2HRS NOW. YOU DONT SEEM TO CARE ABOUT WHITE PEOPLE. Your smart-alecks behind try to tell me there is no wait. Are they pure simpletons? I am still sitting. 37 minutes to check in. " - Josalyn

Nov 29, 2022, 11:19 AM
Saint Joseph's Hospital Of Atlanta: "Beg to differ. We have been here 7 hours at St Joes and still not seen the dr" - Monica

Nov 28, 2022, 8:38 PM
Saint Joseph's Hospital Of Atlanta: "Beg to differ. We have been here 7 hours at St Joes and still not seen the dr" - Monica

Feb 15, 2017, 7:57 AM
Saint Joseph's Hospital Of Atlanta: "This is one of the worst hospitals in atlanta. Gradys and my dogs vet take better care of their patients." - Lisa

Nov 23, 2016, 6:40 PM
Saint Joseph's Hospital Of Atlanta: "One of WORST gospital experiebces I've ever had. Went in for a scheduled colostamy reversal. While waiting for surgery i was TIED (feet and hands) to my bed. My feather pillow from home was taken as well as my cell phone. I wrote MANY complaints and nevet teceived ANY rrsponse. The WORST was the surgery. The dr. Blotched it and have a resulting condition too much to go into hrte. STEAR CLEAR OF THESE PEOPLE! !!!!!" - Amy

Nov 23, 2016, 6:40 PM
Saint Joseph's Hospital Of Atlanta: "One of WORST gospital experiebces I've ever had. Went in for a scheduled colostamy reversal. While waiting for surgery i was TIED (feet and hands) to my bed. My feather pillow from home was taken as well as my cell phone. I wrote MANY complaints and nevet teceived ANY rrsponse. The WORST was the surgery. The dr. Blotched it and have a resulting condition too much to go into hrte. STEAR CLEAR OF THESE PEOPLE! !!!!!" - Amy

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