Samaritan Medical Center Ratings
830 WASHINGTON STREET
Watertown, NY 13601
Phone: (315) 785-4121
Watertown, NY 13601
Phone: (315) 785-4121
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 Samaritan Medical Center save lives? 6% worse than the national average, based on the overall mortality rate for critical illnesses.Mortality Rate | |
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Heart Attack | 17% |
Heart Failure | 12% |
Pneumonia | 12% |
Infectious Disease at Samaritan 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 |
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C. Diff Sickens more than a half million people each year and has a 17% mortality rate after one year2 | 20 |
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 35mNon-critical cases where patient is discharged have total visit time of 2 hour and 21 minutes
Serious cases where patients are admitted have 4 hour and 15 minutes to be admitted, then an additional 1 hour and 43 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
Samaritan Medical Center
4.5
out of 5
based on 27 ratings.
27 user reviews.
61% of patients rate the hospital excellent
Positive Patient Ratings
Some patients praise:- Nurses usually take time to communicate well
- Doctors usually communicate well with patients
Negative Patient Ratings
Footnotes:
1Questionable efficacy of flu vaccination
2C Diff Mortality Rate
3MRSA Mortality Rate
Samaritan Medical Center Stories
Mar 23, 2023, 4:13 AM
Samaritan Medical Center: "Currently sitting in the emergency room waiting area for the past 5 hours. The excuse I get every time I’ve asked is “we are waiting for a room to open up” I’m not dying but like this is ridiculous. " - Z
Aug 30, 2021, 4:35 PM
Samaritan Medical Center: "Animals get better care,came in with stroke like symptoms. And was treated with contempt, and cold callous behavior
I have a broken arm,a shattered wrist and a fractured L4.,
Ortho took off the cast anditblooked and told me how badly crooked,and swollen it was after 8 weeks in a cast and that it's their problem. BAD Ortho guys , my arm and wrist will now to be broken forever. Nice that you treated an older woman like a drunken junkie and a bad one too. I'm not at all shamed,tox test always come back clean, but another 8 weeks on motrin in cast ... see you ,
Sued " - Helene