Shore Medical Center Ratings

100 Medical Center Way
Somers Point, NJ 08244
Phone: (609) 653-3500

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 Shore Medical Center save lives? 1% better than the national average, based on the overall mortality rate for critical illnesses.

	Mortality Rate at Shore Medical Center	National Average
Heart Attack	12.5%	12.6%
Stroke	13.6%	13.9%
Heart Failure	10.9%	11.8%
Pneumonia	18.7%	18.2%

Infectious Disease at Shore Medical Center

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	7
MRSA Causes life-threatening bloodstream infections, pneumonia and surgical site infections. Mortality rates may be as high as 20%²	0

Emergency Room Wait Time Ratings

Average Time Spent In Emergency Department: 2h 34m

Serious cases where patients are admitted wait 2 hour and 54 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:

Nurses usually take time to communicate well
Doctors usually communicate well with patients
Rooms and facilities are usually clean

Negative Patient Ratings

Staff doesn't respond quickly when patients need help
Patients often don't receive help when they request it

Footnotes:

¹C Diff Mortality Rate
²MRSA Mortality Rate

Shore Medical Center Stories

Feb 22, 2022, 7:43 PM
Shore Medical Center: "Shore Medical Center. I went to ER on a Saturday afternoon with leg swelling that was getting worse after seeing my doctor that Friday who put me on steroids for the 3rd time. Being a radiology tech and MR I supervisor forctotal of 36 yrs. I have to sell all staff friendly,compassionate,profession and efficient. I was diagnosed as this being a thyroid condition and referred to an endocrinologist
Only bad thing was I couldn't get appt for 2 weeks." - JOAN

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