Sky Ridge 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 Sky Ridge Medical Center save lives? 20% better than the national average, based on the overall mortality rate for critical illnesses.

	Mortality Rate at Sky Ridge Medical Center	National Average
Heart Attack	10.3%	12.6%
Stroke	11.9%	13.9%
Heart Failure	11%	11.8%
Pneumonia	13.7%	18.2%

Infectious Disease at Sky Ridge 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	1

Emergency Room Wait Time Ratings

Average Time Spent In Emergency Department: 2h 40m

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



Footnotes:

¹C Diff Mortality Rate
²MRSA Mortality Rate

Sky Ridge Medical Center Stories

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Jun 11, 2025, 1:03 PM
Sky Ridge Medical Center: "April went in to have chemo port implanted in my chest. Two days later felt fatigued with chills. Fell in bathroom. Called ambulance. Was admitted later that night with UTI which turned into staph infection. Ended up being in hospital and rehab for 22 days. Port had staph infection therein. Removed port. Surgeons took flippant attitude. Please pay attention and ask lots of questions.
Had a t line inserted to receive 28 antibiotic infusions. Started using this line for chemo treatmant. This line clogged. Interventional Radiology now wants to remove T line and reimplant the chemo port. I said, "Why would I give you another opportunity to infect me?"" - Brian

Feb 15, 2025, 10:40 AM
Sky Ridge Medical Center: "Went to Sky Ridge for Cardiac care and will NEVER go back. MD would not see me or talk to me saying they are too busy. Did not explain test being order that in my opinion not necessary. Sent in PA and NP to talk to me but their limited knowledge did not help (Bad Advise). Got frustrated and left AMA. Recommend you not go there. " - BIll

Nov 04, 2022, 1:43 PM
Sky Ridge Medical Center: "I am a Kaiser patient and Sky Ridge emergency room is the closest place for me to go to. Never had to go to an emergency room before and I am 71 yrs. old. Would NEVER go back to Sky Ridge or recommend it to anyone. Took 1 1/2 hrs. before I got any help.Had very severe pain in my stomach area. Tried to get help earlier but was ignored. When I was finally seen asked for pain medication ASAP but didn't receive anything till after 15-20 min. Sky Ridge did a variety of tests, never came up with a diagnosis. Sent me home at 10:00 p.m. without any additional pain medication. Started having very severe pain by 2:00 a.m. on Nov. 2. Decided to go to the emergency room at Swedish hospital, was helped immediately. Diagnosed right away with gall bladder stones and was operated on at 9:00 a.m. on 11/2, received excellent care. Swedish provided a free uber ride home on 11/3 since I had no transportation. Would never recommend Sky Ridge emergency room to anyone who has Kaiser Insurance. Found out the average wait time at Sky Ridge emergency is 2 hrs. Pain level with gall stones is horrible, like giving child birth with no medication." - Anne

Aug 12, 2022, 2:05 PM
Sky Ridge Medical Center: "On line says er wait time is five minutes. I’ve been waiting 45mins to an hour. Nurses are removing ivs in waiting room. Ick!! Is that even approved. This only refers to this er visit. " - Dianne

Feb 11, 2021, 5:20 PM
Sky Ridge Medical Center: "I was in ER on Christmas Day, around 2200. Dr. Ashley took immediate care of me, and throughout my duration while there. She was outstanding, considerate, listened to everything I had to say. I had back pain like I had never experienced since labor. She was wonderful, one with the entire staff. " - Tracy

Dec 31, 2016, 1:02 AM
Sky Ridge Medical Center: "Terrible er and hospital. Bluesky neurology is incapable and dangerous. Their treatment has created long term medical conditions. Er doctors sends you home because they will not do anything more for you. Not because they can't, but because they won't. This hospital is they absolute worst when it comes to pain management." - Carl

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