South Florida Baptist Hospital 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 South Florida Baptist Hospital save lives? 2% worse than the national average, based on the overall mortality rate for critical illnesses.

	Mortality Rate at South Florida Baptist Hospital	National Average
Heart Attack	11.8%	12.6%
Stroke	12.5%	13.9%
Heart Failure	14%	11.8%
Pneumonia	19.4%	18.2%

Infectious Disease at South Florida Baptist Hospital

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	5
MRSA Causes life-threatening bloodstream infections, pneumonia and surgical site infections. Mortality rates may be as high as 20%2	2

Emergency Room Wait Time Ratings

Average Time Spent In Emergency Department: 3h 11m

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

South Florida Baptist Hospital Stories

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Aug 11, 2017, 12:18 AM
South Florida Baptist Hospital: "I have been in an ER bed for 6 hours, have seen the Dr once, all ordered test we're completed within the first couple of hours have not seen a Dr since, and neuasea meds wearing off" - Heather

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