Sovah Health Danville Ratings

142 South Main Street
Danville, VA 24541
Phone: (434) 799-2100

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 Sovah Health Danville save lives? 3% better than the national average, based on the overall mortality rate for critical illnesses.

Mortality Rate at Sovah Health DanvilleNational Average
Heart Attack12%12.6%
Stroke15.2%13.9%
Heart Failure11.4%11.8%
Pneumonia16.3%18.2%



Infectious Disease at Sovah Health Danville

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 DiseaseCases
C. Diff
Sickens more than a half million people each year and has a 17% mortality rate after one year1
2
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: 3h 8m



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



Sovah Health Danville Stories



Oct 06, 2016, 11:32 PM
Danville Regional Medical Center: "Bad Family experience in January 2016i'll only because the doctor refused to listen to me and is been a bad !!! bad ! life experience ever since i���my family have been been in pain ever since January 2016 until now October 6, 2016" - W

Oct 06, 2016, 11:23 PM
Danville Regional Medical Center: "Bad Family experience in January 2016i'll because the doctor refused to listen to me and is been a life experience " - W


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