St Catherine Hospital Inc 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 St Catherine Hospital Inc save lives? 15% better than the national average, based on the overall mortality rate for critical illnesses.

	Mortality Rate
Heart Attack	15%
Heart Failure	8%
Pneumonia	10%

Infectious Disease at St Catherine Hospital Inc

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
C. Diff Sickens more than a half million people each year and has a 17% mortality rate after one year2	52
MRSA Causes life-threatening bloodstream infections, pneumonia and surgical site infections. Mortality rates may be as high as 20%3	4

Emergency Room Wait Time Ratings

Time until initial exam: 0h 15m

Non-critical cases where patient is discharged have total visit time of 2 hour and 18 minutes

Serious cases where patients are admitted have 2 hour and 39 minutes to be admitted, then an additional 2 hour and 26 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

71% of patients rate the hospital excellent



Footnotes:
¹Questionable efficacy of flu vaccination
²C Diff Mortality Rate
³MRSA Mortality Rate

St Catherine Hospital Inc Stories

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Nov 27, 2023, 9:43 PM
Community Hospital South: "I've been here 4.5 hours and have not been seen. My BP is at stroke level and I have chest pain with loss of consciousness... " - Jessica

Sep 05, 2023, 5:09 PM
: "Been in the waiting room at iu Methodist since 2:30 and it is now 5:08!!!! Are you F'ing kidding me???? " - Cjj

Jul 09, 2023, 12:06 PM
Franciscan St Francis Health - Indianapolis: "My last visit was seemless and the Dr was extremely knowledgeable and the wait time was minimal.
I very seldom go to any dr but I would go to this ER again if needed" - Luther

Jul 01, 2023, 6:01 PM
Community Hospital East: "Our experience was zero. We were there well over 21/2 hours and wasn’t taken back to a room at all. My sister was very sick and also letting others go ahead of us with similar issues. Not at all impressed by this hospital. She never was seen. We finally left." - Dana

Jul 01, 2023, 9:21 AM
Community Hospital East: "Our experience was zero. We were there well over 21/2 hours and wasn’t taken back to a room at all. My sister was very sick and also letting others go ahead of us with similar issues. Not at all impressed by this hospital. She never was seen. We finally left." - Dana

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