St Clair Hospital Ratings

1000 Bower Hill Road
Pittsburgh, PA 15243
Phone: (412) 942-4000

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 St Clair Hospital save lives? 5% worse than the national average, based on the overall mortality rate for critical illnesses.

	Mortality Rate at St Clair Hospital	National Average
Heart Attack	12.5%	12.6%
Stroke	13.8%	13.9%
Heart Failure	15%	11.8%
Pneumonia	18.2%	18.2%

Infectious Disease at St Clair 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	18
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 20m

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

Negative Patient Ratings

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

Footnotes:

¹C Diff Mortality Rate
²MRSA Mortality Rate

St Clair Hospital Stories

Jul 10, 2023, 11:55 PM
St Clair Memorial Hospital: "3 hour plus waiting still not seen. 7-10-23" - Michael

Jan 05, 2022, 7:46 PM
St Clair Memorial Hospital: "Make sure they put your information in sat for 3 hrs " - C

Jan 03, 2022, 8:41 PM
St Clair Memorial Hospital: "Sat here for over 3 hours and haven’t even been triaged. " - Kay

Jan 02, 2022, 11:56 PM
St Clair Memorial Hospital: "Sat here for over 3 hours and haven’t even been triaged. " - Kay

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