St Joseph Medical Center Ratings

1000 Carondelet Dr
Kansas City, MO 64114
Phone: (816) 942-4400

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 Joseph Medical Center save lives? 6% better than the national average, based on the overall mortality rate for critical illnesses.

	Mortality Rate at St Joseph Medical Center	National Average
Heart Attack	11.6%	12.6%
Stroke	13.9%	13.9%
Heart Failure	10.4%	11.8%
Pneumonia	17.3%	18.2%

Infectious Disease at St Joseph 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	21
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

Positive Patient Ratings

Some patients praise:

Doctors usually communicate well with patients
Rooms and facilities are usually clean

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

Footnotes:

¹C Diff Mortality Rate
²MRSA Mortality Rate

St Joseph Medical Center Stories

Jan 03, 2022, 6:34 PM
St Joseph Medical Center: "Husband arrived at 10 am - he was Covid positive Dr. sent him because his o2 stats remained in the 80's - he needed oxygen and fluids - he is 74 yrs. old - Heredity Heart disease 2 Quads and 11 stents. After 3 hrs. in waiting room - took him to another area because he was Covid - he was placed in a cold area without any blanket. He remained another 3 hrs without obtaining any oxygen or fluids - he gave up - returned home in much worse shape. I work in health care I understand the stress the Drs. and Nurses are under. But he needed medical care within a timely period not 6 hrs later. The hospital should have closed to receiving additional ambulances until they could get a grip on those they had sitting for needed treatment . 28 ER rooms all full and only 1 patient moved in 6 hrs. Please lord I pray for help." - C

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