St Joseph's Hospital Ratings
3001 W MARTIN LUTHER KING JR BLVD
Tampa, FL 33677
Phone: (813) 870-4398
Tampa, FL 33677
Phone: (813) 870-4398
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's Hospital save lives? 6% better than the national average, based on the overall mortality rate for critical illnesses.Mortality Rate | |
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Heart Attack | 13% |
Heart Failure | 11% |
Pneumonia | 12% |
Infectious Disease at St Joseph's Hospital
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 |
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C. Diff Sickens more than a half million people each year and has a 17% mortality rate after one year2 | 172 |
MRSA Causes life-threatening bloodstream infections, pneumonia and surgical site infections. Mortality rates may be as high as 20%3 | 16 |
Emergency Room Wait Time Ratings
Time until initial exam: 0h 43mNon-critical cases where patient is discharged have total visit time of 2 hour and 42 minutes
Serious cases where patients are admitted have 2 hour and 50 minutes to be admitted, then an additional 0 hour and 53 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
St Joseph's Hospital
4.6
out of 5
based on 23 ratings.
23 user reviews.
73% of patients rate the hospital excellent
Positive Patient Ratings
Some patients praise:- Nurses usually take time to communicate well
- Doctors usually communicate well with patients
- Pain was usually controlled for patients
- Rooms and facilities are usually clean
Negative Patient Ratings
- Staff doesn't respond quickly when patients need help
Footnotes:
1Questionable efficacy of flu vaccination
2C Diff Mortality Rate
3MRSA Mortality Rate
St Joseph's Hospital Stories
Jul 30, 2023, 6:13 PM
St Joseph's Hospital: "It's longer at St Joseph that it is stating. Still waiting in waiting area for almost 4 hours. " - Erica
Apr 20, 2023, 1:25 AM
St Joseph's Hospital: "Been here literally over 6 hours waiting to be seen" - Demetria
Jan 30, 2023, 10:43 PM
St Joseph's Hospital: "Wait time is inaccurate because I’m currently waiting from 2pm this afternoon to 10:42 pm in the waiting room and still have not been seen " - Lucille
Jan 02, 2023, 4:41 PM
St Joseph's Hospital: "Alreadybeen better than three hours at st joes." - Ross
Sep 04, 2022, 8:49 PM
St Joseph's Hospital: "Awful!!!
First of all no doctor will see you with covid we waiting room full of contagious people.
There needs to be separate waiting rooms.
Wait time is TOO LONG!!
" - Betty
Aug 28, 2022, 8:20 PM
St Joseph's Hospital: "It’s been over 4 hours the waiting room is maxed out and they keep letting people in, this is the most horrible experience I have ever had" - Megan
Jul 18, 2022, 4:17 PM
St Joseph's Hospital: "2+ hours at St Josephs?! So not accurate. A friend has been there twice in two weeks and the average wait is 6-8 hours. This is straight out of the staff's mouth. My friend waited ALL day (8 hours) the first time and as I type this, he has been waiting six hours and seems to be experiencing no progress. This place is awful. " - Misty
Jan 10, 2022, 10:44 AM
St Joseph's Hospital: "I have fever can't break it and can't hold my urine. Incontinence my doctor told me to go to the hospital I'm on 2 liters of oxygen. I can't go to sleep I took NyQuil yesterday cold and flu and I took NyQuil Zzz" - Cynthia
Nov 13, 2021, 1:45 PM
St Joseph's Hospital: "I'm a patient person and I thank all the workers at St. Joseph hospital. I know that there are people here that are in more pain than I, but I'm here because I'm a diabetic patient and my blood sugar is up it was 390 pain in my side and my vision is getting blurry. Please St. Joseph Hospital speed up. " - Cynthia
Nov 13, 2021, 1:45 PM
St Joseph's Hospital: "I'm a patient person and I thank all the workers at St. Joseph hospital. I know that there are people here that are in more pain than I, but I'm here because I'm a diabetic patient and my blood sugar is up it was 390 pain in my side and my vision is getting blurry. Please St. Joseph Hospital speed up. " - Cynthia