Surgical Specialty Hospital Of Arizona Ratings

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Contents:
Quality of Care - Infectious Diseases - ER Wait Time - Patient Ratings

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Infectious Disease at Surgical Specialty Hospital Of Arizona

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	0
MRSA Causes life-threatening bloodstream infections, pneumonia and surgical site infections. Mortality rates may be as high as 20%3	0

Emergency Room Wait Time Ratings

Time until initial exam: 0h 0m

Non-critical cases where patient is discharged have total visit time of 0 hour and 0 minutes

Serious cases where patients are admitted have 0 hour and 0 minutes to be admitted, then an additional 0 hour and 0 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: VERY GOOD

81% of patients rate the hospital excellent



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

Surgical Specialty Hospital Of Arizona Stories

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Oct 03, 2023, 8:17 AM
Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center: "waited 8 hours to end up leaving after the doctor at the check in gave me information i would’ve waited another 2 hours for." - victor

Sep 17, 2023, 10:49 PM
Florence Hospital At Anthem: "The most inept staff I've ever had the displeasure of dealing with. Made a man with a back injury walk across the hospital for x-rays because they're too lazy to find a wheelchair, screwed up pharmacy where prescription was sent, just all around useless. You're better off staying home over going here. " - Arthur

Sep 06, 2023, 2:45 AM
Flagstaff Medical Center: "Went to the ER for a post surgery blood clot that developed in my leg. Been waiting in the ER for over 6 hours and still no end in sight. Some other patients I have spoken to have been waiting almost 12 hours!! This is outrageous!! Good thing my blood clot hasn't traveled up to my lungs yet.... Not to mention spring here 5 days after shoulder surgery and not offered even a drink of water. Worst hospital experience of my life" - David

Aug 18, 2023, 12:59 AM
John C Lincoln North Mountain Hospital: "I am at John Lincoln ER with a very strong chest pain for 4 hours already. I came here with O2 86, nit sure how I made it here, almost passed out on mt way. I am hooked to oxygen right now. It is very cold. They promise blankets but never brought any. There is no water available, their vending machine is not working. Still did nit see a doctor.Overall, it is very frustrating. And very painful,too." - Aleksandra

Aug 01, 2023, 12:10 AM
Verde Valley Medical Center: "The ER at VVMC has got to be one of the slowest. Took my wife there today(7-31-23) at 3:30 for an incision that was leaking fluid. 41/2 hours later we were still waiting in the waiting room, yet the 5-6 other people without life threatening symptoms that came in AFTER us were taken to a room. This is an ongoing problem as they have 1 doctor on duty at any given time. A few years ago I observed the one on duty playing video games on the desktop computer and we were waiting to be discharged after several hours in the ER. Someone needs to take charge and get a couple maybe 3 doctors for the ER in the only hospital in the Verde Valley. Also tonight an older lady in a wheelchair was never seen. She ended up leaving but was brought back by the Police as she got off property and slumped over on her motorized wheelchair and someone called 911. She was there before us and was there as we left. She was in a lot of pain it seemed. Hopefully someone will start looking into the situation at this ER. They need help.....BADLY" - Paul

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