Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare Ratings

1300 Miccosukee Rd
Tallahassee, FL 32308
Phone: (850) 431-5380

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 Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare save lives? 11% worse than the national average, based on the overall mortality rate for critical illnesses.

	Mortality Rate at Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare	National Average
Heart Attack	13.3%	12.6%
Stroke	13.3%	13.9%
Heart Failure	13.9%	11.8%
Pneumonia	23.1%	18.2%

Infectious Disease at Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare

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	67
MRSA Causes life-threatening bloodstream infections, pneumonia and surgical site infections. Mortality rates may be as high as 20%²	10

Emergency Room Wait Time Ratings

Average Time Spent In Emergency Department: 3h 29m

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

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
Facilities are sometimes dirty

Footnotes:

¹C Diff Mortality Rate
²MRSA Mortality Rate

Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare Stories

Aug 18, 2023, 2:48 AM
Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare: "I fell from 10 feet and landed on my buttocks, and my elbows, and head, I can't believe it's been 5 hours in this error lobby at bixler er center, I can't walk and probably broke something in my hip area and my left rist" - Kevin

Oct 03, 2021, 12:48 AM
Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare: "Wait time on 10-2-21 is DANGEROUSLY LONG!!! " - BigSlick

Oct 02, 2021, 11:50 PM
Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare: "Wait time on 10-2-21 is DANGEROUSLY LONG!!! " - BigSlick

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