Tri-City Medical Center Ratings

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

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Quality of Care - Mortality Rate

How well does Tri-City Medical Center save lives? 10% worse than the national average, based on the overall mortality rate for critical illnesses.

	Mortality Rate
Heart Attack	15%
Heart Failure	13%
Pneumonia	15%

Infectious Disease at Tri-City Medical Center

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	32
MRSA Causes life-threatening bloodstream infections, pneumonia and surgical site infections. Mortality rates may be as high as 20%3	4

Emergency Room Wait Time Ratings

Time until initial exam: 0h 59m

Non-critical cases where patient is discharged have total visit time of 3 hour and 44 minutes

Serious cases where patients are admitted have 3 hour and 25 minutes to be admitted, then an additional 3 hour and 8 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

61% of patients rate the hospital excellent



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

Tri-City Medical Center Stories

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Aug 12, 2023, 3:26 PM
Tri-City Medical Center: "Yesterday I was having chest pain due to a heart condition I have. I got there at 4 PM at triage the first they asked what was my pain level. I said 9.5 I had been writhing in pain since3:30 - 4 a.m. by 4 I decided to go to e.r. I waited patiently until 6PM and went to see the status they said maybe I'll be admitted. A few years prior I had a throbbing impacted tooth. I finally got to see the doctor after 9 hours. O.k. throbbing pain that I've experienced doesn't go away it just gets worse. When I had asked to get something for the throbbing and pain they said no because I appeared to be homeless and I appeared to be exhibiting drug seeking behavior. Omg my face looked like I had a huge jawbreaker in my mouth. Sorry tri cities I'm gone even if it kills me." - Steve

Sep 02, 2022, 10:56 AM
Tri-City Medical Center: "I was taken to ER by Fire Department and after being put into a room, the Dr put oxygen on me because fluid buildup in my lungs. The nurse turned it off after the Dr walked out of the room . I turned it on and the nurse came in and turned it off again. The Dr came in, I explained what happened and he did nothing, except turning it on.the room had no call button to call nurse if needed.no TV, the room looked like a storage area for excess equipment. There was dirt around the edges of the room . Rust stains on the floor from old equipment not being moved after wet moping.stains were old and very dark orange/brown.after 5 hrs I tried to leave and they wouldn’t let me go for a hour. I said I would sue for holding me against my will, they rushed me out the back door." - Lee

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