Tucson 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 Tucson Medical Center save lives? 0% than the national average, based on the overall mortality rate for critical illnesses.

	Mortality Rate
Heart Attack	14%
Heart Failure	13%
Pneumonia	12%

Infectious Disease at Tucson 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	124
MRSA Causes life-threatening bloodstream infections, pneumonia and surgical site infections. Mortality rates may be as high as 20%3	8

Emergency Room Wait Time Ratings

Time until initial exam: 0h 39m

Non-critical cases where patient is discharged have total visit time of 3 hour and 7 minutes

Serious cases where patients are admitted have 3 hour and 7 minutes to be admitted, then an additional 2 hour and 7 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

67% of patients rate the hospital excellent



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

Tucson Medical Center Stories

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Dec 28, 2022, 11:47 AM
Tucson Medical Center: "? Appendicitis and pain sever rebound tenderness and vomiting " - Theodore

Nov 30, 2022, 1:48 AM
Tucson Medical Center: "Wait time online says 3hrs & 7min avg. I'm going on 7 HOURS This place is INSANE!!" - K

Sep 11, 2022, 12:24 AM
Tucson Medical Center: "After waiting at tmc er for 7 hours they took my husband in and found kidney stone that had to be surgically removed. He was in absolute agony with no assistance. " - K

Sep 10, 2022, 8:10 PM
Tucson Medical Center: "After waiting at tmc er for 7 hours they took my husband in and found kidney stone that had to be surgically removed. He was in absolute agony with no assistance. " - K

Sep 13, 2021, 5:00 AM
Tucson Medical Center: "My 88 year-old Grandma fell & cracked the back of her head open on kitchen tile... Lots of blood, large gash & confusion. Still her 4hr & 7min later. Sitting at check-in. AND her head is still bleeding!" - Mendez

Jun 26, 2021, 3:36 PM
Tucson Medical Center: "Wait times vary. It’s better to arrive early afternoons, especially on a Friday. The staff are patient, caring and extremely helpful. They always try to make you as comfortable as possible. 3PM or 3AM, they are all highly skilled. " - Elisa

May 15, 2021, 11:59 PM
Tucson Medical Center: "I've been sitting here since 2:30/3:00pm, have not been been called, all they said is my labs were in and I was waiting on a bed. That was about 7pm. It is now 8:55pm. People have came an gone" - Tracy

Dec 17, 2020, 4:35 AM
Tucson Medical Center: "Been at Tucson medical center after beening released for dka or diabetic kidoacidos and returned with strep throat and got here at 830pm and it is now 233am worst pain of my life maybe going back into diabetics kidoacidos again if not seen soon" - Steven

Jun 19, 2020, 4:31 PM
Tucson Medical Center: "I've been in waiting room for 3.5 hours and am still waiting. Your times are not correct." - Gretchen

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