Unitypoint Health - Des Moines Iowa Methodist Medi 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 Unitypoint Health - Des Moines Iowa Methodist Medi save lives? 10% worse than the national average, based on the overall mortality rate for critical illnesses.

	Mortality Rate at Unitypoint Health - Des Moines Iowa Methodist Medi	National Average
Heart Attack	14%	12.6%
Stroke	14%	13.9%
Heart Failure	15.9%	11.8%
Pneumonia	19.2%	18.2%

Infectious Disease at Unitypoint Health - Des Moines Iowa Methodist Medi

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	38
MRSA Causes life-threatening bloodstream infections, pneumonia and surgical site infections. Mortality rates may be as high as 20%2	16

Emergency Room Wait Time Ratings

Average Time Spent In Emergency Department: 3h 13m

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



Footnotes:

¹C Diff Mortality Rate
²MRSA Mortality Rate

Unitypoint Health - Des Moines Iowa Methodist Medi Stories

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May 23, 2022, 6:22 PM
Iowa Methodist Medical Center: "Five hours with chest pain. Still not seen. I left to die at home in comfort" - M

May 23, 2022, 6:22 PM
Iowa Methodist Medical Center: "Five hours with chest pain. Still not seen. I left to die at home in comfort" - M

Feb 15, 2022, 5:14 PM
Iowa Methodist Medical Center: "It is 3:51pm as I begin to type this. I arrived here with my wife at approximately 9am. we came in because my wife is having severe pain in her rib cage, chest and left arm. She is holding back tears. I just asked the lady at the reception desk here nearly 7 hours later, what is going on? Why have we seen EVERYONE here after us go in before my wife? I was told that she is in fact the person that has been here the longest but that her pain isn’t acute enough to be seen yet. I asked how acute her chest pain has to be to be seen. The lady was EXTREMELY dismissive and annoyed by my question. I’m starting to think it’s because the Triage nurse had a hard time understanding my wife with her being deaf. She is still sitting here in pain & even after asking about it, no one seems to give a care. We dropped out boys off at school and came here. Thank God we had family who made arrangements to pick them up at school take them home, let out our dog, and now will probably be taking them to dinner as well. What if I hadn’t been able to be with her here today. Can you imagine the confusion with not seeing any ones faces to read lips and then to be ignored for 7 hours to boot?! She hasn’t eaten or drank anything as to not interfere with any tests or bloodwork.. Inexcusable " - Nick

Feb 15, 2022, 5:10 PM
Iowa Methodist Medical Center: "It is 3:51pm as I begin to type this. I arrived here with my wife at approximately 9am. we came in because my wife is having severe pain in her rib cage, chest and left arm. She is holding back tears. I just asked the lady at the reception desk here nearly 7 hours later, what is going on? Why have we seen EVERYONE here after us go in before my wife? I was told that she is in fact the person that has been here the longest but that her pain isn’t acute enough to be seen yet. I asked how acute her chest pain has to be to be seen. The lady was EXTREMELY dismissive and annoyed by my question. I’m starting to think it’s because the Triage nurse had a hard time understanding my wife with her being deaf. She is still sitting here in pain & even after asking about it, no one seems to give a care. We dropped out boys off at school and came here. Thank God we had family who made arrangements to pick them up at school take them home, let out our dog, and now will probably be taking them to dinner as well. What if I hadn’t been able to be with her here today. Can you imagine the confusion with not seeing any ones faces to read lips and then to be ignored for 7 hours to boot?! She hasn’t eaten or drank anything as to not interfere with any tests or bloodwork.. Inexcusable " - Nick

Nov 30, 2020, 5:10 PM
Iowa Methodist Medical Center: "we are at 2 hrs
and counting " - Bruce

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