University Medical Center Ratings
2390 WEST CONGRESS
Lafayette, LA 70506
Phone: (337) 261-6001
Lafayette, LA 70506
Phone: (337) 261-6001
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 University Medical Center save lives? 7% worse than the national average, based on the overall mortality rate for critical illnesses.| Mortality Rate | |
|---|---|
| Heart Failure | 13% |
Infectious Disease at University 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 | 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: 1h 43mNon-critical cases where patient is discharged have total visit time of 3 hour and 30 minutes
Serious cases where patients are admitted have 4 hour and 13 minutes to be admitted, then an additional 3 hour and 5 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
University Medical Center
4.7
out of 5
based on 28 ratings.
28 user reviews.
74% of patients rate the hospital excellent
Positive Patient Ratings
Some patients praise:- Rooms and facilities are usually clean
- Rooms were often quiet at night
Negative Patient Ratings
- Staff doesn't respond quickly when patients need help
Footnotes:
1Questionable efficacy of flu vaccination
2C Diff Mortality Rate
3MRSA Mortality Rate
University Medical Center Stories
Dec 21, 2017, 5:10 AM
University Medical Center: "Told me my poor reaction to caffeine was due to my new mental disorder “Cannabis Use Disorder”, which apparently is a disorder you have if you’ve ever smoke marijuana. If you ask me, that’s unprofessional. I went there because my pulse was weak and they focused more on the marijuana in my system than the fact that my heart wasn’t functioning properly. What a joke. I was forced to go here due to my lack of healthcare and now that I have it, I will never be returning to this greedy sack of crap. Like I told them I had a UTI, I guess they didn’t believe me because now I have to pay $250 for a C/T scan I DID NOT need (they came back and told me I had a bladder infection haha aren’t they just great). Not to mention the time I was dehydrated and it took a whole team of 5 nurses to epically fail to put an IV in my arm and left a massive bruise, and guess what?? I still was not properly treated. So yea, think twice before entering potential death because they really do not care about their jobs. " - Shelbie
