University Of California Irvine Med 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 University Of California Irvine Med Center save lives? 4% better than the national average, based on the overall mortality rate for critical illnesses.

	Mortality Rate
Heart Attack	15%
Heart Failure	12%
Pneumonia	11%

Infectious Disease at University Of California Irvine Med 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	120
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 35m

Non-critical cases where patient is discharged have total visit time of 4 hour and 54 minutes

Serious cases where patients are admitted have 3 hour and 48 minutes to be admitted, then an additional 2 hour and 16 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

76% of patients rate the hospital excellent



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

University Of California Irvine Med Center Stories

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Nov 04, 2023, 4:13 AM
University Of California Irvine Med Center: "Worst ER experience ever. 7 hour wait for simple problem. Dr never saw my daughter but ordered x-raty based on info from surrogate non-MD and then discharged her without ever meeting or examining her. People waiting over 12 hours common. They call the names but the people gave up and left. Many people give up and walk out. Four angry patients fighting with staff after being ignored forever and getting angry. You never meet the doctors like a normal ER. They do everything using non-md surrogates. Is this legal ? A hellish ER experience unlike any other. is there a way for the state to revoke their ER licence or re-organize their system by outside management.A disgrace to the practice of medicine how they run it. I would never make the mistake of going there again." - Charles

May 22, 2023, 7:32 PM
University Of California Irvine Med Center: "Most dogshit hospital I’ve ever been too. All these people want to do is torture you and keep you waiting forever. I’ve been here for 3 hours probably will be here for another 3 before anything productive happens with these shitty staff." - Chad

Feb 12, 2023, 9:06 PM
University Of California Irvine Med Center: "Went in to UCI ER at 2 a.m. Saturday 2/11/223. Greeted quickly, then it went downhill. By 11 a.m. after making a pest of ourselves, we finally walked out, awaiting a final test. Three other couples who came in BEFORE us were still there. To add insult to insult, we got a $55 parking ticket because the charge nurse asked us where we parked but not for our license plate. At 2 am, who remembers their license plate number, which she did not ask. We will contest the ticket but how do you contest the delay???? Advice: Have your heart problems between 6 am and noon weekdays." - Ray

Jul 05, 2022, 6:11 PM
University Of California Irvine Med Center: "I am sitting on waiting room floor soaked in blood from an infection my clothes have blood my legs have blood running down them ive been here 3 hours havent been seen" - ARTURO

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