University Of Maryland 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 University Of Maryland Medical Center save lives? 3% worse than the national average, based on the overall mortality rate for critical illnesses.

	Mortality Rate at University Of Maryland Medical Center	National Average
Heart Attack	12.6%	12.6%
Stroke	15.5%	13.9%
Heart Failure	12.4%	11.8%
Pneumonia	17.9%	18.2%

Infectious Disease at University Of Maryland Medical Center

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	46
MRSA Causes life-threatening bloodstream infections, pneumonia and surgical site infections. Mortality rates may be as high as 20%2	9

Emergency Room Wait Time Ratings

Average Time Spent In Emergency Department: 4h 40m

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

University Of Maryland Medical Center Stories

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Sep 19, 2025, 12:23 AM
University Of Maryland Medical Center: "I have been refused medical care violating Emtala and HIPPA physical mental stalked harassed intimidation patient dumping phone harassment assaulted by nurses and security and falsely imprisoned charges dropped stated false reporting in my medical record derogatory stigmatizatijgvajd dog whistles that put barriers to care and being falsey discriminated and profiled " - Julie

Sep 19, 2025, 12:18 AM
University Of Maryland Medical Center: "I have been refused medical care violating Emtala and HIPPA physical mental stalked harassed intimidation patient dumping phone harassment assaulted by nurses and security and falsely imprisoned charges dropped stated false reporting in my medical record derogatory stigmatizatijgvajd dog whistles that put barriers to care and being falsey discriminated and profiled " - Julie

Feb 12, 2024, 12:56 PM
University Of Maryland Medical Center: "Wait time at UMMC on S Greene St has been 10-16 hours for the past 9 months. Personal experience." - Cortney

Apr 06, 2022, 2:42 AM
University Of Maryland Medical Center: "I have been in the waiting room since 10:30 this am, I am still waiting to be callled and seen by a doctor, it is now 2:41 am, the next day. What gives, who walked out!! " - Mary

Apr 04, 2022, 9:15 PM
University Of Maryland Medical Center: "I've been here since 12. UNBELIEVABLE " - Sharon

Dec 17, 2021, 7:40 PM
University Of Maryland Medical Center: "My pop arrived at Upper Chesapeake Hospital in Belair at around 8:30 pm Tuesday evening he did not get a bed in the ER until the afternoon on the next day. He waited almost 19 hours in pain without seeing a doctor. This is the worst hospital. People are waiting at least 12-17 hours. This is terrible " - Ms.Glover

Dec 17, 2021, 7:39 PM
University Of Maryland Medical Center: "My pop arrived at Upper Chesapeake Hospital in Belair at around 8:30 pm Tuesday evening he did not get a bed in the ER until the afternoon on the next day. He waited almost 19 hours in pain without seeing a doctor. This is the worst hospital. People are waiting at least 12-17 hours. This is terrible " - Ms.Glover

Nov 13, 2021, 10:28 PM
University Of Maryland Medical Center: "I came into the ER around 8:30p having a miscarriage. I was well over 11 weeks pregnant at the time. They left me in the waiting area for 13 hrs, I had blood all down my legs where I was bleeding out. I felt so dizzy and faint. It took my fiancé to go tf off for someone to help me. They then did a scan and said the fetus was deceased but good news is, it was only 4 weeks. I said excuse me?? Good news? I said I know I was 11 was pregnant! I ended up needing a D & C. & never went back again!!! They were horrible & treated me horribly! Who tf would say good news is….. when a women is going threw a miscarriage?? " - Her

Nov 13, 2021, 9:16 PM
University Of Maryland Medical Center: "I came into the ER around 8:30p having a miscarriage. I was well over 11 weeks pregnant at the time. They left me in the waiting area for 13 hrs, I had blood all down my legs where I was bleeding out. I felt so dizzy and faint. It took my fiancé to go tf off for someone to help me. They then did a scan and said the fetus was deceased but good news is, it was only 4 weeks. I said excuse me?? Good news? I said I know I was 11 was pregnant! I ended up needing a D & C. & never went back again!!! They were horrible & treated me horribly! Who tf would say good news is….. when a women is going threw a miscarriage?? " - Her

Jun 02, 2021, 3:18 AM
University Of Maryland Medical Center: "Been waiting in the emergency room waiting area for over 7 hours now. I’ve never waited this long to be seen in an emergency room. They come out and call someone maybe once an hour; is there just one bed back there??" - Joe

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