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

	Mortality Rate at University Of Mississippi Med Center	National Average
Heart Attack	12.8%	12.6%
Stroke	12.1%	13.9%
Heart Failure	11.6%	11.8%
Pneumonia	17.9%	18.2%

Infectious Disease at University Of Mississippi Med 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	18
MRSA Causes life-threatening bloodstream infections, pneumonia and surgical site infections. Mortality rates may be as high as 20%2	38

Emergency Room Wait Time Ratings

Average Time Spent In Emergency Department: 2h 55m

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 Mississippi Med Center Stories

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Feb 13, 2022, 9:08 PM
University Of Mississippi Med Center: "Something has to get better ! I could die sitting here the way the wait times are. I’m in so much pain, they haven’t gave me anything for pain or the nausea !!!! I’ve been here since 6, 3 hours is more than enough time to see what’s going on with me. RAPID TRACK IS NOT RAPID. SHUT IT DOWN" - Ebony

Feb 13, 2022, 8:45 PM
University Of Mississippi Med Center: "Something has to get better ! I could die sitting here the way the wait times are. I’m in so much pain, they haven’t gave me anything for pain or the nausea !!!! I’ve been here since 6, 3 hours is more than enough time to see what’s going on with me. RAPID TRACK IS NOT RAPID. SHUT IT DOWN" - Ebony

Feb 13, 2022, 8:45 PM
University Of Mississippi Med Center: "Something has to get better ! I could die sitting here the way the wait times are. I’m in so much pain, they haven’t gave me anything for pain or the nausea !!!! I’ve been here since 6, 3 hours is more than enough time to see what’s going on with me. RAPID TRACK IS NOT RAPID. SHUT IT DOWN" - Ebony

Oct 14, 2020, 6:17 PM
University Of Mississippi Med Center: "the worst waiting area. I have had 2 strokes in the last 60 days and have been waiting in waiting room for 3 hours, throwing up, dizzy and all and they say they are waiting to get clean room. If it takes 3 hour to clean a room then they need new employees. this is sad. " - charlie

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