University Of Tn Memorial Hospital 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 Tn Memorial Hospital save lives? 6% better than the national average, based on the overall mortality rate for critical illnesses.

	Mortality Rate
Heart Attack	15%
Heart Failure	11%
Pneumonia	10%

Infectious Disease at University Of Tn Memorial Hospital

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	28
MRSA Causes life-threatening bloodstream infections, pneumonia and surgical site infections. Mortality rates may be as high as 20%3	16

Emergency Room Wait Time Ratings

Time until initial exam: 0h 23m

Non-critical cases where patient is discharged have total visit time of 2 hour and 53 minutes

Serious cases where patients are admitted have 1 hour and 28 minutes to be admitted, then an additional 2 hour and 14 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

78% of patients rate the hospital excellent



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

University Of Tn Memorial Hospital Stories

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Aug 28, 2023, 9:48 PM
University Of Tn Memorial Hospital: "That's a goddamm lie I came by ambulance they sat me in the waiting room been here 6 hrs.nothing said they waiting on a room since 4pm" - Bruce

Jul 13, 2023, 6:28 PM
University Of Tn Memorial Hospital: "Was brought in by ambulance this morning at about 9:30am and at 6PM is still sitting in your lobby. Your stat on an hour wait time is total BS!" - V.

Jan 06, 2023, 6:14 PM
University Of Tn Memorial Hospital: "This place is so full people are standing" - Upset

Jun 01, 2022, 1:33 AM
University Of Tn Memorial Hospital: "The wait at UT is over 7 hours at this time. The reason for the wait is being blamed on being short staffed." - Sally

Apr 08, 2022, 5:39 AM
University Of Tn Memorial Hospital: "I went to the emergency room early in the morning a few weeks ago. I had been having some issue and I didn't know what was causing it. My symptoms where quite strange and not common at all. When I explained what I had been experiencing to the doctor on staff, he proceeded to tell me that what I was saying was not medically possible. I sat in a room in the emergency section of the hospital for around 12 hour and rarelt saw any medical staff and when I did, they didn't do much or provide any treatment at all. After 12 hours and the staff not examining me at all or getting samples to test, the doctor said I must have been Hallucinating and that I was fine. I went home and after a few days my condition worsened daily until I was in terrible paid and what started as something in 1 area of my body had now spread from head to toe.

If the doctor would have listened to what I was telling him and actually examined me properly, I'm sure I would got the correct treatment and I would have starting to recover soon after. Therefore I will not go to UT hospital ever again. " - Kevin

Mar 26, 2022, 12:57 AM
University Of Tn Memorial Hospital: "Came to UT Medical center BP 190/92 have been here waiting in lobby almost 3 hours and still haven’t been admitted into a room nor seen by any physician. Nursing station clerk very rude and unprofessional." - Michael

Mar 02, 2022, 8:53 AM
University Of Tn Memorial Hospital: "I was experiencing chest pains with a history of blood clots and pulmonary embolism. Sat in the ER waiting room for 7 hours before signing a release and leaving. It was so unorganized and a total madhouse. They took me to triage and put an IV and sent me back to waiting room. I told them all my info at that time. They said no rooms were available. There were people in the waiting room that had been there way longer than me. The waiting room was full of people coughing and if we don't get sick it will be a miracle. There was a guy bleeding out his nose and they didn't even give him towels. My husband was running his caregiver paper towels from the deli counter. He was screaming for help for over 2 hours. After 4 hours of waiting and not getting called back fro my CT scan, I went to the nurses station to ask for an update. She said they couldn't tell me anything but I needed to give her a urine sample for a pregnancy test. I had already told them in triage I had a hysterectomy in 2005. They were not communicating with each other or bothering to look at the computer. After 7 hours I decided to leave and take my chances. I'd rather die in my own bed than in a waiting room at an ER that obviously can't treat their patients. The girl at the desk was horribly rude. I will never go back to UT again." - Deb

Jan 27, 2022, 3:44 PM
University Of Tn Memorial Hospital: "Still waiting with my 88 year old mom
. 4 hours so far. Brought by ambulance. Last time 3 months ago waited 13 hours. This is unacceptable in a city of this size.. " - ivy

Aug 19, 2021, 3:22 AM
University Of Tn Memorial Hospital: "The wait for someone who is seriously ill or even those who don’t know what’s going on but they already said it may be fluid on they lungs and signs of congestive heart failure is ridiculous I get most people come in drugged up so they have to treat them too but the wait time for anyone at this point is almost 10 hours or more of just sitting in the lobby even the people who are actually SICK have to wait just as long as them if not longer it makes zero sense. (unless you are elderly/hospice or pregnant) Trust a believe they have enough staff but if it ain’t COVID related or they already had a stroke or heart attack they don’t care! There is no real “preventive” care it no longer matters " - Not

Jul 17, 2021, 10:20 PM
University Of Tn Memorial Hospital: "Not true" - Daniel

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