Up Health System Portage 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 Up Health System Portage save lives? 5% worse than the national average, based on the overall mortality rate for critical illnesses.

	Mortality Rate at Up Health System Portage	National Average
Heart Failure	13.3%	11.8%
Pneumonia	18.3%	18.2%

Infectious Disease at Up Health System Portage

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	1
MRSA Causes life-threatening bloodstream infections, pneumonia and surgical site infections. Mortality rates may be as high as 20%2	0

Emergency Room Wait Time Ratings

Average Time Spent In Emergency Department: 2h 25m

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: VERY GOOD



Footnotes:

¹C Diff Mortality Rate
²MRSA Mortality Rate

Up Health System Portage Stories

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Mar 19, 2015, 8:03 PM
Portage Health Hospital: "A poorly run hospital full of bureaucratic rules, regulations and procedures, many to the detriment of patients. The 'doctors' there are more hired hands than independent professionals. " - Cassandra

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