Winchester Hospital Ratings
41 HIGHLAND AVENUE
Winchester, MA 01890
Phone: (781) 729-9000
Winchester, MA 01890
Phone: (781) 729-9000
Hospital Type: Acute Care Hospitals
Emergency Services: YES
Contents:
Quality of Care - Infectious Diseases - ER Wait Time - Patient Ratings
Quality of Care - Mortality Rate
How well does Winchester Hospital save lives? 18% better than the national average, based on the overall mortality rate for critical illnesses.Mortality Rate | |
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Heart Attack | 13% |
Heart Failure | 9% |
Pneumonia | 10% |
Infectious Disease at Winchester 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 |
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C. Diff Sickens more than a half million people each year and has a 17% mortality rate after one year2 | 52 |
MRSA Causes life-threatening bloodstream infections, pneumonia and surgical site infections. Mortality rates may be as high as 20%3 | 0 |
Emergency Room Wait Time Ratings
Time until initial exam: 0h 42mNon-critical cases where patient is discharged have total visit time of 2 hour and 38 minutes
Serious cases where patients are admitted have 3 hour and 19 minutes to be admitted, then an additional 1 hour and 24 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
Winchester Hospital
4.75
out of 5
based on 22 ratings.
22 user reviews.
76% of patients rate the hospital excellent
Positive Patient Ratings
Some patients praise:- Nurses usually respond quickly when patients need help
- Pain was usually controlled for patients
- Rooms and facilities are usually clean
Negative Patient Ratings
Footnotes:
1Questionable efficacy of flu vaccination
2C Diff Mortality Rate
3MRSA Mortality Rate
Winchester Hospital Stories
Dec 13, 2022, 4:17 PM
Winchester Hospital: "One horse town horse hospital no MGH for sure rude nurses NP too! Can't DX shit! Friendly at first but then look out!! Dumb F****! Don't know how to properly DX and often mis diagnose important medical issues save time and go to MGH it's worth the wait!!! At least the dx will be accurate!!! Rude MF nurses!!!!!!!" - Deborah
Mar 09, 2020, 10:42 PM
Winchester Hospital: "I sent a message I think on Friday still waiting for a response.
Thanks" - Gerry