Yakima Valley Memorial Ratings

2811 Tieton Drive
Yakima, WA 98902
Phone: (509) 575-8000

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 Yakima Valley Memorial save lives? 13% worse than the national average, based on the overall mortality rate for critical illnesses.

	Mortality Rate at Yakima Valley Memorial	National Average
Heart Attack	12.6%	12.6%
Stroke	15.7%	13.9%
Heart Failure	15.2%	11.8%
Pneumonia	21.4%	18.2%

Infectious Disease at Yakima Valley Memorial

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	2

Emergency Room Wait Time Ratings

Average Time Spent In Emergency Department: 2h 22m

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: BELOW AVERAGE

Positive Patient Ratings

Some patients praise:

Doctors usually communicate well with patients

Negative Patient Ratings

Staff doesn't respond quickly when patients need help
Nurses often fail to communicate
Patients often don't receive help when they request it
Facilities are sometimes dirty
Rooms were often noisy at night

Footnotes:

¹C Diff Mortality Rate
²MRSA Mortality Rate

Yakima Valley Memorial Stories

Jan 30, 2023, 4:34 PM
Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital: "Kidney Stone march 2022. Bills were double service times and dates for the Hospital site and an outpatient clinic. I made arrangments with them regarding payment. I piad off the clinic and the Hospital, so I thought July / August 2022. I wrote on the check memo line "Clear blanace on all accounts and services." No bills came, that is untill Janaury 2023, when they started billing me again.
They will not honor their payment agreement. YVMH and this Dr. Brian Cox are greedy S.O.B.'s" - Kidney

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