Winchester Hospital Ratings

41 Highland Avenue
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? 8% better than the national average, based on the overall mortality rate for critical illnesses.

	Mortality Rate at Winchester Hospital	National Average
Heart Attack	12.5%	12.6%
Stroke	14.6%	13.9%
Heart Failure	8.8%	11.8%
Pneumonia	16.3%	18.2%

Infectious Disease at Winchester Hospital

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	17
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: 3h 38m

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

Positive Patient Ratings

Some patients praise:

Nurses usually take time to communicate well
Doctors usually communicate well with patients

Negative Patient Ratings

Staff doesn't respond quickly when patients need help
Patients often don't receive help when they request it
Facilities are sometimes dirty

Footnotes:

¹C Diff Mortality Rate
²MRSA 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

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