[golfing eagles]

Originally Posted by Stu from NYC

After UF purchased the Village hospital are you surprised it is still getting such low marks?

Not really, it takes years for these ratings to change. Also, I need to know what goes into these "ratings", some are very heavily skewed against and aging population.

That being said, we have nearly 150,000 residents in peak season, ALMOST ALL of whom are 55+. When you compare that with the average demographics of the US from the 2020 census in which 29% of the population is over 55, it essentially gives us the age and medical problems of a city of 517,000, and only TWO hospitals both of which have staffing shortages.

Tucson:There are 25 Hospitals in Tucson, Arizona, serving a population of 530,905 people in an area of 231 square miles. There is 1 Hospital per 21,236 people, and 1 Hospital per 9 square miles.

I'm not saying we need 25 hospitals (nor does Tuscon), but probably 4 or 5 is a realistic number. The problem is there is no good way to get doctors and nurses to staff them, there is no great attraction here for younger professionals. As a result, we often end up with "B" players, locum tenens and out of area ER physician groups, none of which care for our community as much as a doctor or nurse that lives here would, and from what I've seen are more interested in watching the clock than moving patients through the ER. I used to say 2 of my friends and I could straighten out the ER at TVRH in 3 months, I now retract that statement. The "culture" of drag your heels and everyone can wait is so entrenched that you would have to fire everyone and start over, which is just not feasible with a healthcare personnel shortage

[Jeanne wilson]

I'm a tax-paying resident of Florida and Ohio, I don't pay a cent to one of the best hospitals in the country, Cleveland Clinic.

[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by golfing eagles

Not really, it takes years for these ratings to change. Also, I need to know what goes into these "ratings", some are very heavily skewed against and aging population.

That being said, we have nearly 150,000 residents in peak season, ALMOST ALL of whom are 55+. When you compare that with the average demographics of the US from the 2020 census in which 29% of the population is over 55, it essentially gives us the age and medical problems of a city of 517,000, and only TWO hospitals both of which have staffing shortages.

Tucson:There are 25 Hospitals in Tucson, Arizona, serving a population of 530,905 people in an area of 231 square miles. There is 1 Hospital per 21,236 people, and 1 Hospital per 9 square miles.

I'm not saying we need 25 hospitals (nor does Tuscon), but probably 4 or 5 is a realistic number. The problem is there is no good way to get doctors and nurses to staff them, there is no great attraction here for younger professionals. As a result, we often end up with "B" players, locum tenens and out of area ER physician groups, none of which care for our community as much as a doctor or nurse that lives here would, and from what I've seen are more interested in watching the clock than moving patients through the ER. I used to say 2 of my friends and I could straighten out the ER at TVRH in 3 months, I now retract that statement. The "culture" of drag your heels and everyone can wait is so entrenched that you would have to fire everyone and start over, which is just not feasible with a healthcare personnel shortage

Thank you.

[cdzizzy]

My husband spent a week at Villages Regional near Spanish last January. Care was excellent. Doctor was fantastic, no complaints until it was time to release him — after a week
we were ready to have him home, but the nursing staff seemed too busy and he was released about 3 hours after he should have been. Otherwise, very positive experience.

[Walt6977]

Village regional Hospital ER poorly run. I spent five hours in the ER no one did triage on me and I spoke to others that have been there eight hours with no triage. They need to board up and close the village ER they don’t even know how to triage

[CoachKandSportsguy]

Patient experience data lags about 6 months to 1 year, which is based on the date of patient discharge.
That's relatively recent with survey data, which takes time to compile and review.

Surveys are about a year long, so the surveys were done from patients discharged from two years to one year ago.

So there is time to fix the particular hospital, however, there is a huge medical staffing shortage right now, due to illness, retirement, and personal beliefs differing from their employer. So not sure that you are going to get much better without going to a UF Shands in Gainesville, Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, or Cleveland Clinic in Boca, where standards are very high.

Hospital solvency is also a big issue if there isn't a local source of staffing, and traveling staff are used at 2x or 3x the local going rate for employment.

So be careful out there, and there are other areas of FL which have good local healthcare if that is important to you

[Fltpkr]

I think the OP has put their finger on the biggest single issue for the Villages - the lack of great medical care and choices in close proximity to the Villages. Who would have thought! Strictly my opinion.

[golfing eagles]

Originally Posted by Fltpkr

I think the OP has put their finger on the biggest single issue for the Villages - the lack of great medical care and choices in close proximity to the Villages. Who would have thought! Strictly my opinion.

Well, all I can say is that if "great medical care" is a priority for some, don't move here. Boston and NYC should be your first choice.

PS: You could move to Luxemburg, which the communist/socialist group titled "The World Health Organization" ranks #1 for health care in the world. However, you might be lonely since no one who knows anything about medicine would ever go to Luxemburg for health care. Personally, I think we should just "defund" the WHO since we supply the majority of it's funding and get nothing but denigration and BS in return.