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Holy Name

Feedback posted by the public

Address718 Teaneck Road
Teaneck, NJ  07666
Phone(201) 833-3000
Click here for map to hospital

Bariatric Surgeons believe to have
operated at this hospital:

    Alexander D.Abkin, M.D., F.A.C.S
    Nicholas Bertha, DO
    Elliot R. Goodman, MD
    Elliot Goodman, M.D.
    John Holup, M.D.
    Ibrahim Ibrahim, M.D.
    Stefanie Vaimakis, MD, FACS, FASMBS

Have you been a patient at this hospital?
If so, please share your experiences with our community! Click here to log into your profile. Once there, click on the hospital review link.

Hospital Credentialing Resource:
Click here for The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO), the independent nonprofit organization, which accredits and rates United States hospitals. A Quality Check service at the bottom of that page lets you conduct searches.

Number of Contributors: 19

WARNING: Does this hospital have less than 25 reviews? If so, don't let a small sample size bias you.
Subjective reviews below are relayed merely as a partial and incomplete research tool.

Survey Questions:
  1. How would you rate its overall value? (“Overall Value”)
  2. How well equipped was the hospital to handle overweight patients? (“Oversized Equipped”)
  3. How sensitive was the staff to the needs of overweight patients? (“Oversized Sensitive”)
  4. How safe did you feel that the hospital was well equipped enough to handle any medical emergency that might arise during your stay there? (“Multi Security”)
  5. How much privacy did you feel the hospital gave you? (“Privacy”)
  6. How responsive did you feel the hospital was in giving you pain medications? (“Pain Medications”)
  7. How restfully quiet did you find your experience? (“Quiet”)
  8. How accommodating was the hospital in allowing visitors to see you? (“Visiting”)
  9. How responsive do you feel the staff was in helping you with your general needs during your stay? (“Staff Responsive”)
  10. How would you rate the parking accomodations? (“Parking”)
  11. How did you select this hospital? (“How Selected”)
  12. How would you compare this hospital to others that you have been to? (“Competitors”)
  13. What other comments do you have about this hospital? (“Comments”)
Posted by: Dorie S. (Posted on May 31, 2008)
Overall Value: Good Oversized Equipped: Excellent Oversized Sensitive: Excellent
Multi Security: Good Privacy: Good Pain Medication: Excellent
Quiet: Poor Visiting: N/A Staff Responsive: Excellent
Parking: Excellent
How Selected: It was one of two options with my surgeon. My insurance company covered more with this hospital than the other one.
Competitors: Seems like a "friendlier" and more patient centered hospital than most. Everyone was concerned for my comfort and meeting my needs-starting with pre-op testing and lasting through my stay after the surgery.
Comments: I can't praise the nursing staff enough, especially the student nurses. They were very attentive, always checking in and making sure I didn't need anything. Whenever I did ask for something, they either got it for me right away, or attempted to get an answer for me. I also felt very comfortable because so many of the issues I usually encounter never came up-such as, they gave me a gown that was large enough (I didn't have to ask for it). They used a big wheelchair-again without my having to remind them I don't fit in normal sized chairs. It is those little things that really add up to making a person more comfortable and less self-conscious.
Posted by: Keydi B. (Posted on August 26, 2007)
Overall Value: Excellent Oversized Equipped: Excellent Oversized Sensitive: Excellent
Multi Security: Excellent Privacy: Excellent Pain Medication: Excellent
Quiet: Good Visiting: Excellent Staff Responsive: Good
How Selected: It was the most inexpensive one in my health insurance.
Competitors: You actually have internet, computer games, music and TV within your arms reach were other hospitals only have tv.
Posted by: Jillian P. (Posted on June 11, 2007)
Overall Value: Excellent Oversized Equipped: Excellent Oversized Sensitive: Excellent
Multi Security: Excellent Privacy: Average Pain Medication: Excellent
Quiet: Very Poor Visiting: Excellent Staff Responsive: Excellent
Parking: Excellent
Posted by: Lee B. (Posted on May 6, 2006)
Overall Value: Excellent Oversized Equipped: Good Oversized Sensitive: Excellent
Multi Security: Excellent Privacy: Excellent Pain Medication: Excellent
Quiet: Excellent Visiting: Excellent Staff Responsive: Excellent
Parking: Excellent
Posted by: Taina P. (Posted on June 8, 2005)
Overall Value: Excellent Oversized Equipped: Excellent Oversized Sensitive: Excellent
Multi Security: Excellent Privacy: Good Pain Medication: Excellent
Quiet: Average Visiting: Excellent Staff Responsive: Good
Parking: Excellent
How Selected: THIS IS THE HOSPITAL MY SURGEON IS AFFLIATED WITH I HAD MY SURGERY I WAS IN ICU FOR ABOUT 5 DAYS NOT SO GREAT BUT EVERYBODY WAS COOPERATIVE
Posted by: Deactivated Member (Posted on April 11, 2005)
Overall Value: Very Poor Oversized Equipped: Average Oversized Sensitive: Poor
Multi Security: Poor Privacy: Average Pain Medication: Very Poor
Quiet: Very Poor Visiting: Good Staff Responsive: Very Poor
Parking: Average
How Selected: Doctor affli. with it
Competitors: This hospital needs a better nursing and nurses aid staff
Comments: I was neglected by the nursing staff, I was never brought fresh ice chips, water, and never had anything other than IV and ice chips the entire 5 days I was there. No one helped me get washed, or changed. I asked for a wash cloth and was told, sorry, can't help you there!! Rooms are unbearably hot, couldn't sleep too much noise. Had very bad pain no one cared until I passed out and had my friend get the Hospital Doctor down to my room and only then did they find a problem that required an emergency surgery @ midnight !
Posted by: Angela K. (Posted on March 17, 2005)
Overall Value: Excellent Oversized Equipped: Excellent Oversized Sensitive: Excellent
Multi Security: Excellent Privacy: Excellent Pain Medication: Excellent
Quiet: Excellent Visiting: Excellent Staff Responsive: Excellent
Parking: Excellent
How Selected: I had a choice between Englwood and Holy Name, and I just really loved Holy Name. I feel a safe feeling there.
Comments: I completely recommend this hospital.
Posted by: Mary-Ellen C. (Posted on November 17, 2004)
Overall Value: Excellent Oversized Equipped: Excellent Oversized Sensitive: Excellent
Multi Security: Excellent Privacy: Good Pain Medication: Excellent
Quiet: Good Visiting: Excellent Staff Responsive: Excellent
Parking: Good
How Selected: Doctor affiliation with this hospital.
Posted by: Sandra N. (Posted on November 5, 2004)
Overall Value: Average Oversized Equipped: Average Oversized Sensitive: Average
Multi Security: Good Privacy: Good Pain Medication: Very Poor
Quiet: Poor Visiting: Excellent Staff Responsive: Poor
Parking: Good
How Selected: proximity
Posted by: Nancy R. (Posted on August 1, 2004)
Overall Value: Good Oversized Equipped: Good Oversized Sensitive: Good
Multi Security: Good Privacy: Average Pain Medication: Good
Quiet: Good Visiting: Excellent Staff Responsive: Good
Parking: Excellent
How Selected: It was the hospital my surgeon used.
Competitors: I felt it was much nicer than Valley Hospital in Ridgweood, where I had been before. It was quieter and more personalized.
Comments: I felt the nurses were knowledgeable about bariatric surgery, and were also very attentive. This is a teaching hospital and I was assigned a student nurse every day to help. All in all I was very pleased.
Posted by: Maureen S. (Posted on April 1, 2004)
Overall Value: Very Poor Oversized Equipped: Average Oversized Sensitive: Very Poor
Multi Security: Poor Privacy: Good Pain Medication: N/A
Quiet: Very Poor Visiting: N/A Staff Responsive: Very Poor
Parking: Poor
How Selected: I didn't. The Bariatric Center selected it for me.
Competitors: Terrible. I had major surgery in Rahway Hospital in August and the nurses were wonderful. DON"T GO TO HOLY NAME unless you have an army of relatives/friends to sit at your side.
Comments: I can't believe they pass fire code; every hallway is filled with clutter. Most of the staff ranged from indifferent to downright mean. Not one person had a clue about bariatric surgery and most were repulsed by the very idea. Thank god I had a pump; waiting for pain meds would have been hell. I was checked at the beginning and end of shift and ignored in between.
Posted by: Sharon W. (Posted on January 26, 2004)
Overall Value: Excellent Oversized Equipped: Excellent Oversized Sensitive: Excellent
Multi Security: Excellent Privacy: Excellent Pain Medication: Excellent
Quiet: Average Visiting: Excellent Staff Responsive: Average
Parking: Excellent
How Selected: One of two hospitals utilized by Bergen Bariatric Center so it was chosen kind of by default.
Competitors: I never questioned that a room would be available as I would have with HUMC. I was taken to surgery on the bed from my room. I waited to be taken to surgery in my actual room. I did not have to shift from a gurney to my bed after surgery and in pain, they had me on my bed in recovery. It was a wonderful set up that should be a best practice scenario for other hospitals.
Comments: I would recommend this hospital to anyone. It was wonderful.
Posted by: Yeimy L. (Posted on January 9, 2004)
Posted by: Sheri B. (Posted on December 14, 2003)
Overall Value: Good Oversized Equipped: Excellent Oversized Sensitive: Excellent
Multi Security: Excellent Privacy: Average Pain Medication: Excellent
Quiet: Poor Visiting: Excellent Staff Responsive: Excellent
Parking: Excellent
How Selected: Dr. Goodman & Dr. Hollup do their team surgeries at this hospital - so it was really picked for me.
Comments: The hospital was great overall. The only trouble I experienced was that they seem to like to put the gastric bypass patients in the rooms closest to the nurses station - and that means no sleep!! They were extremely noisy and inconsiderate to sleeping patients through all hours of the night. One nurses aid even came in and began cleaning my room at 4 AM. I did not appreciate that - but overall my care was stupendous.
Posted by: Linda P. (Posted on December 11, 2003)
Posted by: Susie G. (Posted on May 16, 2003)
Overall Value: Excellent Oversized Equipped: Excellent Oversized Sensitive: Excellent
Multi Security: Excellent Privacy: Excellent Pain Medication: Excellent
Quiet: Excellent Visiting: Excellent Staff Responsive: Excellent
Parking: Excellent
How Selected: DR SELECTED IT
Competitors: THE BEST
Comments: THIS HOSPITAL IS A WONDERFUL HOSPITAL WHO HAS BEDS FOR THIS SURGERY WITH NURSES TRAINED IN THIS FIELD.
Posted by: Hope K. (Posted on May 15, 2003)
Overall Value: Excellent Oversized Equipped: Excellent Oversized Sensitive: Excellent
Multi Security: Excellent Privacy: Excellent Pain Medication: Excellent
Quiet: Excellent Visiting: Excellent Staff Responsive: Excellent
Parking: Excellent
How Selected: found on a website
Competitors: staff was much friendlier
Comments: from all the the people in pre-admission testing to the bedside nurses, i can't say enough about them.they are truely angels and make you feel welcome. the manager of the the 6th floor is fabulouos and is always available. I had a fantastic experience.
Posted by: Jamie H. (Posted on December 4, 2002)
Overall Value: Good Oversized Equipped: Good Oversized Sensitive: Excellent
Multi Security: Excellent Privacy: Excellent Pain Medication: Excellent
Quiet: Good Visiting: Good Staff Responsive: Good
Parking: Average
How Selected: Had a surgery there in 95 and really liked it then. Found out Dr. Goodman was affiliaated with it and was very happy.
Competitors: Very efficeint.
Comments: Clean, and staff is very friendly.
Posted by: Angela (Posted on November 13, 2002)
Overall Value: Excellent Oversized Equipped: Excellent Oversized Sensitive: Good
Multi Security: Good Privacy: Excellent Pain Medication: Excellent
Quiet: Average Visiting: Excellent Staff Responsive: Good
Parking: Good
How Selected: This is one of the hospitals my surgeon works with and was were I was told the surgery would be performed.
Competitors: The nursing and clinical staff were great and very personable, although also kept very busy. However, they were always responsive and tried to make me as comfortable as possible. I was fortunate to have the room right outside of the nurses station, so I felt 'safe' yet it was a little noisy. They have an average of 4 WLS patients per week on that floor and are very familiar with the routine, requirements, etc. Overall, it was a very good experience for being in a hospital.
Comments: The hospital was very accomodating and the staff was very friendly. I never was made to feel 'different' or a 'problem'. The nurses and aides were very helpful and were very responsive. Although I did have to have the usually middle of the night shots, IV changes, vitals, etc. they tried to be as quiet and as quick as possible. A single room was not available, but they did make sure that I didn't have to share a room with anyone, which really enhanced my privacy, and they allowed my husband to stay overnight with me the first night after surgery.
 

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