Lankenau Hospital
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Number of Contributors: 6
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Subjective reviews below are relayed merely as a partial and incomplete
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Survey Questions:
- How would you rate its overall value? (“Overall Value”)
- How well equipped was the hospital to handle overweight patients? (“Oversized Equipped”)
- How sensitive was the staff to the needs of overweight patients? (“Oversized Sensitive”)
- 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”)
- How much privacy did you feel the hospital gave you? (“Privacy”)
- How responsive did you feel the hospital was in giving you pain medications? (“Pain Medications”)
- How restfully quiet did you find your experience? (“Quiet”)
- How accommodating was the hospital in allowing visitors to see you? (“Visiting”)
- How responsive do you feel the staff was in helping you with your general needs during
your stay? (“Staff Responsive”)
- How would you rate the parking accomodations? (“Parking”)
- How did you select this hospital? (“How Selected”)
- How would you compare this hospital to others that you have been to? (“Competitors”)
- What other comments do you have about this hospital? (“Comments”)
| Posted by: |
Lori H. (Posted on April 17, 2005) |
| Overall Value: |
Good |
Oversized Equipped: |
Excellent |
Oversized Sensitive: |
Excellent |
| Multi Security: |
Excellent |
Privacy: |
Excellent |
Pain Medication: |
Good |
| Quiet: |
Good |
Visiting: |
Excellent |
Staff Responsive: |
Average |
| Parking: |
Average |
| How Selected:
| This was the only hospital that my surgen was doing the surgery at. |
| Competitors: |
Very good, not the best. |
| Posted by: |
Deactivated Member (Posted on December 29, 2003) |
| Comments: |
Lankenau will no longer perform weight loss surgeries as of November 1, 2003. |
| Posted by: |
Linda M. (Posted on October 13, 2003) |
| Overall Value: |
Good |
Oversized Equipped: |
Average |
Oversized Sensitive: |
Good |
| Multi Security: |
Good |
Privacy: |
Good |
Pain Medication: |
Good |
| Quiet: |
Average |
Visiting: |
Good |
Staff Responsive: |
Average |
| Parking: |
Average |
| How Selected:
| SURGEON OPERATED ONLY OUT OF THIS HOSPITAL |
| Competitors: |
GOOD |
| Comments: |
tHE HOSPITAL HAS STOPPED ALLOWING HIM TO PRACTICE THIS SURGERY DUE TO FINANCIAL REASONS THEY ARE LOSING TOO MUCH MONEY SO THEY HAVE STOPPED HIM FROM OPERATING THUS HE WILL BE MOVING HIS PRACTICE ELSEWHERE YET TO BE DETERMINED |
| Posted by: |
Denise I. (Posted on September 24, 2003) |
| Comments: |
Lankenau Hospital is no longer involved in the bariatric surgeries as of Nov. 1 2003. No more bariatric surgeries will be done after that date. |
| Posted by: |
Catherine V. B. (Posted on April 11, 2003) |
| Overall Value: |
Average |
Oversized Equipped: |
Good |
Oversized Sensitive: |
Average |
| Multi Security: |
Average |
Privacy: |
Excellent |
Pain Medication: |
Good |
| Quiet: |
Excellent |
Visiting: |
Excellent |
Staff Responsive: |
Average |
| Parking: |
Excellent |
| How Selected:
| This is the hospital that the doctor performs his surgery in. |
| Competitors: |
They have many improvements to make. The two biggest areas are in nurse care (actually caring) and listening to the patients. |
| Comments: |
This is not a bad hospital, but they are new to bariatric surgery and need to have more expert and skilled staff in that field for such patients. |
| Posted by: |
Beth B. (Posted on May 10, 2002) |
| Overall Value: |
Excellent |
Oversized Equipped: |
Good |
Oversized Sensitive: |
Good |
| Multi Security: |
Excellent |
Privacy: |
Good |
Pain Medication: |
Good |
| Quiet: |
Good |
Visiting: |
Excellent |
Staff Responsive: |
Excellent |
| Parking: |
Excellent |
| How Selected:
| I work at this hospital. |
| Competitors: |
This hospital is much more attentive to the individual's needs. |
| Comments: |
Lankenau Hospital was just rated one of the top ten hospitals in the country from the AARP for infectious disease, cardiology and pulmonology. They were also listed in Newsweek magazine for one of the top fifty hospitals in the country. |
