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Number of Contributors: 18
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:
- 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: |
Kimberly L. (Posted on March 13, 2008) |
| Overall Value: |
Poor |
Oversized Equipped: |
Excellent |
Oversized Sensitive: |
Excellent |
| Multi Security: |
Excellent |
Privacy: |
Average |
Pain Medication: |
Poor |
| Quiet: |
Poor |
Visiting: |
Excellent |
Staff Responsive: |
Poor |
| Parking: |
Excellent |
| How Selected:
| Referred by my cardiologist who is also affiliated with it. |
| Competitors: |
This hospital has a poor reputation on the community, and I understand why. There were so many things wrong on so many levels. |
| Comments: |
Poor nursing assistance - slept in a soiled gown because no more were available overnight and bathed myself each day. Poor housekeeping in general - trash all over my floor. Poor response to calls which can be heard in every patient's room. Emptied my own urine cup and cleaned up leakage from the floor myself so I wouldn't slip. This caused one of my trocar sites to dehisce. Tended by a nursing student and had no idea that it was a teaching hospital. Student connedted my IV incorrectly. EKG pads all over me days after surgery. Overall, sloppy work by those who work there. |
| Posted by: |
Scott G. (Posted on September 8, 2007) |
| Overall Value: |
Excellent |
Oversized Equipped: |
Excellent |
Oversized Sensitive: |
Good |
| Multi Security: |
Excellent |
Privacy: |
Good |
Pain Medication: |
Excellent |
| Quiet: |
Good |
Visiting: |
Excellent |
Staff Responsive: |
Excellent |
| Parking: |
Good |
| Posted by: |
Tracy B. (Posted on July 5, 2007) |
| Overall Value: |
Average |
Oversized Equipped: |
Excellent |
Oversized Sensitive: |
Good |
| Multi Security: |
Very Poor |
Privacy: |
Average |
Pain Medication: |
Good |
| Quiet: |
Good |
Visiting: |
Average |
Staff Responsive: |
Very Poor |
| Parking: |
Excellent |
| How Selected:
| Doctor's Choice |
| Competitors: |
HORRIBLE! |
| Comments: |
Asked for a washcloth NEVER GOT ONE! Day nurses were very overworked. Very little time for patients. Halls overcrawded with uneeded material making it hard to walk. The facility in general not clean. Meals were served cold. No accomidations for visitors of patients especially out of town ICU! |
| Posted by: |
Jo Ann B. (Posted on November 14, 2006) |
| 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:
| it was the only hospital approved by my medicare to preform the surgery |
| Competitors: |
the hospital was excellent. i would recommend it to others and have done so. |
| Comments: |
it is a wonderful hospital and i was thoroughly pleased with my stay there. the staff was most friendly and helpful and all my need were met with the utmost effeciency. |
| Posted by: |
Linda S. (Posted on November 13, 2006) |
| Overall Value: |
Very Poor |
Oversized Equipped: |
Average |
Oversized Sensitive: |
Average |
| Multi Security: |
Very Poor |
Privacy: |
Poor |
Pain Medication: |
Average |
| Quiet: |
Poor |
Visiting: |
Very Poor |
Staff Responsive: |
Poor |
| Parking: |
Average |
| How Selected:
| HCA hospital and the surgeon used |
| Competitors: |
Very dirty, non professional...LPN taking care of gastric bypass pt on the vent and in ICU...never heard of LPN working in an ICU unit. No on with my husband when he was coming off meds while still on the vent..this was very upsetting to him..and he is still upset over this..I as the surgeion to make sure he is taken care of when coming off the vent. This was not done...LPN taking care of him did not even know how to suction him! |
| Comments: |
Do not help with gastric bypass patient's family with this being an elective surgery family from out of town should be helped more. Very dirty hospital with all carts, beds, iv poles so dirty you could write your name in the dust. Nurse letting IV line drag the floor and pick up and hook to the patient...nursing not match up to the condition of the patient. The bed size and wheelchair size was all that was provided for overweight pateints |
| Posted by: |
Talia S. (Posted on October 14, 2006) |
| Posted by: |
Vern W. (Posted on September 3, 2006) |
| 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:
| My family Doctor arranged for me to go there. |
| Competitors: |
Supurb in all areas. |
| Comments: |
The staff was excellent, the care was excellent, and the after surgery follow up is excellent. They are a leader in Bariatric Surgery.
See my website: http://baribuddyrecipes.com/ |
| Posted by: |
Vern W. (Posted on September 3, 2006) |
| 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:
| My family Doctor arranged for me to go there. |
| Competitors: |
The Hamilton Medical Group's Staff and Surgeons are the best that I've ever used and I'm comparing them with the staff at St. Luke's Hospital in Milwaukee, WI and St. Joseph's Hospital in West Bend, WI. |
| Comments: |
The staff was excellent, the care was excellent, and the after surgery follow up is excellent. They are a leader in Bariatric Surgery.
See my website: http://baribuddyrecipes.com/ |
| Posted by: |
Sherry B. (Posted on August 5, 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: |
Good |
| How Selected:
| This is the hospital that
Dr. Gary Stevens uses. This was also the hospital that my primary care physician used for her gastric bypass surgery! |
| Competitors: |
The care and concern of the staff at this hospital far exceeds any care that I have received at my local hospitals! |
| Comments: |
I was greatly impressed with the knowledge and respectfullness of the staff in handling and caring for someone like me who weighed in at 300 plus pounds! At no time was I treated with anything less than their utmost respect! |
| Posted by: |
Donna B. (Posted on July 27, 2005) |
| Overall Value: |
Excellent |
Oversized Equipped: |
Excellent |
Oversized Sensitive: |
Average |
| Multi Security: |
Excellent |
Privacy: |
Average |
Pain Medication: |
Excellent |
| Quiet: |
Average |
Visiting: |
Excellent |
Staff Responsive: |
Good |
| Parking: |
Good |
| How Selected:
| Hospitsl my Dr. uses |
| Competitors: |
N/A Don't know anything about any other hospitsl in the area |
| Comments: |
I think this hospital has a lot going for it as to WLS surgery patients. All of the nurses were so caring & willing to help in any way they could. Even tho they are over worked, they would talk to you as long as they felt the need. I would reccomend it to any one |
| Posted by: |
Stephanie P. (Posted on May 4, 2004) |
| Overall Value: |
Good |
Oversized Equipped: |
Excellent |
Oversized Sensitive: |
Excellent |
| Multi Security: |
Excellent |
Privacy: |
Excellent |
Pain Medication: |
Excellent |
| Quiet: |
Average |
Visiting: |
Excellent |
Staff Responsive: |
Excellent |
| Parking: |
Excellent |
| How Selected:
| Where my doctor works |
| Competitors: |
Id say a little below normal, the trash in the room around the sink area was never kept clean. |
| Comments: |
besides them not attending to the trash in the room I had no other problems |
| Posted by: |
Nola E. (Posted on April 4, 2004) |
| Overall Value: |
Excellent |
Oversized Equipped: |
Excellent |
Oversized Sensitive: |
Excellent |
| Multi Security: |
Excellent |
Privacy: |
Excellent |
Pain Medication: |
Excellent |
| Quiet: |
Average |
Visiting: |
Excellent |
Staff Responsive: |
Good |
| Parking: |
Excellent |
| How Selected:
| It was the hospital my doctor uses. |
| Competitors: |
This hospital is as good as or better than most. All hospitals don't hire enough nurses and you can see they are overworked. |
| Comments: |
I was pleased with the care I got. |
| Posted by: |
Loretta D. (Posted on November 29, 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: |
Good |
| How Selected:
| This is hospital that my doctor practices at |
| Competitors: |
Excellent |
| Comments: |
I was made to feel that I was important by each and every staff member that assisted me. They tried to fill any requests that I might have. |
| Posted by: |
Lisa B. (Posted on August 21, 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:
| This is the hospital that my surgeon is affiliated with and it is near my hometown. |
| Competitors: |
This hospital is by far the best hospital that I have ever stayed in. The staff was wonderful. |
| Comments: |
The overall experience was an excellent combination of quality care, caring and a wonderful facility. I would recommend it to anyone having surgery. |
| Posted by: |
Deactivated Member (Posted on May 9, 2003) |
| Overall Value: |
Good |
Oversized Equipped: |
Average |
Oversized Sensitive: |
Good |
| Multi Security: |
Average |
Privacy: |
Average |
Pain Medication: |
Excellent |
| Quiet: |
Good |
Visiting: |
Good |
Staff Responsive: |
Average |
| Parking: |
Excellent |
| How Selected:
| This is the facility that Dr. Chu works. |
| Competitors: |
The hospital was "fair" compared to the hospital where I work. |
| Comments: |
The toilets were to low, like about 9 inches off the floor. |
| Posted by: |
Eileen J. (Posted on April 14, 2003) |
| Overall Value: |
Excellent |
Oversized Equipped: |
Excellent |
Oversized Sensitive: |
Good |
| Multi Security: |
Excellent |
Privacy: |
Excellent |
Pain Medication: |
Excellent |
| Quiet: |
Average |
Visiting: |
Excellent |
Staff Responsive: |
Excellent |
| Parking: |
Excellent |
| How Selected:
| This hospital is where my physician practices and was in my network, therefore there were no out of pocket expenses. |
| Competitors: |
The only hospital in my area that can hold a candle to it would be Women's and Children's. The other hospitals in my city? Ha! They can't be compared. |
| Posted by: |
Hazel S. (Posted on February 14, 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: |
Good |
| How Selected:
| Checking with other patients, that had their surgery there. |
| Competitors: |
I was very impressed! |
| Comments: |
I don't think I could have been better taken care of by any other hospital.
Every nurse that came into my room was so nice and caring.
I used the morephine pump just twice during my 1st night and had them remove it 1st thing in the morning.
It was hugs goodbye, when I left.
A wonderful experience by all means. |
| Posted by: |
Silvia A. (Posted on November 7, 2002) |
| Comments: |
I did not utilize this facility due to problems getting a surgery date. Switched facilities and physicians. |
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