Adventist Medical Center

Came in here for a friend for tooth pain, and we were in and out within 30 minutes in the emergency room. Chris the triage nurse was sweet and funny and Doctor also. One of the best expierence’s I had with hospitals. Winning team all around.

Joyce Newmeyer is the so called President of this «low class, below standard of care hospital»
This woman is a complete joker as far as any leadership skills. Ongoing patient abuse is ignored at all Admin levels. Staff literally created false allegations of sexual abuse when I as a family member advocated for higher level of patient care. That is how low class this hospital is. BEWARE!!!

The one star is for the sweet sweet nurse in triage who actually realized that someone BROUGHT IN BY AN AMBULANCE who was RAN OVER AS A PEDESTRIAN BY A VEHICLE might. Oh I don’t know… BE IN SEVERE PAIN. After 45 minutes of sitting in a wheelchair in triage waiting for a room with a broken foot (which they told me WASN’T broken BTW) while crying and in severe shock (I was alone, I just moved here) she came over to me as soon as she clocked on, asking me what had happened and offering pain medicine and blankets for relief. Whoever this woman was, she’s much more compassionate and competent than the physicians there.
It all went down hill after that. Triage, who glanced me over shortly, ordered my X Rays for me since I still wasn’t allowed a room. By the time I reached the ER it had been THREE HOURS. I had bruising on my head (collided with the side mirror of the car) hips, shoulders, body, etc. all of which could have had life threatening internal injuries. They gave me no casts or crutches even though I could barely walk. They told me they did no CT scan, when they actually had and forgotten about it!
This is where it gets scary.
THEY SENT ME HOME WITHOUT TELLING ME I HAD A SEVERE CONCUSSION!!!
Even after asking the doctor if I should be careful about sleeping, and if I had a concussion, his exact words were «oh no, go home and get some rest!». It wasn’t until two weeks later of severe headaches and going to another ER that I found out I had a major concussion. We would have never known had the other hospital not pulled my medical records from Adventist.
To top it all of and put a shining cherry on this shit stack. All of their «referred physicians» refuse to take new MVA (motor vehicle accident) patients, and told me in order to continue receiving care from them I would constantly have to go to their immediate care facilities.
So even if you want healthcare from adventist, you probably won’t get it.

My father recently passed away here unexpectedly. The staff were unprofessional, rude, and impatient. Most importantly, they showed absolutely NO COMPASSION and acted as though they had never dealt with grieving family before. There are MANY more details I would share to support my review but all I really need to say is that losing a father is hard enough, and the staff that worked on him made the experience far more traumatic than it had to be. DO NOT bring loved ones here.

Ladies & Gentleman,
I have had a wonderful experience at this hospitals Gastroenterology department (aka bootyhole dr)! WOW! I needed a colonoscopy and that is not the only thing I recieved. I recieved love, compassion and respect in a warm inviting environment. I am from SE portland, and many parts are the hood. This hospital is located very close to the hood but they dont let that effect them :). Its like a slice of lake oswego in east county.
Dr. Joo and staff maintained my dignity the entire time before, during and after the procedure. You never want to get your bootyhole checked, but if you have too I highly recommend Dr. Joo and staff to go up in there with that camera and get the pesky polyps out.
Thanks,
Norm

I will always regret having my daughter here. I had an unnecessary c section because the OB wanted to go home. The nurses were rude and one even tried to take my baby out of my room without asking me and they gave her a bottle! Disregarded every part of my birth plan.

This is the worst so many people came in after my daughter who is having bad abdominal pain after an accident while playing with her friends. I will not be back here unless there’s no option to go somewhere else. Don’t bring your kid here if it could be something serious. I hope all tests are ok. When I asked them to send test to my doctor they said if I leave then I’d have to pay the bill and not my insurance and then they brought us back. Test were all done 2 hrs ago and they said they just got them. They also wrote her name wrong in their system so in thinking that’s why they couldn’t find her I wrote it clear when I checked her in. Got to the room and the doctor whoever he is never introduced himself was here for maybe 60 seconds and I said we are ready to go. Know a nurse came is also what the hell IM filing a complaint yet again. Thank god her X-​rays and ultrasound were good they say.

We came in at 11 pm on a Sunday night because my boyfriend had a gnarly spider bite and even at such a late hour we had a great experience. The staff was incredibly friendly, uplifting, and helpful. We were a little hesitant to come in at first because of all these awful reviews but truly we had a different experience. Thank you to all the nurses that were assisting us, and the rest of staff too. :+)

I rarely go to the ER because we all know its expensive and can take a while. My girlfriend needed x rays, so we came here. The wait time didnt appear to be too long.
They took care of the basics fairly quickly. It took quite some time to get her to the back. Once there they did the x ray and she awaited the results. After 20 minutes, a woman told her she would be right back to bring her to see the result. Be right back apparently means I’ll be back in 20.
Eventually gets the results. The part that makes me wonder the most is why they take the insurance information after the visit is over? If they had you fill out a form whilst waiting to be called to the back, it would speed the process up quite a bit.
One star.
UPDATE: They find nothing wrong. But STILL give a prescription. The pharmaceutical industry is nothing but an bottomless money pit.

This is my second visit to this hospital for my girlfriend. This hospital is terrible compared to Mt Hood hospital on stark. They don’t care much about their patients, and are unprofessional. The lady who drew her blood was only able to get one tube before she had to switch to the back of the hand. They are slow, and not very knowledgeable. If time is not of the essence go somewhere else.

I saw dr. Wise for what turned out to be a bulging disc in my neck. Dr. Wise said it was a pulled muscle left me bed ridden for two months with no pain medicine. while visiting a physical therapist who swore I had a bulging disc a couple times a wk. after BEGGING then going over his head I finally got an MRI to prove my disc that had exploded into my spinal cord causing nerve damage. They rushed me into surgery replacing my disc. Dr. Darell Brett was my surgeon and while he seems like the type that would cut ya… In this case that’s good. He does an excellent job and I would have him cut me open any day.

One should never write a review when we are angry so I will not say a thing except this place should not be in business.

Come here to be ignored. This Emergency room is a joke. I’ve been here for over 3 hours waiting for an xray of my son’s foot. I get better care at an urgent care clinic. Unfortunately urgent care is not available at 9 pm on Sunday.

This is specifically directed to the cardiac clinic. I have a problem with arrythmia resulting in an eye stroke. I have been hospitalized a few times at the hospital and always felt like I got good care. But I has another bout resulting in my needing to see Dr Evans. He was very abrupt, dismissed my concerns about the treatment he proposed and basically said just deal with it. On my way out I picked up a pamphlet describing a treatment that would solve my problem. Called his office and was told I’d have to see Dr Alhumay so did. He was much more thorough and offered a couple of other options as I would not have been a good candidate for the procedure I wanted. However on the advice of friends I went to see a naturopath who immediately did tons of bloodwork and diagnosed that I was deficient in magnesium which had also been diagnosed and treated a year before but never followed up on. Turns out I am not absorbing it properly hence the deficiency. In all their expensive western medicine why was this not pursued? A simple addition of a supplement to help the absorption problem has saved me from having to take what is basically rat poison for the rest of my life. I am no longer having the bouts of irregular heartbeat. The naturopath has referred me to a cardiologist at Providence who may do better at paying attention to his patients.

I was very unhappy with the care my nephew received at this hospital. Making an extremely sick child with shallow breathing wait in the waiting room for over an hour is just ridiculous. I highly recommend if you go to this hospital you get a second opinion from somewhere else immediately

They could have cost me my son’s life! Do not go to this Emergency room!
I took my son to this emergency room with a fever of 104.3. After waiting for an hour to be seen they gave him some Tylenol and did a chest xray. They told us nothing was wrong and sent us home 3 hours later. 4 days later he had not improved and his breathing was scaring me so I took him to Emanuel Children’s Emergency where he was admitted to ICU with pneumonia. Because of there lack of caring Adventist could have caused me to lose my son. Please do not take your children here if they get sick. They have know idea what they are doing. Go to Emanuel.

A nurse called me less than an hour and a half before my scheduled induction and told me that they didn’t have enough staff, so they were going to call my doctor and let her know that it would need to be rescheduled. Two hours later I called them back and was told that I would hear the next day when I could come in. I didn’t know that cancelling less than two hours before a procedure was a thing that could happen!!! I am baffled by the nurse’s cavalier attitude, especially since I was supposed to be induced due to complications with my fetus.
Update: Every woman’s nightmare – I was told that it would be 2 – 4 days before I could be induced, and they did not have staff available to do any testing to find out if the wait was going to hurt my baby. I called Providence Portland, where my doctor also has priveleges and they told me to come in right away. I am now in a bed waiting to give birth and am so grateful that Providence Portland is able to take care of my needs.

If we weren’t moving back to our hometown, I would chose to have all of my children at Adventist!!!
We have had nothing but amazing experiences — from my Ob/​gyn (Dr. Crawford) to the Family Birth Place, the nurses, the charge nurse, the front desk staff, and now to the pediatrician (Dr. Segueira) my ob recommended. All have exceeded our expectations! I never thought I’d be saying this in a million years, but my labor and delivery was so amazing! We had a blast! The nurses were patient and calm, and for some reason I felt like I had known them my whole life. They had a really amazing way of connecting and making us feel extra special.
It was also SO quiet! I asked if we were the only ones there that night and a few nurses chuckled and replied, «No ma’am. We’re actually quite busy». Amazing! The labor and delivery room is the same room — they even have a pull-​out couch for someone to spend the night with you, along with your own a jacuzzi tub (which came in REALLY handy right around 8 cm!!)
The nurses there are angels! So encouraging and patient and calm and friendly. I never once felt rushed or that I was being annoying or that our experience of delivering our baby girl was any less special than anyone else’s. They celebrated genuinely with us the whole time and sent us a card in the mail to congratulate with everyone’s signature! As well as a single rose on Sunday to encourage a day of rest.
I know this review sounds a bit dramatic but we had such a great experience! We wish we could deliver the rest of our brood here in the future!
10 stars to Adventist!

This is the hospital closest to where we live and we have been there two times in the last two years. Should have never gone back after the first time but chalked our bad experience up to maybe they were just super busy in the ER that morning. Our opinion now is they are running a hospital that seems to have no care or compassion for their patients or their well-​being.
The first time we went was for my husband and he was having intense pains in his abdomen and not only did we wait for many hours they gave him crap care and sent him on his way without a proper medical examination and told to just go home and follow up with his primary care after the weekend. We then left there and drove 30 minutes to Legacy Salmon Creek because my there was something seriously wrong. When we got to Legacy, he was seen immediately and come to find out he had a huge kidney stones that needed to be removed via same day surgery because they were to large to pass and kept getting stuck which was causing him extreme discomfort.
The second time we went was super bowl Sunday. I had fallen and messed up my knee I had a hard time putting weight on it and the swelling you couldn’t even see my knee cap anymore. So I sat in the ER in a wheel chair watched the super bowl and waited my turn. I am a patient person but when I get upset is when someone is treating me or my loved ones poorly. To imply or even treat me as if I am spending my entire Sunday missing work, missing the super bowl as well as sitting there for many hours just for pain medication is offensive.
I understand there is a huge drug problem in Portland and all over the country but that does not give any health care provider the right to treat you like a drug addict or judge you based off of any stereotypes such as having tattoos etc. Especially when it results in terrible or inadequate health care. This is by far the worst experience I have had. I had gone there to get help and was bullied instead.
Toby is the PA I saw and he spoke to me as if I was stupid. He was very short, snide and rude. He would ask me a question and then interrupt me as I would answer. I even called him out and said that I had waited far to long to be treated with no compassion as well as disrespectfully. After all that was said and done, I was there because I needed medical attention and being treated like I am a there to score some pills was disgusting.
After getting xrays and being told to follow up with my primary care, I asked to speak with someone about the way I was treated. The nurse that I asked that went immediately out of the room and right in front of me mocked me to the PA I wanted to complain about. Toby the PA then rolled his eyes. Again disrespectful staff and bully-​like behavior.
I did speak with the manger of the nurses and explained my situation and that I felt like I was being sent away without my medical issues being resolved and she was very nice and apologized but it was far too frustrating for me at that point. She shouldn’t have to apologize for behaviors of grown men.
So since there was no break I left and the next morning called and saw my primary care. He is also a PA but he is amazing. He ordered me an MRI and a I got a proper medical resolution the very next day. Come to find out the girl who was treated as a pill scammer had ligament damage and a torn MCL.
This cannot be a fluke. To have two separate situations over a two year time period that both resulted in poor medical care and disrespect is not acceptable. I would rather drive 30 minutes away in pain than ever go there again. I hope I never have to be taken there in a life or death sort of situation because I do not trust the care from this hospital based off the integrity and behavior of the staff.

This is where I and a whole bunch of East Multnomah County kids were born, including my brother, niece, and large numbers of our cousins. Some of us were born at the old facility (Portland Sanatorium) over on 60^th and Belmont and some at the newer hospital on 101^st & Market since 1976.
I don’t remember much about my hospital stay at birth (I’ve been told it was just great), but the rest of my interaction with the Adventist health system has been very positive and worthwhile. I had the same primary care doctor for years until he retired and since have had another great doc. I have found the staff at the hospital to be excellent as well and always very professional and kind.
One thing I’ve always appreciated in particular is the Adventist emphasis on preventative medicine and healthy living. Seventh Day Adventists are vegetarians and have carried that over into their healthcare philosophy. While Adventist healthcare practices stem from their religious practices, I’ve never felt pushed to adhere to or be a part of the religion.
Thanks to Portland Adventist for the fine start in life and all the help along the way. You’re a great partner!