Swedish Medical Center

Dr Dan Dvod awesome dude great Dr never Bullshits you .His wife must be good to she works at Va which I’ve had good and bad experiences there. So here’s a tip of a glass to both of you. The azithromycin seems to work. xoxo Tony Matos

This review is about Dr Lina Fine– Be EXTREMELY careful! She will seem nice at first but take every word you say and twist it into something which then becomes a false diagnosis– She’ll then tell you to take drugs like Ambien — which she had me on a 12.5 dosage for almost five months– causing extreme anxiety which she then tried to mask with another addictive drug a
benzodiazepine. All to a permanently damaging effect (and yes there is legal being filed) —
My best advice is to avoid her like the plague– she won’t listen if you question her on something and will out right lie about the drugs she is giving you– do not trust her.
She should loose her license for what she did and may just yet!

After both my nieces being born here and losing my Grandmother here as well, I took it for granted that Swedish would be good for ER and Urgent care, in both cases I was extremely wrong. In UR I was treated poorly, not given any relief for extreme pain and was billed incorrectly which led to my insurance rejecting what should have been fully covered. When I called the billing dept was incredibly rude and would not help whatsoever.
My girlfriend had to go to ER twice this weekend and the doctor, Jason, was incredibly arrogant and demeaning, while she was literally crying in pain. He tried to make it sound like she was at fault (for something that no one could cause themselves to have) and then was incredibly rude when she tried to ask an unrelated medical question while she was there. It was pretty much the same treatment when a customer service agent reads you the details on the box at a big box store, he would be a valued member of the Best Buy team.
Swedish was always my family’s go-​to and I will not be back for anything.

Back in June I found I was pregnant and was super excited to make my first appointment. I didn’t have an OBGYN in Seattle since I was new the area and found Rebecca Kulgren via my insurance. I called to make an appointment and the nurse called me back to ask a few questions before scheduling.
I have a son and I mentioned I had him out of the hospital at a birthing center and I would like to do the same if with baby #2 if I was able. I know pregnancy has its own agenda so just never know what will happen at delivery.
The nurse called back and told me Dr. Rebecca Kulgren wouldn’t see me since I wanted to deliver out of the hospital. I explained I was high risk and really wanted to see the Dr. and get medical attention and her if she thought it was even possible to have the baby at home. The nurse was very kind and sympathetic and told me she couldn’t do anything more and I should talk directly to the Dr.
I called Dr. Rebecca Kulgren 3 times and she never called me back. I wrote my insurance and filed a complaint with the hospital and during this time I miscarried and never got medical attention.
Needless to say I didn’t have a good experience and won’t be going to this Dr. EVER.

My wife suffered from an infection caused by an improperly administered shot the OB Triage at First Hill. Not only did this error cause pain, but the director of OB Triage, Lily Pang, was unhelpful and defensive when we raised the issue.

Have had several visits here (fortunately not for me — family and friends). Have experienced more good than bad. Like all hospitals, your visits/​stays can vary from incredible to horrific. If I had to be admitted here, I would deal with it (and probably not run away AMA…).

Horrible. THIS HOSPITAL IS THE WORST. I still am bitter over the way my 94 year old mother was treated in the ER, when she was admitted here with a broken hip. Though she was weeping in pain, she was left in the hallway in the ER for over half an hour. SHE HAD A BROKEN HIP! AND SHE’S LEFT ON A STRETCHER IN THE HALLWAY!
I finally got up and asked repeatedly for help when I saw that there were empty rooms available. The nurse got really nasty, even though I was willing to get down on my knees and beg to get my mother admitted into a room. She actually told me that housekeeping was backed up and was behind on cleaning rooms. I asked if she could please get something done; that really got her angry. It was as thought these bitter nurses were more interested in putting me in my place than getting my 97 year old mother treated.
The ER head nurse yelled at me repeatedly to calm down, I was so disturbed that my mother was being left alone in the hallway, I called the hospital’s on-​duty ombudsman. When she heard that, instead of offering comfort to my mother and assurances to me, the head nurse really came unglued. Finally, with help from this hospital higher-​up, my mother finally got a room,
Meanwhile, I saw people leaving their rooms who were obviously not in the serious shape of my mother, one actually had a band-​aid on her finger. The triage system there is hopeless.
Once in a room, Ms. Incompetent Head Nurse then jabbed my poor mother repeatedly with morphine, making no attempt to soothe her. My mother was still in mortal agony. Finally, this grim nurse from hell gave her Dilaudid and left… SHUTTING THE DOOR AND SAYING SHE’D HAD ENOUGH.
Would you let your mother be treated that way? Me neither! I called the ombudsman again, who finally came down and got my poor mother admitted into a hospital room, out of that hell place. Then… as a result of that incompetent ER head nurse over medicating her, my poor mom went into anaphylactic shock.
When my mother finally got into the orthopedic center, her care was much better and she had a competent surgeon.
Please read this review. If you have a choice, do not go to Swedish Medical Center. Go to Virginia Mason instead. How I wish I had.

Maybe I am the only reading the signs all over the hospital that say «Clean hands save lives» but in the age of serious hospital-​acquired infections, I think their track record is inconsistent at best. Though there are some great things about Swedish so let’s start there:
My doc was a rock star and she has admitting privileges here
The anesthesiologist knew his stuff
They do a lot of surgery so have it down to a pretty good process
They have the latest technology
Nice rooms and views
If you happen to feel well enough to eat, they have cool menus and the ability to order whenever you please.
The mixed news
Felt I was part of a medical provider assembly line, efficient but highly impersonal.
Guy who collects blood came by, did not wash his hands before donning gloves then touched lots of things with gloves before touching me. Ughh, MRSA can live for 30 days on a counte surfacer damn it!
At pre-​op, Anesthesiologist also did not wash hands before donning gloves and again used gloves to tough other things before setting up my IV.
Scrub nurse arrives and uses the Purell, go scrub nurse!
The good drugs start and they wheel me off to OR. I try to stay awake enough to ask everyone to wash hands but it’s no good, I awake in recovery (which was a relatively calm place)
Go to post op area and my nurse speaks English but with such a heavy accent, neither my husband nor I can understand here. Plus she is both busy and strangely apathetic, tossing some sort of breathing thing at me without explaining how to use it (I later learn it is for people under general for some time to avoid pneumonia)
Shift ends and Rock Star nurse (Jan!) arrives and explains breathing to me and also notes I should be moving my legs, Kudos to Jan. The nurses continue and all are better than the first one though Jan is the best. Sadly when she returns in 24 hours she is assigned to another patient (impersonal but at least incompetent nurse was also assigned to someone else)
Jan cleaned out my IV’s when she changed them, first nurse did not do this. Ugg.
Jan used Purell each time she came in; I had to ask first nurse to wash hands before she touched my incisions, uggh.
Overall, if it were not for the fact my surgeon had admitting privileges here, I’d steer you away. If you happen to be with Swedish and want to know how to improve, here is my list:
— All medical staff must speak enough English with a comprehensible accent for patients and families to understand
— The ratio of nurse to patient is such that a patient might wait 30 mins after ringing the nurse to see her if not an emergency. Food service (I ordered only juice) also took over an hour at one point. I’m glad business is strong but it may not be if service continues to suffer
— Ask patients at discharge if they noticed any lapsed hand washing. When you note patterns, station monitors outside those staff’s patient rooms to enforce this; it is far too important and it is shocking that such a big, impressive medical facility with seriously ill patients can be that inconsistent.
If I had to have another surgery, I might look elsewhere, maybe smaller with more personalized attention or at least a stricter hand washing policy. Yes the docs are rock stars, but as any inpatient knows, the bulk of your experience rests in the nursing staff and the inconsistency of this at Swedish is a big downside.
*** Changed my review from 3 to 4 stars as I told my doc about less than ideal nurse and she took the name down and was proactive in contacting nurse supervisor, that deserves an extra star.

I am a bit bias here as some of my family has worked here for over 20 years. That being said we have always received the best care when needed at Swedish Medical Centers.

I highly recommend Dr. Mark Loudermilk for doing your Caesarean. He did an excellent job and was helpful answering our questions before and after the c-​section.
It was pretty easy 15mins to get the stables out on our appointment post surgery. :)

This isn’t some where you want to check-​in to willingly.
I fractured my ankle on Saturday and was rushed to Swedish Medical Center. When you’re in pain, the last thing you want to do it read off a list of things you do or don’t do, but safety first. The entire process from being admitted till discharge was a few hours since there’s a bunch of waiting between each process.
I came back four days later to have surgery. I was required to show up two hours before the actual surgery to take blood test and a bunch of other repetitive test (for safety reasons). Everyone from the various nurses who assisted me, anesthesiologist, radiologist, surgeon assistant were extremely professional and nice.
On second thought, the ONLY people who I found irritating were the other patients. I was in la-​la land, peacefully sleeping in the post-​operation room, but the old man next to me decides to go into space and try to roll over with 5+ cords attached to him. Two nurses at the yell at him to get his head screwed on correctly. Sure, you’re pretty groggy immediately after an operation, but I could of drawn a monopoly’s supply and demand curve and pointed out the socially optimal price.
ok, relevant info: first 30 minutes of parking is free.