Tulsa Hospitals

[DM]

quote:Originally posted by YoungTulsan

I never understood, why is SouthCrest such a good hospital and Hillcrest so commonly referred to as a place you wouldnt send your worst enemy to?  They are both owned by the same entity, correct?

Or would that be incorrect?

It is my understanding that Southcrest was Hillcrest just serving South Tulsa. But since have split away from Hillcrest and Hillcrest was bought out a couple of years ago. At least I think.

[TheArtist]

I was born at St Johns and I think they did a pretty good job. [8D]  I don't live too far from there now. Hope to move closer to there some day. Will probably die there too.  Dang... I need to get out more or something lol.  At least its right smack dab in the middle of some of the most beautiful, pleasant, places in this part of the country, IMHO.

[RecycleMichael]

I was born by Cesarean section... But not so you'd notice. It's just that when I leave a house, I go out through the window.

Stephen Wright

[brunoflipper]

quote:Originally posted by YoungTulsan

I never understood, why is SouthCrest such a good hospital and Hillcrest so commonly referred to as a place you wouldnt send your worst enemy to?  They are both owned by the same entity, correct?

Or would that be incorrect?

incorrect

[TheArtist]

quote:Originally posted by brunoflipper

quote:Originally posted by YoungTulsan

I never understood, why is SouthCrest such a good hospital and Hillcrest so commonly referred to as a place you wouldnt send your worst enemy to?  They are both owned by the same entity, correct?

Or would that be incorrect?

incorrect

Incorrect thats incorrect? Or correct thats incorrect? []

[sgrizzle]

SouthCrest was originally supposed to half owned by Hillcrest and the other was (I think) was Doctor's Hospital. Both ran into financial trouble and Southcrest is now part of the group that owns mainly smaller hospitals like claremore regional.

[YoungTulsan]

So Southcrest is a totally different entity now?  That would make a little more sense in why people call Hillcrest "Killcrest" and call Southcrest "a good hospital"

[Breadburner]

Southcrest killed a couple of kids not to long ago....By giving them an overdose of pain meds/morphine......

[TURobY]

I was born at Tulsa Osteopathic, which became Tulsa Regional, which is now OSU-Medical.

I went into OSU-Medical a few months ago when I took a friend there for an apendectomy(sp?). hile it isn't necessarily the newest, shiniest hospital in the world, the nurses/doctors there were definately some of the friendliest and cutest that I've seen in a long time. []

[Ibanez]

St. John has a brand new labor and delivery area that just opened a month or two ago. They also have a new, within the last year, NICU.

I wouldn't say that all the best doctors left the other Tulsa hospitals for Southcrest. Just the most greedy ones.

St. John and St. Francis are on one tier.

Southcrest and Hillcrest are on the next tier down.

Oklahoma Osteopathic/Tulsa Regional/OSU Medical or whatever the hell it is called now traditionally has a bad reputation but since I've never known anyone who was in the hospital there for any reason I can't really say how good or bad they are.

[sgrizzle]

quote:Originally posted by wavoka

St. John has a brand new labor and delivery area that just opened a month or two ago. They also have a new, within the last year, NICU.

I wouldn't say that all the best doctors left the other Tulsa hospitals for Southcrest. Just the most greedy ones.

St. John and St. Francis are on one tier.

Southcrest and Hillcrest are on the next tier down.

Oklahoma Osteopathic/Tulsa Regional/OSU Medical or whatever the hell it is called now traditionally has a bad reputation but since I've never known anyone who was in the hospital there for any reason I can't really say how good or bad they are.

TRMC/OSU Medical was in much need of help. I interviewed for a job there once and was rather mortified by some of their operations (keep in mind I'm a computer guy and can't talk about their medical practices)

OSU will make things better in the long run, but it will take awhile. If OSU had been allowed to buy the hospital outright, that probably would've sped things up.

[brunoflipper]

hillcrest is now owned by ardent... the helmrich women's center there is brand new and impressive... ardent has done a lot with the hospital but has not yet shaken the public perception that it is a "poor hospital"... they will...

southcrest is still relatively new and the l/d suites are nice... yes, they had anesthesiologist/crna's kill two kids in three weeks, they both died post-op... southcrest recruited many physician's in with unsustainable financial packages... some will start to come up next spring, we'll see what happens then...

st. francis has the only level 3c nicu in town... if you have a bad baby, it is the only place to be... the last thing you want to be doing is transporting but if you choose to deliver elsewhere, it is your only option...

st. john's nicu is brand new and nice, but other than the private stalls for each premie it has no great tech that st. francis lacks...

trmc is currently owned by ardent... and they'd love to dump it... it is an out-dated, poorly staffed ****hole... they never wanted it but it came with the package... they were hoping against hope that the state would simply by the thing in toto for OSU but that did not happen...

most of them are very good hospitals and have some nice facilities... over the past year, southcrest is now doing nearly as many deliveries as st. francis... the hillcrest numbers have increased some and st. johns' is down dramatically...

if you have a full term uncomplicated pregnancy, go where your doctor says or wherever you want... if you are high risk, i'd stick to st. francis or st. johns...

[Wilbur]

Does your insurance company not dictate what hospital you will use?  Many do.

[Conan71]

I want a doctor to bring his/her "A" game, not one who is "practicing".

What's the skinny on the two kids that died after surgery?  

[OurTulsa]

I and some friends have had deliveries at St. Johns recently and all come away with very pleasant experiences.  Nurses and Docs during all phases were nice, informative, and very patient.  I would certainly recommend them however I have nothing to compare them to in this City.  Better experience here than I had in two other similarly sized cities and hospitals.  

Additionally, it was nice being right across from Utica Sq.  Visiting family were able to walk across and buy us very nice gifts.