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Is Sibley any better? (was Experience at Georgetown University Hospital)
wgorlick
Given the negative experience so many are expressing about Georgetown Hospital, my question is whether Sibley is any better? My personal experience, but only one time when I had a severe case of pneumonia 15 years ago, was by no means perfect, and I even thought at the time about writing an op-ed piece titled "36 Mistakes in 36 Hours at Sibley Hospital), but I thought better of it, not least because, notwithstanding those mistakes, the hospital saved my life.
I suspect for many on this listserv, Sibley is the obvious alternative to Georgetown for emergency care, so I am curious what others think.
Thanks,
Warren
I suspect for many on this listserv, Sibley is the obvious alternative to Georgetown for emergency care, so I am curious what others think.
Thanks,
Warren
terri20036
I had cancer surgery at Sibley in 2013 and was not happy with the hospital and staff and would not have recommended it to anyone.
Since then I’ve had to reasons to go to the hospital and it was either Sibley or Suburban so I chose Sibley. To me the positive changes at Sibley (I assume because Johns Hopkins infused some cash in it) were positive and to me it was night and day from my first experience. Plus it’s so much easier to get to and it’s well laid out inside. I got my Covid shots there too and I think they were well organized and professional. I was in and out sometimes before my actual appointment time. That was a first.
Terri
waspwaist69
One issue in choosing between Sibley and Georgetown for emergency medical treatment is that there are surgeries and procedures, including cardiovascular, I recall, that Sibley does not do but Georgetown does. Although Sibley is part of the Johns Hopkins health conglomerate, getting transferred to Baltimore or even Suburban Hospital can be far more burdensome than admission to Georgetown for someone from Cleveland Park.
I haven’t had success learning in general the important differences between medical service at the two locations, but it would be worth a call ahead or talking to a primary care physician if there’s any idea what the emergency is likely to be.
I haven’t had success learning in general the important differences between medical service at the two locations, but it would be worth a call ahead or talking to a primary care physician if there’s any idea what the emergency is likely to be.
Jay
Porter Street
amandavirginiahyatt
Note that you don’t always get a choice in where you go for an ER visit, if taken by ambulance. If you are unconscious, a loved one can make a request, but that request may not be accommodated based on availability and trauma level.
There are four level-1 trauma centers in DC: GW, Washington Hospital Center + Children’s Hospital, and Howard. Don’t think that only gun shot wounds, etc are level 1. A broken hip for an elderly person will be considered level-1. There is a shameful disparity for the other quadrants, as all four trauma-1 are located in Northwest. Southeast DC in particular is lacking in emergency facilities of any trauma level.
Having done a tour of local hospitals for clinicals in nursing school and accompanying relatives, my choices would be Washington Hospital Center in a life threatening emergency, Georgetown for physician appointments, and Suburban Hospital for a scheduled surgery.
We can have this discussion of this one over that one for non-life-threatening emergencies and surgeries with so many very close hospitals. It should not be lost on us that they are poised to treat patients from affluent areas and that residents in less affluent areas don’t have this bevy of options, and for sure don’t get the same level of care. Racial disparities are proven, even across all income levels.
Amanda
Macomb St
There are four level-1 trauma centers in DC: GW, Washington Hospital Center + Children’s Hospital, and Howard. Don’t think that only gun shot wounds, etc are level 1. A broken hip for an elderly person will be considered level-1. There is a shameful disparity for the other quadrants, as all four trauma-1 are located in Northwest. Southeast DC in particular is lacking in emergency facilities of any trauma level.
Having done a tour of local hospitals for clinicals in nursing school and accompanying relatives, my choices would be Washington Hospital Center in a life threatening emergency, Georgetown for physician appointments, and Suburban Hospital for a scheduled surgery.
We can have this discussion of this one over that one for non-life-threatening emergencies and surgeries with so many very close hospitals. It should not be lost on us that they are poised to treat patients from affluent areas and that residents in less affluent areas don’t have this bevy of options, and for sure don’t get the same level of care. Racial disparities are proven, even across all income levels.
Amanda
Macomb St
Cheryl Tennille
Sibley has for decades had a compassionate, well-run state-of-the-art Breast Center for mammograms. And I think now for bone density tests as well. They were belated in receiving their Covid shots and then ran a most comfortable process.
Their Ortho surgeons are not only first-rate, their PAs are too. It is good to know about a doc's PAs now.
Cheryl Tennille
- from previous message -
[snip] To me the positive changes at Sibley (I assume because Johns Hopkins infused some cash in it) were positive and to me it was night and day from my first experience. Plus it’s so much easier to get to and it’s well laid out inside. I got my Covid shots there too and I think they were well organized and professional. I was in and out sometimes before my actual appointment time. That was a first.
- from previous message -
[snip] To me the positive changes at Sibley (I assume because Johns Hopkins infused some cash in it) were positive and to me it was night and day from my first experience. Plus it’s so much easier to get to and it’s well laid out inside. I got my Covid shots there too and I think they were well organized and professional. I was in and out sometimes before my actual appointment time. That was a first.
Courtney Tolbert
Warren:
26 years ago I took a friend to the emergency room and she had to bang on the counter and yell at the receptionist to get treatment for a burst appendix. She was just minutes from becoming septic and could have died if they delayed treatment any longer. Since then, it's been a crap shoot how well the visit unfolds. I opted for Sibley as it was a better option under the auspices of Johns Hopkins, but one can always find someone who can make the experience challenging.
-Courtney
- original message -
Given the negative experience so many are expressing about Georgetown Hospital, my question is whether Sibley is any better? My personal experience, but only one time when I had a severe case of pneumonia 15 years ago, was by no means perfect, and I even thought at the time about writing an op-ed piece titled "36 Mistakes in 36 Hours at Sibley Hospital), but I thought better of it, not least because, notwithstanding those mistakes, the hospital saved my life.
I suspect for many on this listserv, Sibley is the obvious alternative to Georgetown for emergency care, so I am curious what others think.
Given the negative experience so many are expressing about Georgetown Hospital, my question is whether Sibley is any better? My personal experience, but only one time when I had a severe case of pneumonia 15 years ago, was by no means perfect, and I even thought at the time about writing an op-ed piece titled "36 Mistakes in 36 Hours at Sibley Hospital), but I thought better of it, not least because, notwithstanding those mistakes, the hospital saved my life.
I suspect for many on this listserv, Sibley is the obvious alternative to Georgetown for emergency care, so I am curious what others think.
Deborah Rothberg
Sibley sent me some kind of review of service/nurses after an emergency room visit in 2018. I was relentless in my criticism. A few months later, another visit to the same emergency room was a vastly different experience - massively improved and much, much more helpful. Time has now passed and it may have changed again.
Deborah Rothberg
Woodley Park
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[snip] As to hospital ratings: Only two hospitals within 25 miles of our local zip codes have five-star Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services ratings: Inova Mount Vernon and Inova Fair Oaks. Inova Fairfax gets four, as does Sibley (but I won't pile on to the many complaints about Sibley already posted here.) In Baltimore, Union Memorial has five (and a lot of good reviews from people I know.)