True, it is not a long-stay hospital (who wants to stay more than a day anyway?) and does not have an ICU or CCU, but they do have a surprising number of services available. The same is true for the Evergreen facility in Bella Botega as I've also had the need to go there several months back.
I haven't had the "opportunity" to visit the Overlake facility, but in my estimation going from zero to 3 (2 short-stay 24 x 7 hospitals and another urgent care 7x 16h) facilities over the course of two years is a huge improvement for our community.
Call them what you will, Redmond now has a bevy of emergency medical services available. It beats the heck out of driving to Bellevue or Kirkland to get stitches in your knee.
By David Carson
....in response to "Swedish/Redmond campus opens urgent care clinic - explains wayfinding signs."
David Carson wrote: it is not a long-stay hospital (who wants to stay more than a day anyway?)
ReplyDeleteReally? "who wants to stay more than a day anyway?"
Most hospital stays are typically unplanned, and not subject to one's desires or wants - they happen, despite our best wishes. And when one is in need of a hospital the last thing one wants is to be unable to find one close at hand.
The sudden explosion of these small non-hospitals doesn't service that need.
These grand emergency/medical centers serve as a marketing business model for Evergreen and Swedish to funnel patients to their true hospitals in Kirkland and Issaquah.
ReplyDeleteThe City of Redmond has "bought into this marketing process" by facilitating it without due diligence by coucil policy makers (eg. mayoral and council input).
The marktet result is Swedish/Redmond Center took the high, road, and did not install road wayfinding H signs. Evergreen installed over 12 H signs in Redmond and confuses those needing a true hospital.
Some residents will start to believe Redmond has a hospial and plan to go there for comprehensive hospital needs like birthing and treating convulsions where in fact these centers have no license for these procedures.
Overlake's 24/7 emergency center in Issquah uses no way-finding signage. The COR should study this issue seriously. "Do no harm?"
Breaking news: Swedish installed wayfinding H Hospital signs to their Redmond 24/7 campus. They conveniently "forgot" to install the H sign right next to the entrance, at least for now.
ReplyDeleteThose signs pointing to Swedish/Redmond Center are not new. They have been there since it opened, long before Evergreen and Overlake opened their emergency centers.
ReplyDeleteAn H sign is on SR520 on the Sammamish Blvd exit sign. Looks like Evergreen was designated as the closer "hospital" to the highway.
ReplyDeleteBefore SR520 ends there is a blue Hospital sign pointing to Swedish/Redmond. So that looks like the "closer" hospital to the highway.
ReplyDeleteIt's obvious the Mayor is very proud to label his city with not one, but two hospitals!
ReplyDeleteThis action actually goes against WSDOT Guidlines....but since they're only guidlines Big is Better in this city.