Reviews
On one of my trips to Intel Folsom, I got very sick and then hospitalized for a week. The UC Davis Medical Center is an excellent hospital. My initial care in the emergency department was thorough, even though it took about eight hours. The hospital staff were kind and professional.
5
7 years ago (21-05-2018)
Two stars because of the nurses. They are kind and work very hard. I had to switch to another provider because I couldn't get the care I need. Through my new provider I was able to see my doctor the next day, she listened to me, made a follow up appointment while I was in her office and called me later that day with the information I needed. The difference in care is like night and day. I would recommend looking elsewhere if you actually have medical concerns. I didn't trust the doctor I saw at Davis to look out for me at all. All follow up calls were through assistants and she never read my chart. I know doctors are overworked, but it is your health, so find someone competent in spite of that.
2
7 years ago (05-05-2018)
My teen daughter was shuffled around from specialist to specialist. No follow through, no consistancy, and no communication. We have hundreds of medical records, and each one contradicting the next. They've made our life hell. They threw out one diagnosis, and gave up. Biggest regret? allowing it to go on as long as I did. ( I can thank C.C.S. for that) She can't get those years back. The best Doctor's we'd seen there, had left, not surprised. The one star, is for the Nurses, who almost always save the day.
1
7 years ago (20-05-2018)
This hospital reminds me of a 3rd world hospital, patients in chair strewn all over the floors, patients crying/screaming from their rooms, etc while staff is standing around at the nurses station watching some video on their cell phone. I had the unfortunate aspect of having surgery at this facility, my family actually came in and got me discharged as they were very concern that the lack of patient care was going to kill me. UC Davis has a abnormally high rate of post-op deaths, complications and complaints as compared state and nation-wide. Figure UC Davis are just a bunch of public employees and they act like it, my stay at UC Davis was like having healthcare passed out by a DMV employee. UC Davis' lack of post-op treatment and care caused me a blood-clot and ensuing heart-attack. If you care for your loved one who is unfortunately needing medical care, get them transfer to a different medical facility else guarantee UC Davis will do more harm than good.
1
7 years ago (08-05-2018)
I have brought all 3 of my children here for treatment for 6+ years. Cancer, seizures, pneumonia and even the swine flu. The team of doctors and nurses and very good. Children are a high priority. They do a great job prioritizing emergencies.
You do have to re-tell your story multiple times to whoever is asking you questions so that may cause you frustrations given you're already stressed. They prefer to test you and examine you thoroughly, then they would generalize a diagnose for you but will verify it afterwards. Registration comes to you, you will verify your info and sign 3 different forms to give consent for treatment.
I love the energy of their team, everyone is engaged and active. I'd considered the pace as rather fast. I've been in multiple ER and this one will have the highest number of team members tending to your emergency at arrival and then they'll disperse. This may be due to
They have lots of volunteers during the summer. Vending machines are new and accept credit cards. Sanitary bathrooms. Parking is free for 6 hours but you must log your plate number and vehicle make and model with security after your patient is registered into the system.
Cafeteria has great food. Amazing hospital honestly. My daughter had brain cancer and was taken care of successfully with back to back surgery. The nurses and staff are sympathetic and great with my baby. PICU is spacious. The PICU doctor that we saw, Dr.Z, cares about our child and gave us a lot of reassurance regarding her experience.
If you do not have medical coverage, it is very expensive to come here. In 2010 I received a $21K bill for the ER for an xray from a car accident. My auto insurance policy covered up to 15K. Ambulance charges are about $5K to get here. $400 for urine pregnancy test which is just their protocol prior to being able to give any medication. $19K to use a stretcher not even placed in your own room. If you're covered, then you're good.
5
7 years ago (28-05-2018)
