Behavioral health | Olympic Medical Center
Social Work • Port Angeles, WA
Ratings by platform
- Healthgrades: 64% of patients would recommend the hospital (Not explicitly stated as total number of survey respondents)
- Vivian Health (primarily staffing/employment focused): 4.1 out of 5 stars (17 reviews)
What patients say
Patients praise
- Compassionate care provided within the behavioral health service context
- Some patients report individual positive experiences with specific doctors and nurses
- Ongoing efforts and programs focused on improving patient experience and rebuilding trust
Common complaints
- Long wait times, particularly in the emergency department
- Staffing shortages and capacity issues affecting care delivery
- Patient concerns regarding feeling unheard, uninformed, or underserved
- Limited availability of certain specialty services requiring patient transfers
- Toxic internal workplace culture reports from staff members
In patients' words
"Olympic Medical Center isn’t just underperforming—it’s consistently ranking near the bottom compared to hospitals nationwide, according to its own patient experience data."
— CC Watchdog"Core challenges facing the emergency department include long wait times driven by high patient volume, limited inpatient bed availability, shortages of primary care and specialty providers and the need to transfer patients for services not available locally."
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