Has anyone had any type of treatment done at Baylor Hospital in Dallas? (Fort Worth: transplants)

[Roma]

Hi, I wanted to know if any of you guys had any type of treatment done at Baylor Hospital in Dallas. I am having surgery there Thursday and I am almost 2 hours away but I was told that they were the best in the Metroplex area for breast cancer treatment. How was your experience with them?

[Grainraiser]

Wife has been many times and I will say Baylor is very good hospital. I don't think you will have anything to worry about. If you need specific info let me know and I will run it by her for an answer when I get home from work. If fact she has to go tommorrow for some testing.

[FarNorthDallas]

It is an excellent hospital.

[ChristieP]

Baylor University Medical Center has a Level 1 trauma center, and is also the only hospital in the DFW area that does organ transplants. IMHO, they are truly the best hospital in DFW!

[txmom72]

My brother in law was treated for testicular cancer there twice. He still goes there for his check ups there gets every 3 months.

I had both of my kids there and I was born there...I could not think of going any where else for medical procedures.

[mckinneydeb]

Originally Posted by ChristieP

Baylor University Medical Center has a Level 1 trauma center, and is also the only hospital in the DFW area that does organ transplants. IMHO, they are truly the best hospital in DFW!

Actually, there are other hospitals in DFW that do transplants:

Methodist Medical Center Dallas-kidney, liver, and multi-organ transplants
Harris Methodist FW-kidney transplants for 20 yrs
Medical City-heart, lung, kidney, kidney/pancreas and stem cell transplants
this includes Medical City Children's Hospital
UT Southwest which includes Zale-Lipshy, St. Paul and Parkland-mulitple
transplant services
Cook's Children Hospital Fort Worth-Bone Marrow
I'm not sure if John Peter Smith still does bone marrow transplants, seems like that program had issues.

There are several ways to know if the facility you choose is right for your condition. Many hospitals are granted "center of excellence" by different organizations including the government. Managed care organizations have facilities that "perform" better than others for different specialities.

From a professional standpoint, I can't really recommend one hospital over the other. But from a patient standpoint I can say I was treated very well at Baylor when I had surgery there several years ago. Even as a healthcare provider, I wanted to make sure I chose the right physician and facility for my procedure. After months of checking out docs and hospitals, I went with a Baylor physician due to his impressive success rate. At the time he did not practice anywhere else. But I would have gone wherever he practiced, that's how much confidence I had in him. I've been in the "business" long enough to know that while bedside manner is important for both doctors and hospital staff, statistical outcomes should weigh in the final decisions for treatement. While a surgeon can perform flawlessly, if the patient develops an infection or blood clot it is the care rec'd after the procedure that can turn a success into a devastating failure.

You should always ask your doctor specific questions regarding the treatment suggested: has he done this before, how many times, what is his success rate, what is his complication rate, what is his mortality rate.... You shouldn't buy a car without knowing its history and you shouldn't put your health (life) in the hands of someone you haven't checked out.

[jh52]

First, best wishes for your treatment. Hope it goes well.

If you want to objective statistical data, check out HHS - Hospital Compare . That lets you compare hospital outcomes and patient experiences at various facilities. The previous poster makes a great comment about having confidence in the individual provider as well. If you trust your referrer and whomever you're seeing, that is important.

Unfortunately I just tried the site and the lookup isn't working, but I'm sure in the AM their webmasters will be on it.

[Roma]

Thanks everyone for your comments. It sounds like Baylor was a good choose for me after reading what you guys wrote. This whole thing happened so fast and I live in a real small town and I only have been in Texas for 3 years (never thinking something like this would happen to me). I had to find the best place for me to go. That means a long drive but I hope I'm in good hands.

[stargazer]

You will be in good hands.