Springfield Hospital Center Reviews

Long-time hospital employees (from the Administration down) are very resistant to change. They insist on using outdated processes to do just about everything. They don't welcome new ideas (which really aren't new to the rest of the world, just new to them). Furthermore, hospital-wide and departmental management are reactive instead of proactive in addressing hospital matters. The staff does not reflect the population served so in addition to the lack of diversity, there is a glaring lack of cultural relativism.

Poor management, if you're in with them, you're fine. If you aren't popular with them or question anything about how or why things or done, you are considered a trouble maker. You have to work with people who prefer to sleep at night or avoid doing their job, thus putting it on you. There are too many people who don't know how to de-escalate situations and therefore treat the patient's poorly. The caliber of most of the doctors (minus a handful that were actually really great) isn't so high. Everything is done on paper, no computer charting. You receive a slap on the wrist and written up statement if you do something "wrong" (forget to sign off something, hurt someone's feelings, etc.) and then it goes in your "File." There is little to no higher. education provided for licensed staff. Lots of power struggles between staff; staff not following policies.