Patients and Visitors
Whether you’re a patient or a visitor, you deserve a positive, compassionate and healing experience. From the moment you arrive to the time you leave, you’ll find the support, resources and information you need.
What to know before your visit
When you are admitted to Lutheran Medical Center, please bring:- The medications you’re currently taking, including notes on the dose and frequency. Your medical condition may not allow you to take certain medications, even those you usually take every day. Your doctor will decide which medications you need while you are here.
- Picture identification, such as a driver's license, state ID card or passport.
- Your insurance card.
- Personal items to make your hospital room feel more like home, such as one or two small framed pictures, a pillow or throw, your slippers and robe.
Please do not bring valuables such as jewelry, credit cards and cash. If you do, they will be stored in a safe for safekeeping. Do not bring pocket knives or weapons. Do not bring electrical appliances such as hair dryers, curling irons, razors, radios or heating pads. You may only bring battery-operated devices.
Visiting Lutheran Medical Center
Due to COVID-19, there are visitor restrictions in place.
Most patients welcome and encourage visitors. We have open visiting hours, but several units have designated quiet times to ensure that our patients receive adequate rest. Children must be supervised by adults at all times.
We provide a smoke-free campus, inside and outside, for our patients, guests and employees.
Open communication
We encourage you to be involved in your healthcare. Feel free to ask any member of your healthcare team questions, such as:
- What is your name?
- What role do you play on my healthcare team?
- What is the medication you are giving me and what is it for?
- What can I expect during this procedure?
- What will this procedure tell you and why is that important?
- What is my diagnosis?
- What plan of care do you recommend for me?
Patient advocates
If you have concerns, questions or compliments about your care, our patient advocates are here to listen and help. They also can provide important information for you and your family about advance care planning, patient rights, ethical decision support and interpreters. Ask a member of your care team to connect you with a patient advocate.
Quality and patient safety
You and your family members are at the center of everything we do. You’ll receive care from a health system and providers with high national performance ratings and a singular focus on your health and well-being.
Learn more about our focus on quality and patient safety.
Personal attention from your care team
You are in the hands of expert caregivers and in the hearts of people healing people throughout our hospital. Along with your doctors and nurses, your clinical care team may include a case manager, social worker, pharmacist and therapist.
