Recovery Brands, LLC
📍 450 West Highway 22, Barrington, IL 60010
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<p><strong>ABOUT ADVOCATE GOOD SHEPHERD HOSPITAL - TOBACCO CESSATION RESOURCES</strong></p> <p>Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital is an acute-care facility located in Barrington, Ill., in the northwest suburbs of Chicago. Among many other services, the hospital offers <strong>outpatient treatment for individuals addicted to tobacco</strong>, known as the "Courage to Quit" program, as part of the its Cardiac Care Center.</p> <p>Advocate Good Shepherd is a member of Advocate Health Care, a <strong>faith-based, nonprofit health system</strong>. Private nonprofits make up 54.5 percent of treatment facilities in Illinois, according to a <a href="https://wwwdasis.samhsa.gov/webt/state_data/IL16.pdf" target="_blank">2016 SAMHSA survey</a>. With over 400 sites across Illinois, including 12 acute-care facilities, Advocate is the largest network of healthcare providers in the state.</p> <p><strong>TREATMENT & ASSESSMENT</strong></p> <p>The "Courage to Quit" program is <strong>a private consultation</strong> with a tobacco treatment specialist, which always includes a <strong>follow-up call</strong> to provide further support. During the session, clients discuss the various routes to giving up tobacco, <strong>including medication options</strong>. Appointments are available on weekends and weekdays. </p> <p>The tobacco cessation program also provides resources to relevant programs, such as the Illinois Tobacco Quitline, the American Lung Association's Freedom from Smoking program, and the Lake, Cook, and McHenry County Health Departments.</p> <p><strong>STAFF CREDENTIALS</strong></p> <p>Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital employs over 700 physicians. Counseling for tobacco cessation program is provided by a tobacco treatment specialist. Though no further information regarding the facility's staff is provided, the two individuals polled by Rehabs.com to date both gave the program four out of five stars for the staff's level of training and experience.</p> <p><strong>WHAT ALUMNI SAY</strong></p> <p>To date, Rehabs.com has received feedback from a single alum who gave an overall positive review of the program. The anonymous reviewer gave four- or five star-ratings to nearly all categories evaluated, including family participation, holistic offerings, and counseling options. "They are very convenient and the staff is very knowable and friendly," the alum wrote. The lone criticism they noted was that that the program was "Too expensive."</p> <p>On secondary review sites, feedback was <strong>mixed but skewed slightly positive overall</strong>. However, the reviews pertained to the <strong>hospital as a whole</strong> and not necessarily for the tobacco cessation program in particular. On Google, the hospital received an average rating of 3.1 out of five stars based on over 120 reviews.<small class="footnote"><a target="_blank" href="#footnote-1"><sup>[1]</sup></a></small> The hospital faired slightly better on Yelp where 41 reviewers contributed to an average 3.5 out of five star rating.<small class="footnote"><a target="_blank" href="#footnote-2"><sup>[2]</sup></a></small> </p> <p>Reviewers on both sites offered highly polarized differing opinions on most metrics evaluated, including staff training and treatment effectiveness. "From admission to discharge I had nothing but EXCELLENT care. Every single person treated me with respect, patience and kindness," K.B. wrote in one representative review on Google. In another review on Google representative of the opposite end of the spectrum, an anonymous reviewer wrote of the staff: "Very unprofessional and RUDE!"</p> <p><strong>WHAT FRIENDS & FAMILY SAY</strong></p> <p>The single loved one polled by Rehabs.com at the time of this writing gave positive feedback. The anonymous reviewer described the program as "friendly" and gave a four- or five-star rating to almost all of the 15 evaluated treatment metrics, including its treatment effectiveness, holistic offerings, and counseling options. They did, however, note that they felt the curriculum "seemed kind of redundant."</p> <p><strong>FINANCING</strong></p> <p>Each "Courage to Quit" tobacco cessation class <strong>costs $30</strong>. Both individuals polled by Rehabs.com to date rated the program's affordability four out of five stars.</p> <p><small class="footnote"><a target="_blank" href="#footnote-1"><sup>[1]</sup></a> <a href="https://goo.gl/Ew2Wu5" target="_blank">GoogleReviews</a></small><br /> <small class="footnote"><a target="_blank" href="#footnote-2"><sup>[2]</sup></a> <a href="https://www.yelp.com/biz/advocate-good-shepherd-hospital-barrington" target="_blank">https://www.yelp.com/biz/advocate-good-shepherd-hospital-barrington</a></small></p>
— Kevin Schwartzbach · 2018-10-04 09:13:56 PDT
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