Monday, November 23, 2009

Hospitals

Exempla Lutheran Medical Center, Wheat Ridge, Colo.

8300 West 38th Avenue
Wheat Ridge, CO 80033
(303) 425-4500
www.exempla.org
This hospital is one of nearly 5,000 that U.S.News evaluated for the latest America's Best Hospitals rankings. See the complete hospital rankings

The following information was provided by American Hospital Association

At a glance

Hospital type: General medical and surgical
Operated by: Not-for-profit
Total beds: 543
Administrator:
Parent system: Exempla Healthcare, Inc
Selected accreditations/memberships: Accredited, Joint Commission (JC)|

Services Provided

Inpatient:
  • Birthing room
  • Heart catheterization—diagnostic (adult)
  • Elderly/disabled:
    • Skilled nursing care
  • End-of-life services:
    • Hospice
    • Pain management
    • Palliative care
  • Heart surgery (adult)
  • Heart catheterization—treatment (adult)
  • Neonatal intensive care
  • Cancer services
  • Psychiatric care:
    • Partial hospitalization
    • Psychiatric emergency services
Outpatient:
  • Alzheimer center
  • Breast cancer screening/mammograms
  • Certified trauma center
  • Cancer services
  • Complementary/alternative medicine
  • Heart catheterization—diagnostic (adult)
  • Geriatric services
  • Heart catheterization—treatment (adult)
  • Kidney dialysis
  • Cancer services
  • Physical rehabilitation
  • Psychiatric services:
    • Child/adolescent services
    • Consultation
    • Geriatric services
    • Outpatient care
  • Sleep center
  • Stop-smoking program
  • Substance-abuse programs
  • Women's health center
  • Wound management services
Patient/family support services:
  • Alzheimer center
  • Help with government services
  • Chaplaincy/pastoral care services
  • Cancer services
  • Patient support groups
  • Patient representative/ombusdman
  • Translation services
Community outreach:
  • Health screenings
Radiology--diagnosis and treatment:
  • CT scanner
  • Diagnostic radioisotope facility
  • Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
  • Multislice spiral CT
  • Single photon emission CT
  • Ultrasound

By the numbers:

Admissions: 21,349
Inpatient surgeries: 5,587
Outpatient visits: 159,352
Outpatient surgeries: 4,811
Emergency room visits: 71,072
Births: 2,820
Beds: 543

Staffing (employed, on payroll):

Full-time physicians and dentists:
N/A
Part-time physicians and dentists:
N/A
Full-time registered nurses:
N/A
Part-time registered nurses:
N/A
Full-time licensed practical nurses:
N/A
Part-time licensed practical nurses:
N/A
Total full-time faculty:
N/A
Total part-time faculty:
N/A

Notes

* At another location in healthcare system or through arrangement with another provider.

Find out more about AHA data products at www.ahadata.com.

Data provided by American Hospital Association. Last updated June 2009.

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