Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Hospitals

Upper Chesapeake Medical Center

500 Upper Chesapeake Drive
Bel Air, MD 21014
(443) 643-1000
www.uchs.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: 168
Administrator:
Parent system: Upper Chesapeake Medical Ctr
Selected accreditations/memberships: Accredited, Joint Commission (JC)|

Services Provided

Inpatient:
  • Birthing room
  • End-of-life services:
    • Hospice*
    • Pain management
    • Palliative care
  • Hospitalists
  • Neonatal intermediate care
  • Cancer services
  • Psychiatric care:
    • Psychiatric emergency services
Outpatient:
  • Bariatric/weight control services
  • Breast cancer screening/mammograms
  • Cancer services
  • Complementary/alternative medicine
  • Extracorporeal shock lithotripter
  • Home health services*
  • Kidney dialysis
  • Cancer services
  • Physical rehabilitation
  • Radiation therapy
  • Sleep center*
  • Stop-smoking program
  • Women's health center
  • Wound management services
Patient/family support services:
  • Chaplaincy/pastoral care services
  • Cancer services
  • Patient support groups
  • Patient representative/ombusdman
Community outreach:
  • Health fairs
  • Health screenings
Radiology--diagnosis and treatment:
  • CT scanner
  • Diagnostic radioisotope facility
  • Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
  • Single photon emission CT
  • Ultrasound

By the numbers:

Admissions: 14,425
Inpatient surgeries: 3,419
Outpatient visits: 129,064
Outpatient surgeries: 6,939
Emergency room visits: 53,740
Births: 1,542
Beds: 168

Staffing (employed, on payroll):

Full-time physicians and dentists:
N/A
Part-time physicians and dentists:
0
Full-time registered nurses:
N/A
Part-time registered nurses:
274
Full-time licensed practical nurses:
N/A
Part-time licensed practical nurses:
1
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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