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Hospitals Directory

Buchanan County Health Center

1600 First Street East
Independence, IA 50644-3155
(319) 334-6071

For more information on this hospital, visit the Buchanan County Health Center

Detailed Information

At a glance

Hospital type: General medical and surgical
Operated by: County
Total beds: 84
Administrator: ROBERT J RICHARD, ADM
Parent system: Not reported
Selected accreditations/memberships: Not reported

Services Provided Glossary

Key services:
  • General medical and surgical care
  • General intensive care
  • Orthopedics department
  • Emergency department
  • Trauma Center

Specialized services

Inpatient:
  • Elderly/disabled:(Intermediate nursing care)
  • End-of-life services:(Pain management)
Outpatient
  • Elderly/disabled:(Intermediate nursing care)
  • End-of-life services:(Pain management)
Patient/family support services:
  • Patient support groups
  • Patient representative/ombusdman
Community outreach:
  • Health fairs
  • Health screenings
Imaging services (diagnostic and therapeutic)
  • CT scanner
  • Diagnostic radioisotope facility
  • Multislice spiral computer tomography (MSCT)
  • Ultrasound

By the numbers:

Admissions: 628
Inpatient surgeries: 21
Outpatient visits: 44,292
Outpatient surgeries: 401
Emergency room visits: 4,555
Births: 0
Number of beds: 84

Staffing(employed, on payroll):

Full-time registered nurses: 38
Part-time registered nurses: 15
Full-time licensed practical nurses: 5
Part-time licensed practical nurses: 7
Total full-time faculty personnel: 150
Total part-time faculty personnel: 132

Notes

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

Data provided by American Hospital Association. Last updated December 2007.

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