Thursday, August 21, 2008

Hospitals Directory

Catawba Valley Medical Center

810 Fairgrove Church Road SE
Hickory, NC 28602-9643
(828) 326-3000

For more information on this hospital, visit the Catawba Valley Medical Center

Detailed Information

At a glance

Hospital type: General medical and surgical
Operated by: County
Total beds: 213
Administrator: J ANTHONY ROSE, PRES
Parent system: Not reported
Selected accreditations/memberships: Accredited, Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations (JCAHO); Accreditated, Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF);

Services Provided Glossary

Key services:
  • General medical and surgical care
  • General intensive care
  • Neurology department
  • Physical rehabilitation
  • Obstetrics
  • Orthopedics department
  • Emergency department

Specialized services

Inpatient:
  • Birthing room
  • End-of-life services:(Pain management, Palliative care)
  • Infection isolation room
  • Neonatal intermediate care
  • Oncology services
  • Psychiatric care:(Psychiatric emergency services)
Outpatient
  • Birthing room
  • End-of-life services:(Pain management, Palliative care)
  • Infection isolation room
  • Neonatal intermediate care
  • Oncology services
  • Psychiatric care:(Psychiatric emergency services)
Patient/family support services:
  • Assistance with government services
  • Chaplaincy/pastoral care services
  • Oncology services
  • Patient support groups
  • Patient representative/ombusdman
  • Transportation for elderly/handicapped
  • Translation services
Community outreach:
  • Health fairs
  • Health screenings
Imaging services (diagnostic and therapeutic)
  • CT scanner
  • Diagnostic radioisotope facility
  • Electron beam computed tomography (EBCT)
  • Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
  • Multislice spiral computer tomography (MSCT)
  • Single photon emission computerized tomography (SpedCT)
  • Ultrasound

By the numbers:

Admissions: 8,732
Inpatient surgeries: 3,204
Outpatient visits: 272,121
Outpatient surgeries: 9,919
Emergency room visits: 45,096
Births: 1,502
Number of beds: 213

Staffing(employed, on payroll):

Full-time registered nurses: 281
Part-time registered nurses: 44
Full-time licensed practical nurses: 13
Part-time licensed practical nurses: 2
Total full-time faculty personnel: 1,175
Total part-time faculty personnel: 123

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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