Saturday, September 6, 2008

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Broward General Medical Center

1600 South Andrews Avenue
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316-2510
(954) 355-4400

For more information on this hospital, visit the Broward General Medical Center

Detailed Information

At a glance

Hospital type: General medical and surgical
Operated by: Hospital district or authority
Total beds: 594
Administrator: JOSEPH F SCOTT, CEO
Parent system: Broward Health
Selected accreditations/memberships: Accredited, Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations (JCAHO);

Services Provided Glossary

Key services:
  • General medical and surgical care
  • General intensive care
  • Cardiac intensive care
  • Neurology department
  • Pediatric intensive care
  • Obstetrics
  • Orthopedics department
  • Emergency department
  • Trauma Center

Specialized services

Inpatient:
  • Birthing room
  • End-of-life services:(Hospice, Pain management, Palliative care)
  • Infection isolation room
  • Neonatal intensive care
  • Neonatal intermediate care
  • Oncology services
  • Psychiatric care:(Partial hospitalization, Psychiatric emergency services)
Outpatient
  • Birthing room
  • End-of-life services:(Hospice, Pain management, Palliative care)
  • Infection isolation room
  • Neonatal intensive care
  • Neonatal intermediate care
  • Oncology services
  • Psychiatric care:(Partial hospitalization, Psychiatric emergency services)
Patient/family support services:
  • Alzheimer center
  • 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: 25,279
Inpatient surgeries: 5,364
Outpatient visits: 208,603
Outpatient surgeries: 4,279
Emergency room visits: 93,113
Births: 3,385
Number of beds: 594

Staffing(employed, on payroll):

Full-time registered nurses: 872
Part-time registered nurses: 173
Full-time licensed practical nurses: 35
Part-time licensed practical nurses: 8
Total full-time faculty personnel: 2,423
Total part-time faculty personnel: 601

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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