Saturday, October 11, 2008

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East Jefferson Gen Hospital

4200 Houma Boulevard
Metairie, LA 70011-2996
(504) 454-4000

For more information on this hospital, visit the East Jefferson Gen Hospital

Detailed Information

At a glance

Hospital type: General medical and surgical
Operated by: Hospital district or authority
Total beds: 429
Administrator: MARK J PETERS, 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
  • Cardiac intensive care
  • Neurology department
  • Physical rehabilitation
  • Obstetrics
  • Orthopedics department
  • Emergency department

Specialized services

Inpatient:
  • Birthing room
  • Elderly/disabled:(Skilled nursing care)
  • End-of-life services:(Pain management)
  • Infection isolation room
  • Neonatal intensive care
  • Oncology services
  • Psychiatric care:(Psychiatric emergency services)
Outpatient
  • Birthing room
  • Elderly/disabled:(Skilled nursing care)
  • End-of-life services:(Pain management)
  • Infection isolation room
  • Neonatal intensive care
  • Oncology services
  • Psychiatric care:(Psychiatric emergency services)
Patient/family support services:
  • Alzheimer center
  • Ambulance 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
  • Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
  • Multislice spiral computer tomography (MSCT)
  • Single photon emission computerized tomography (SpedCT)
  • Ultrasound

By the numbers:

Admissions: 18,603
Inpatient surgeries: 5,734
Outpatient visits: 248,571
Outpatient surgeries: 10,134
Emergency room visits: 49,558
Births: 2,306
Number of beds: 429

Staffing(employed, on payroll):

Full-time registered nurses: 615
Part-time registered nurses: 356
Full-time licensed practical nurses: 42
Part-time licensed practical nurses: 13
Total full-time faculty personnel: 2,241
Total part-time faculty personnel: 905

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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