Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Hospitals Directory

Blue Ridge Regional Hospital

125 Hospital Drive
Spruce Pine, NC 28777
(828) 765-4201

For more information on this hospital, visit the Blue Ridge Regional Hospital

Detailed Information

At a glance

Hospital type: General medical and surgical
Operated by: Not-for-profit
Total beds: 40
Administrator: KEITH S HOLTSCLAW, CEO
Parent system: Not reported
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
  • Pediatric intensive care
  • Physical rehabilitation
  • Obstetrics
  • Orthopedics department
  • Emergency department
  • Trauma Center

Specialized services

Inpatient:
  • Birthing room
  • Burn care
  • Elderly/disabled:(Acute long-term care, Skilled nursing care, Intermediate nursing care)
  • End-of-life services:(Pain management)
  • Infection isolation room
  • Neonatal intensive care
  • Neonatal intermediate care
  • Oncology services
Outpatient
  • Birthing room
  • Burn care
  • Elderly/disabled:(Acute long-term care, Skilled nursing care, Intermediate nursing care)
  • End-of-life services:(Pain management)
  • Infection isolation room
  • Neonatal intensive care
  • Neonatal intermediate care
  • Oncology services
Patient/family support services:
  • Ambulance services
  • Chaplaincy/pastoral care services
  • Oncology services
  • Patient support groups
  • Patient representative/ombusdman
  • Translation services
Community outreach:
  • Health fairs
  • Health screenings
Imaging services (diagnostic and therapeutic)
  • CT scanner
  • Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
  • Multislice spiral computer tomography (MSCT)
  • Ultrasound

By the numbers:

Admissions: 2,089
Inpatient surgeries: 314
Outpatient visits: 48,888
Outpatient surgeries: 1,329
Emergency room visits: 14,593
Births: 148
Number of beds: 40

Staffing(employed, on payroll):

Full-time registered nurses: 68
Part-time registered nurses: 12
Full-time licensed practical nurses: 3
Part-time licensed practical nurses: 2
Total full-time faculty personnel: 277
Total part-time faculty personnel: 67

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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