Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Hospitals Directory

Carolinas Medical Center

1000 Blythe Boulevard
Charlotte, NC 28203-5871
(704) 355-2000

For more information on this hospital, visit the Carolinas Medical Center

Detailed Information

At a glance

Hospital type: General medical and surgical
Operated by: Hospital district or authority
Total beds: 861
Administrator: SUZANNE FREEMAN, PRES
Parent system: Carolinas HealthCare System
Selected accreditations/memberships: Accredited, Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations (JCAHO); ; Member, Council of Teaching Hospitals

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
  • Elderly/disabled:(Acute long-term care, Skilled nursing care, Intermediate nursing care)
  • End-of-life services:(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
  • Elderly/disabled:(Acute long-term care, Skilled nursing care, Intermediate nursing care)
  • End-of-life services:(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:
  • Ambulance 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
  • Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
  • Multislice spiral computer tomography (MSCT)
  • Single photon emission computerized tomography (SpedCT)
  • Ultrasound

By the numbers:

Admissions: 45,790
Inpatient surgeries: 17,500
Outpatient visits: 871,370
Outpatient surgeries: 14,759
Emergency room visits: 125,556
Births: 7,037
Number of beds: 861

Staffing(employed, on payroll):

Full-time registered nurses: 1,732
Part-time registered nurses: 1,052
Full-time licensed practical nurses: 66
Part-time licensed practical nurses: 17
Total full-time faculty personnel: 7,180
Total part-time faculty personnel: 2,399

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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