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Hospitals Directory

Northwestern Medical Center

133 Fairfield Street
Saint Albans, VT 05478-1734
(802) 524-5911

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

Detailed Information

At a glance

Hospital type: General medical and surgical
Operated by: Not-for-profit
Total beds: 52
Administrator: PETER A HOFSTETTER, CEO
Parent system: QHR
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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Oncology services
  • Psychiatric care:(Partial hospitalization, Psychiatric emergency services)
Patient/family support services:
  • 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
  • Multislice spiral computer tomography (MSCT)
  • Ultrasound

By the numbers:

Admissions: 1,944
Inpatient surgeries: 416
Outpatient visits: 28,360
Outpatient surgeries: 2,547
Emergency room visits: 25,183
Births: 451
Number of beds: 52

Staffing(employed, on payroll):

Full-time registered nurses: 94
Part-time registered nurses: 76
Full-time licensed practical nurses: 12
Part-time licensed practical nurses: 11
Total full-time faculty personnel: 320
Total part-time faculty personnel: 231

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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