Saturday, November 22, 2008

Hospitals Directory

Centra Health

1920 Atherholt Road
Lynchburg, VA 24501-1104
(434) 947-4700

For more information on this hospital, visit the Centra Health

Detailed Information

At a glance

Hospital type: General medical and surgical
Operated by: Not-for-profit
Total beds: 494
Administrator: GEORGE W DAWSON, PRES
Parent system: Not reported
Selected accreditations/memberships: 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
  • Trauma Center

Specialized services

Inpatient:
  • Birthing room
  • Elderly/disabled:(Skilled nursing care)
  • End-of-life services:(Hospice, 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:(Hospice, Pain management)
  • Infection isolation room
  • Neonatal intensive care
  • Oncology services
  • Psychiatric care:(Psychiatric emergency services)
Patient/family support services:
  • Ambulance services
  • Assistance with government services
  • Chaplaincy/pastoral care services
  • Oncology services
  • 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)
  • Ultrasound

By the numbers:

Admissions: 25,872
Inpatient surgeries: 5,571
Outpatient visits: 70,153
Outpatient surgeries: 9,068
Emergency room visits: 63,702
Births: 2,320
Number of beds: 494

Staffing(employed, on payroll):

Full-time registered nurses: 741
Part-time registered nurses: 286
Full-time licensed practical nurses: 24
Part-time licensed practical nurses: 2
Total full-time faculty personnel: 1,708
Total part-time faculty personnel: 456

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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