Delaware Valley Hospital Inc

TO SERVE OUR PATIENTS IN AN EFFICIENT AND PATIENT-FOCUSED MANNER AND OFFER A RANGE OF ACUTE, OUTPATIENT, DIAGNOSTIC, REHABILITATIVE, PRIMARY CARE AND WELLNESS SERVICES.

INPATIENT AND ACUTE SERVICES (SEE SCHEDULE O) INPATIENT AND ACUTE SERVICES: DELAWARE VALLEY HOSPITAL FULFILLS ITS MISSION BY WORKING TOGETHER WITH THE COMMUNITY, PHYSICIANS, AND OTHER HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS TO CONTINUOUSLY IMPROVE THE AVAILABILITY AND QUALITY OF SERVICES. THIS INCLUDES THE ABILITY TO PROVIDE A COMPREHENSIVE RANGE OF SHORT-TERM (96 HRS. OR LESS) INPATIENT ACUTE CARE, SWING BED AND ADDICTION TREATMENT SERVICES VIA ITS 25-BED HOSPITAL LOCATED ON THE MAIN CAMPUS IN WALTON IN DELAWARE COUNTY, NY. PATIENT DISCHARGES IN 2021 WERE COMPRISED OF 120 ACUTE, 142 SWING BED, AND 65 ADDICTION TREATMENT. ACUTE CARE REPRESENTED 411 PATIENT DAYS, IN ADDITION TO THE 3,116 PATIENT DAYS FOR SWING BED AND 951 PATIENT DAYS IN THE ADDICTION TREATMENT PROGRAM. INDICATIVE OF THE COMPREHENSIVE HEALTHCARE PROVIDED TO THESE PATIENTS, A TOTAL OF 10,613 LAB TESTS, 7,244 RESPIRATORY TREATMENTS, 88 X-RAYS, 14 ULTRASOUNDS, 44 CT AND 8 MRI EXAMS, 1,934 PHYSICAL THERAPY AND 853 OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY SESSIONS, AND 95 EKG'S WERE ADMINISTERED. OTHER SERVICES INCLUDED 16 ECHO EXAMS, AND 660 DIETARY CONSULTS. TO ENSURE OUR RURAL AREA RESIDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO HIGH QUALITY, EFFICIENT CARE IN A COMFORTABLE AND PRIVATE AREA, THE HOSPITAL'S IMAGING CENTER IS EQUIPPED WITH 3D MAMMOGRAPHY, ULTRASOUND, BONE DENSITY, X-RAY AND A 128-SLICE CT SUITE. MRI SERVICES ARE OFFERED ON SUNDAYS THROUGH AN AGREEMENT WITH A MOBILE VENDOR.IN ORDER TO ADDRESS THE NEED TO FREE UP ICU BEDS, WITHIN BOTH THE UNITED HEALTH SERVICES SYSTEM AND THE REGION, DELAWARE VALLEY HOSPITAL PAUSED ADMISSIONS TO ITS INPATIENT ADDICTION TREATMENT PROGRAM IN OCTOBER 2021. STAFF FROM THE ADDICTION TREATMENT PROGRAM WERE RE-ASSIGNED TO THE INPATIENT MEDICAL UNIT WHICH ENSURED CARE FOR PATIENTS WITH COVID AND OTHER SERIOUS ILLNESSES, WHILE ALLOWING DVH TO CONTINUE TO ACCEPT PATIENTS WHO NEEDED ACUTE CARE, BUT WERE LESS SERIOUSLY ILL.

CLINICS (SEE SCHEDULE O)CLINICS: DELAWARE VALLEY HOSPITAL PROVIDES A WIDE RANGE OF PRIMARY AND PREVENTIVE CARE SERVICES THROUGH ITS PRIMARY CARE CENTERS LOCATED IN WALTON, DOWNSVILLE, AND ROSCOE. THESE PRIMARY CARE CENTERS FORM THE FOUNDATION NECESSARY TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITIES WITH A COORDINATED SYSTEM OF CARE WHILE PAYING SPECIAL ATTENTION TO UNDER-SERVED AREAS. 2021 INCLUDED 13,009 VISITS IN WALTON, 723 IN ROSCOE, AND 2,003 IN DOWNSVILLE. DELAWARE VALLEY HOSPITAL ALSO PURCHASED A PRIVATE PRACTICE AND BROUGHT ON TWO WELL-KNOWN NURSE PRACTITIONERS, WHICH LED TO AN ADDITIONAL 5,736 PRIMARY CARE VISITS; BRINGING THE GRAND TOTAL TO 21,471.

OUTPATIENT AND AMBULATORY SERVICES (SEE SCHEDULE O) OUTPATIENT AND AMBULATORY SERVICES: DELAWARE VALLEY HOSPITAL PROVIDES A COMPREHENSIVE RANGE OF OUTPATIENT DIAGNOSTIC CARDIOPULMONARY, IMAGING, LAB AND TREATMENT SERVICES AT ITS WALTON CAMPUS. THESE INCLUDE A 7-BED EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT WHICH SERVES THE COMMUNITY 24/7. OTHER TREATMENT SERVICES INCLUDE PHYSICAL AND OCCUPATIONAL REHABILITATIVE SERVICES, AMBULATORY PROCEDURES, CARDIAC AND PULMONARY REHABILITATION AND ACCESS TO SPECIALTY SERVICES. IN 2021 THE CARDIOLOGY SPECIALTY CLINIC HAD 757 VISITS, PAIN MANAGEMENT 294; TELE-MENTAL HEALTH AND TELE-DIABETES CONSULTS 422, WHILE GASTROENTEROLOGY HAD 136. THE HOSPITAL ALSO GENERALLY CONDUCTS EXTENSIVE WELLNESS PROGRAMMING THAT INCLUDES NUTRITION AWARENESS, DIABETES EDUCATION AND CHRONIC DISEASE SELF-MANAGEMENT WORKSHOPS. GENERALLY, THESE PROGRAMS ARE CONDUCTED BEGINNING IN THE SPRING AND HELD AGAIN IN THE FALL. HOWEVER, DUE TO THE PANDEMIC GROUP EDUCATION PROGRAMS WERE NOT HELD. OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMMING MEETS THE NEEDS OF LOCAL BUSINESSES, FIRE DEPARTMENTS, AND EMERGENCY SQUADS BY PROVIDING PHYSICALS, DRUG TESTING, AND ERGONOMIC EDUCATION: 161 IN 2021. IN 2021 THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT TREATED OR ADMITTED 4,875 RESIDENTS VIA ITS 5,000+ SQ. FT. FACILITY, THE LAB PERFORMED 61,465 TESTS, AND 6,807 PHYSICAL/OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY SESSIONS WERE CONDUCTED. THE IMAGING CENTER PERFORMED 8,550 X-RAYS, CT SCANS, MRI'S, ULTRASOUNDS, BONE DENSITY TESTS AND MAMMOGRAPHY FOR OUTPATIENT SERVICES. OTHER OUTPATIENT SERVICES PERFORMED IN 2021 INCLUDED 605 AMBULATORY PROCEDURES, 116 ENDOSCOPIES, 1,283 OPIATE ADDICTION TREATMENT SESSIONS, AND 1,072 SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH CARDIAC AND PULMONARY REHABILITATION. THE CARDIOPULMONARY DEPARTMENT PERFORMED 1,047 TESTS AND/OR TREATMENTS. 1,234 CARDIAC RELATED TESTS WERE PERFORMED: EKGS, ECHOCARDIOGRAMS, CARDIAC HOLTER AND EVENT MONITORS. THERE WERE 182 DIETARY CONSULTS. THE HOSPITAL'S OUTPATIENT RETAIL PHARMACY FILLED 61,712 PRESCRIPTIONS.