Howard County General Hospital Inc

PROVISION OF INPATIENT AND OUTPATIENT HEALTHCARE SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS.

DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE AND SURGERYPURPOSE: HOWARD COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL OFFERS A BROAD SPECTRUM OF INPATIENT AND OUTPATIENT SURGICAL SERVICES FOR ADULT AND PEDIATRIC PATIENTS. A LIST OF SOME OF THE MORE COMMON TYPES OF SURGERY PERFORMED AT HCGH INCLUDE: COLORECTAL SURGERY, ENDOSCOPY, GENERAL SURGERY, MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY, NEUROSURGERY, OPHTHALMOLOGY, ORAL SURGERY AND DENTISTRY, ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY, OTOLARYNGOLOGY, PLASTIC SURGERY, PODIATRY, UROLOGY, VASCULAR SURGERY. HOWARD COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL'S INTENSIVE CARE UNIT IS A HIGHLY SPECIALIZED 16-BED UNIT DEDICATED TO THE NEEDS OF ADULT PATIENTS REQUIRING INTENSIVE MONITORING AND PATIENT CARE SERVICES INVOLVING CARDIAC, MEDICAL AND SURGICAL CARE. STAFFED 24 HOURS A DAY BY HIGHLY QUALIFIED PHYSICIANS, NURSES AND TECHNICIANS, THE UNIT FEATURES STATE-OF-THE-ART MEDICAL EQUIPMENT INCLUDING A COMPUTERIZED MONITORING SYSTEM. MEDICATIONS ARE ADMINISTERED USING A COMPUTERIZED MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION RECORD WITH BARCODE SCANNING FOR PATIENT SAFETY. THE UNIT IS DESIGNED SO THAT EVERY BED IS CLEARLY VISIBLE FROM THE NURSING STATION.HOWARD COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL HAS A PROGRAM FOR TOTAL KNEE AND HIP REPLACEMENT PATIENTS CALLED THE JOINT ACADEMY. IT APPROACHES THE JOINT REPLACEMENT SURGICAL EXPERIENCE IN A WHOLE NEW WAY, CREATING A PARTNERSHIP AMONG THE PATIENT, DOCTOR AND HOSPITAL. BECAUSE AN INFORMED PATIENT CAN MORE FULLY PARTICIPATE IN HIS OR HER OWN CARE AND RECOVERY, WE FOCUS ON ENGAGING AND EDUCATING OUR PATIENTS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PROCESS FROM ADMISSION TO POST-DISCHARGE.THE HEALTH CARE AND SURGERY CENTER (HCSC) IS LOCATED ADJACENT TO THE HOSPITAL. THE HCSC IS THE PRIMARY LOCATION FOR OUTPATIENT PROCEDURES AND ADDITIONAL OUTPATIENT SERVICES, INCLUDING MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING (MRI). THE HCSC OCCUPIES THE ENTIRE LOWER LEVEL OF THE ADJACENT BUILDING AND CONSISTS OF SIX OPERATING ROOMS, ONE MINOR PROCEDURE ROOM, A UROLOGY SUITE, AND A POST-ANESTHESIA CARE UNIT. SPACE AND PROGRAMS HAVE ALSO BEEN DESIGNED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF PEDIATRIC SURGERY PATIENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES.

EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTPURPOSE: OUR 36-BED EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT (ED) IS STAFFED 24-HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK BY BOARD-CERTIFIED JOHNS HOPKINS EMERGENCY MEDICINE PHYSICIANS. THE 24,000 SQUARE UNIT EXPANSION PROVIDES STATE-OF-THE-ART COMPREHENSIVE, INDIVIDUALIZED EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE AND URGENT CARE TO THE CITIZENS OF HOWARD COUNTY AND THE SURROUNDING AREA. UPON ARRIVAL AT THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT, A REGISTERED NURSE ASSESSES EVERY PATIENT TO DETERMINE TREATMENT PRIORITY NEEDS. DEPENDING ON THE PATIENT'S NEEDS, TREATMENT WILL BE PROVIDED IN ONE OF THE FOLLOWING UNITS: MAIN EMERGENCY ROOM, URGENT CARE, PEDIATRIC ED/CHILDREN'S CARE CENTER, CHEST PAIN/SHORT STAY UNIT, OR PSYCHIATRIC UNIT.

LABOR & DELIVERY/NURSERY/NICUPURPOSE: TO ACCOMMODATE THE MORE THAN 3,000 BABIES BORN IN THE HOSPITAL'S LABOR/DELIVERY/RECOVERY (LDR) UNIT EACH YEAR, HOWARD COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL OFFERS 12 ATTRACTIVELY DECORATED BIRTHING ROOMS. MOTHER AND BABY CAN REMAIN IN THIS PRIVATE, COMFORTABLE ROOM THROUGHOUT LABOR, DELIVERY AND RECOVERY WITH THE SECURITY OF THE HOSPITAL'S ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY. CERTAIN MEDICAL CONDITIONS MAY REQUIRE A TEMPORARY SEPARATION OF MOTHER AND BABY.WHILE THE MAJORITY OF NEWBORN INFANTS ARE BORN HEALTHY, MORE INTENSE MONITORING AND CARE ARE SOMETIMES NECESSARY. THE HOSPITAL'S 18-BED LEVEL III+ NICU FEATURES HIGHLY SOPHISTICATED EQUIPMENT SPECIALLY DESIGNED TO CARE FOR CRITICALLY-ILL NEWBORNS IN AN ENVIRONMENT THAT FOSTERS HEALTHY DEVELOPMENT. MOST IMPORTANTLY, NICU PATIENTS BENEFIT FROM THE CONTINUOUS CARE AND OBSERVATION OF JOHNS HOPKINS' NEONATOLOGISTS AND REGISTERED NURSES WHO ARE EXPERIENCED WITH THE SPECIAL NEEDS OF NEWBORN PREMATURE BABIES.THE CENTER FOR MATERNAL AND FETAL MEDICINE AT HOWARD COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL IS EQUIPPED TO MANAGE ANY HIGH-RISK SITUATION THAT MAY ARISE DURING YOUR PREGNANCY AND TO PROVIDE YOU WITH COMPREHENSIVE CARE. THE CENTER PROVIDES: COVERAGE BY BOARD-CERTIFIED MATERNAL FETAL SPECIALISTS CONSULTATIVE SERVICES FOR ALL MEDICAL COMPLICATIONS OF PREGNANCY CERTIFIED GENETIC COUNSELORS FIRST-TRIMESTER SCREENING TO BETTER DELINEATE THE RISKS OF DOWN SYNDROME, TRISOMY 13 AND TRISOMY 18 4D IMAGING TO STUDY YOUR BABY'S ANATOMICAL DEVELOPMENT AND FETAL GROWTH FETAL ASSESSMENT CENTER FOR ANTENATAL TESTING PROFILES TESTING FOR MATERNAL DIABETES AND HYPERTENSION FETAL ECHOCARDIOGRAM PROGRAM DIABETES IN PREGNANCY PROGRAMTHE CENTER FOR MATERNAL AND FETAL MEDICINE EMPLOYS SPECIALLY TRAINED AND CERTIFIED SONOGRAPHERS TO PERFORM ROUTINE FIRST-TRIMESTER SCREENINGS AND 20-WEEK FETAL ANATOMY SCREENINGS THAT ARE MORE DETAILED THAN THOSE TYPICALLY OFFERED BY OB/GYN OFFICES. HOWARD COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL ENCOURAGES ANY PATIENT, HIGH-RISK OR OTHERWISE, WHO IS INTERESTED IN HAVING THESE STATE-OF-THE-ART TESTS TO GET A REFERRAL FROM HER DOCTOR.THE CENTER FOR MATERNAL AND FETAL MEDICINE OFFERS A MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM APPROACH WORKING WITH THE MOTHER'S OWN OB/GYN, PERINATOLOGIST, NEONATOLOGIST, PEDIATRIC SUBSPECIALIST, GENETIC COUNSELORS AND PATIENT EDUCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE PREGNANCY AND, IF NEEDED, DURING YOUR DELIVERY AT HOWARD COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL. HOWARD COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL'S GOAL IS TO DEVELOP A HEALTH CARE PLAN THAT ADDRESSES THE NEEDS OF THE MOTHER AND BABY.