PORTER HOSPITAL INC

PORTER HOSPITAL, INC. ("PORTER") OPERATES A NOT-FOR PROFIT CRITICAL ACCESS HOSPITAL WITH PATIENT CARE SERVICES INCLUDING EMERGENCY ROOM, MATERNITY AND MEDICAL/SURGICAL INPATIENT AND OUTPATIENT CARE, AND ANCILLARY SERVICES INCLUDING REHABILITATION, LABORATORY TESTING, AND DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING SERVICES. AS A CRITICAL ACCESS HOSPITAL, PORTER STAFFS A TOTAL OF 25 BEDS INCLUDING THE BIRTHING UNIT. IN ADDITION, PORTER HAS AN EMERGENCY ROOM TO SERVE THE GREATER ADDISON COUNTY COMMUNITY NEEDS. PORTER RECORDED APPROXIMATELY 8,645 INPATIENT DAYS DURING THE YEAR. EMERGENCY ROOM VISITS TOTALED 13,921 FOR THE YEAR. SURGERIES FOR THE YEAR TOTALED 3,661. SUPPORT SERVICES FOR BOTH INPATIENTS AND OUTPATIENTS INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LABORATORY, DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING SERVICES, CARDIAC SERVICES, AND REHABILITATION FACILITIES. IMAGING INCLUDES RADIOLOGY, NUCLEAR MEDICINE, MRI, ULTRASOUND, AND CT SCAN. PORTER PROVIDES FREE CARE TO PATIENTS WHO MEET CERTAIN CRITERIA. PORTER PROVIDES A NUMBER OF COMMUNITY HEALTH OUTREACH PROGRAMS TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC FOR FREE. THE PROGRAMS INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO DIABETES EDUCATION, BREAST CANCER SCREENING, PRENATAL CLASSES, BREASTFEEDING CLASSES, AND CPR COURSES. PORTER PROVIDES CLINICAL OFFICE SPACE TO THE OPEN DOOR CLINIC, WHICH PROVIDES ACCESS TO FREE QUALITY HEALTHCARE SERVICES TO THOSE WHO ARE UNINSURED OR UNDERINSURED UNTIL A PERMANENT HEALTH CARE PROVIDER CAN BE ESTABLISHED. FINALLY, PORTER HAS PARTNERED WITH LOCAL CAREER CENTERS, AS WELL AS COLLEGES TO PROVIDED CLINICAL EXPOSURE TO THEIR STUDENTS WITH GOALS OF DEVELOPING FUTURE HEALTHCARE WORKERS FOR THE COMMUNITY.