HOWARD COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL INC

DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE AND SURGERYPURPOSE: JOHNS HOPKINS HOWARD COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER, 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 JHHCMC INCLUDE: COLORECTAL SURGERY, ENDOSCOPY, GENERAL SURGERY, MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY, NEUROSURGERY, OPHTHALMOLOGY, ORAL SURGERY AND DENTISTRY, ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY, OTOLARYNGOLOGY, PLASTIC SURGERY, PODIATRY, UROLOGY, VASCULAR SURGERY. JOHNS HOPKINS HOWARD COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER'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.JOHNS HOPKINS HOWARD COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER 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.