Using Teamwork and Communication to Help Your Loved One
Our typical patient has survived critical care but has damaged organs and continued weakness. They need a special kind of hospital to receive the resources and time necessary for improvement. We created our hospitals to only treat seriously ill patients who require an extended, more attentive hospital stay. They are not for everyone. To care for this special type of patient, we form special teams of caregivers with different kinds of training. Led by doctors, our team members often include medical specialists, nurses, nutritionists, therapists, and case managers.
If your loved one is admitted, we will create an individualized treatment plan based on his or her health condition. Patients will have access to one or more of our specialized treatment teams. Beginning with the care conference, we will work hard to keep you informed on your loved one's status throughout the treatment plan.
Our long-term acute care hospitals operate as Select Specialty Hospitals, Regency Hospitals and Great Lakes Specialty Hospitals.
Report Card:
Straight A's in Patient Satisfaction
| Did doctors treat you with courtesy and respect? |
A 3.8 |
| Did the doctors explain things in a way you could understand? |
A 3.9 |
| Were the goals of your treatment plan clearly explained to you? |
A 3.8 |
| Are you satisfied with the way the staff managed your pain? |
A 3.9 |
| Were your room and bathroom kept clean? |
A 3.7 |
| How likely are you to recommend this hospital to your friends and family? |
A 3.6 |
| Overall Patient Satisfaction Grade Point Average: |
A 3.8 |
*These scores are based on a 4.0 scale. Scores reflect patient and family responses to questions about their perception of the care received at our hospital.
Source: Select Medical internal data, 2011.
Our patients often come to us with:
- Respiratory and heart failure/disorders (requiring ventilator weaning or treatment for, emphysema, pneumonia or COPD)
- Severe infections (such as sepsis or infectious diseases)
- Wounds of many sorts (such as burns or pressure related)
- Post-surgery recovery complications (such as orthopedic complications or nutritional deficiencies)
- Bladder and bowel impairments
- Neurological or Post-Trauma conditions (such as stroke, spinal cord and head injuries or dysphagia)
Our services include:
- Multiple physician visits daily
- 24-hour Nursing Care
- An All-Registered Nurse nursing staff
- 24-hour Respiratory Care
- Physical therapy
- Occupational therapy
- Speech therapy
- On-site pharmacy
- Diagnostic radiology and laboratory services
- Specialized Nursing Care (such as wound specialists)
- Nutritional Care
- Patient/Family Education
- Dialysis
- Innovative speaking devices for ventilator patients
Specialty Hospital Leadership
Joe Gordon, FACHE serves as president of Select Medical's long-term acute care hospitals. David Jarvis, M.D. serves as national medical director, and chairs Select Medical's national medical advisory board.