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Hsc Medical Center |
| Address |
1001 Schneider Drive |
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Malvern |
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Arkansas |
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USA |
| Post Code |
72104 |
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501 332 1000 |
| Fax |
501 332 7395 |
| Email |
Info@hscmc.org |
| Website |
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Specialization Of Hsc Medical Center
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Obestetrician/Gynecologist |
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About Hsc Medical Center
** Mission Statement **
The mission of Hot Spring County (HSC) Medical Center is to serve our communities by providing quality and comprehensive healthcare services through professional excellence, compassion, respect and leadership.
** Vision Statement **
The vision of HSC Medical Center and its medical staff is to provide high quality healthcare services that meet the needs and expectations of our patients, their families and our communities so that HSC Medical Center will be their primary healthcare provider.
** Values **
HSC Medical Center has the following seven values:
* Honesty: To be honest and forthright in dealings with our fellow man.
* Integrity: To adhere to a high standard of moral and ethical values.
* Respect: To hold in high regard the right of others.
* Quality: To strive to do our best and help others to be their best.
* Human Caring: To place caring for each other as a priority in our lives.
* Commitment: To be determined to do our best each day to make our lives
worthwhile, by serving others through our training and dedication in the
health care profession.
* Ethics: To accomplish our daily tasks and promote a caring environment by
conforming to professional standards of conduct and setting high principles
as our guiding philosophy.
** "Hot Spring County Has a Choice!" **
Residents of Hot Spring County and surrounding areas have a choice when it comes to selecting a hospital for their healthcare needs. They can travel to the “big city” or they can stay close to home right here in Malvern and receive quality care at HSC Medical Center, which has served this community for over 80 years.
HSCMC offers 72 inpatient beds, most of which are private rooms, and includes intensive care, step-down, medical-surgical, mental health, hospice, and short stay. Other services available are emergency services, surgical services, outpatient services, home health, sleep lab, and wound care center. Inpatient, outpatient, and emergency visits numbered nearly 30,000 last year.
The emergency room is staffed with physician coverage 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Last year the ER recorded over 13,000 visits!
HSCMC’s PsycHealth unit is one of only a few mental health units in the state of Arkansas. The mental health unit houses 18 beds.
The acute hospice beds at HSCMC provide short-term hospice care. The beds are operated in partnership with Arkansas Hospice and Hospice Home Care.
The Outpatient Center offers 12 beds for both pre and post operative care for outpatient surgery patients, as well as injections, infusions, and blood transfusions. Also included in the Outpatient wing are the Physical Therapy department and the Wound Care Center.
HSCMC Home Care offers services in the home including nursing, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, and home health aide.
Among the other ancillary services available through the hospital are a full service laboratory that is both CLIA and COLA certified. The Radiology department includes state-of-the-art equipment including the latest MRI and 64-slice CT. Respiratory Therapy includes both respiratory and cardiopulmonary services. The Dietary department employs a dietitian to provide physician ordered dietary counseling. The Sleep Center is operated in collaboration with Coulter Sleep Labs.
Sheila Williams is the CEO of HSC Medical Center, with Donna Bunn serving as CFO and Dee Schall, RN, serving as CNO. Medical Staff officers include Dr. Ray Bollen, chief of staff; Dr. Absalom Tilley, vice chief of staff; and Dr. Dylan Thaxton, secretary-treasurer. HSC Medical Center is governed by a Board of Directors, which is chaired by Page Kutait. Current board members include Williams, Bollen, Exie Carroll, Teresa Howell, Fred Penny, Gary Burroughs, Kimball Davis, Becky Allen, Kathy Ramsey, Sandra Bailey, and Don Rash.
The HSC Medical Foundation continues to support the hospital with funds from grants, memorials, donations, and fund raising projects totaling over $600,000 since 2001. An Advisory Committee of twenty community leaders work together to plan the fundraisers. Teresa Howell serves as chairperson.
HSC Medical Center continues to sponsor successful annual community events with its HSCMC Health Fair in May, Children’s Health and Safety Fair in October and Malvern Senior Adult Center Health Fair in November. Other outreach programs include bi-monthly blood pressure and blood sugar testing at the Malvern Senior Adult Center, monthly blood pressure and blood sugar testing at the Grant County Senior Center, business and school health fairs upon request, and participation in other community events such as the Brickfest, County Fair, and Relay for Life.
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History Of Hsc Medical Center
** A Brief History **
In May 1923, the first hospital was organized for the people of Malvern and the surrounding area by three local doctors—Dr. E. H. McCray, Dr. W. G. Hodges, and Dr. E. J. Bramlitt. The hospital, located at Locust and Second Street, consisted of eight beds and one operating room, with one nurse in charge at all times. The institution was financed by the three physicians and The First Baptist church gave a linen shower for the opening of the hospital.
In 1929 a county wide hospital, County General Hospital, was opened on South Main Street. This hospital offered 23 beds and 16 bassinets. The Quorum Court appropriated $5,000 to equip the hospital. Mrs. Margaret Perry was the first RN and Superintendent of the hospital.
In May 1950, a new facility, Hot Spring County Memorial Hospital, was built on East Highland Street and dedicated to all the men from the county who had given their lives in World War II. The new hospital had 42 beds and cost $305,000, which included county funds and $95,600 in Federal Hill-Burton funds. Mrs. Stella Mae Engles was the RN and Superintendent.
A new wing was built and opened in 1959 adding 41 beds, two operating rooms and two delivery rooms. This brought the total number of hospital beds to 83. At that time the hospital employed eight RNs, 30 LPNs, and 37 aides. Horace H. Fisher was the first Board Chairman of the Hot Spring County Memorial Hospital.
In 1966, the hospital consisted of 14 medical doctors and employed 112 full-time staff members. James H. Moses was the administrator and Dr. C.F. Peters was the president of the medical staff. The average cost per patient day was $28.65, which was under the state average.
In June of 1979, the hospital moved from Highland Street to a new five million dollar facility on Schneider Drive. This building was the newest hospital in the state with all the latest equipment and supplies. The hospital housed 77 beds and was planned with patient care uppermost in the design. Southern Management Corporation, a hospital management firm, was in charge of administrating the hospital. Philip Robinson was the Administrator and George McClure, Sr., was Board Chairman.
The Professional building was added in 1982 to provide clinic space for several of the hospital physicians. In 1989, Radiology was expanded in order to house the CT scanner. A helipad was built at the rear of the hospital in the summer of 1992 to insure rapid transportation of patients to and from the hospital. Also in 1992, the Mental Health unit was added and in 1993, the Home Health building behind the hospital. A new wing was constructed in 1999 and included an inpatient rehabilitation unit, additional office space, new waiting room, and a board room.
In recent years, a wound center, a sleep lab, an outpatient center, and a hospice unit have been opened, while the inpatient rehabilitation unit closed. Most of the patient rooms have been converted to private rooms with the hospital housing six ICU beds, eight step-down beds, four semi-private beds on med/surg, 24 private rooms on med/surg, and 18 mental health beds. Equipment upgrades have been acquired when necessary, including a new MRI machine in 2004 and a state-of-the-art 64 slice CT scanner in 2007.
HSC Medical Center is a private, not-for-profit hospital classified as a 501(c)3 corporation and has not received any tax support until recently when a half-cent county sales tax was passed. Those funds will become available in March 2009. The hospital is governed by a Board of Directors whose chairman is Page Kutait. Sheila Williams, CEO, directs the day to day operation of the hospital.
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