North Canyon Medical Center (NCMC)

North Canyon Medical Center (ncmc) operates an 18-bed critical access hospital that provides services that include: acute care, swing bed care, diagnostic imaging, diabetic education, emergency care, laboratory services, rehabilitation services, respiratory therapy, addiction medicine, behavorial health, dermatology, sleep studies, orthopedics, spine, foot and ankle, hand and wrist, pain management, urolgy, general surgery, surgical services, and family medicine. Ncmc's surgical department performs surgical and endoscopic procedures. The hospital employs a spine surgeon, two orthopedic surgeons, a hand/wrist surgeon, a general surgeon, a podiatrist, a urologist, as well as welcoming visiting specialists. In 2022, the surgical department performed 1,721 cases.

Ncmc offers a full-service laboratory department staffed by a team of specialists who are committed to providing high-quality diagnostic services for health care providers and patients. The laboratory utilizes cutting- edge analyzers and equipment to ensure quality and accuracy. Laboratory staff is available 24 hours a day. Our laboratory performs the following areas of testing: hematology, clinical chemistry, immunoassay, serology, coagulation, molecular testing, microbiology, urinalysis, and blood bank. The lab performed and processed 135,156 tests in 2022.

North Canyon Medical Center's medical-surgical department handles acute care, swing bed care, observation, and post surgical care. Swing bed care is for those patients discharged from acute care but require additional skilled care. The hospital had 367 admissions in 2022, of which 52% were medicare. The average daily census for the year was 4.2. The acute average length of stay was 3.4 days.

Ncmc provides a wide range of healthcare services in technologically advanced facilities. Services include orthopedics, foot and ankle, hand and wrist, general surgery, pain management, urology, behavioral health, cardiology, dermatology, sleep studies, and rehabilitation services. Our rehabilitation services are provided by trained, licensed professionals who specialize in physical, occupational, and speech therapy. We provide inpatient and outpatient therapy at ncmc. Additional services provided by ncmc include laboratory services, diagnostic imaging, addiction medicine, nutrition services, a specialty clinic, family practice clinics, and wound care. Ncmc offers state of the art radiology equipment not normally found in a rural setting. Ncmc employs only certified radiologic technologists to perform exams, each having specialized training in the type of exam being given. Ncmc employs a radiologist who reads exams on site. Also, ncmc received donations from the tough enough to wear pink organization that was used to further breast cancer awareness by aiding in purchasing a new ultrasound. Ncmc provides care to persons covered by governmental programs at below cost and to individuals who are unable to pay. The unreimbursed value of providing care to these patients was 404,144 for charity care, 11,453,658 for medicare, 8,926,875 for medicaid, and 19,637,751 for other third party payors for the year.