Program areas at Bath Community Hospital
Bath Community Hospital operates a 25-bed critical access Hospital, twenty-four-hour emergency services, primary care, and a select range of diagnostic services, rehabilitative services, and specialty clinics. In addition, Bath Community Hospital holds various events, free of charge, throughout the year that benefit the health and wellness of the Community. In 2022, Bath county Community Hospital (bcch) had total admissions of 214 with total inpatient days of 1,490, which includes swing beds. Bcch also had 2,844 emergency department visits and 11,519 Hospital outpatient visits. Outpatient clinic visits totaled 21,975, of which, 5,152 were in hot springs, 13,077 in covington, 1,275 in millboro, and behavioral health services which included 2,471 clinic visits. Bcch served a total of 125 patients through its charity care/financial assistance program, 119 through the Hospital and 6 through the clinics.bath county Community Hospital (bcch) provides free health care services through clinics, health fairs, and other organized events. Benefits include health education on diabetes, pulmonary and respiratory encounters, and blood pressure screenings. Bcch partners with the largest employer in the area to provide a free annual Community health fair that provides flu and covid-19 vaccinations, cholesterol & blood sugar panels, and prostate tests. Educational handouts and on-site blood pressure checks are provided by the Hospital staff's participation in organized activities Community wide. Examples include free sports physicals in area high schools, food bank distribution in alleghany and Bath counties, and local law enforcement's annual "night out against crime." Bcch partners with, collaborates with, and supports those organizations that share the same mission of improving the health and wellness of the Community. Bcch partners and supports many Community agencies in a joint mission to improve health and wellness, particularly those needs that surfaced through the Community health needs assessment (chna). Some organizations include Bath, highland, alleghany/covington public schools; law enforcement, safehome systems, inc.; unite va; Community action for positive prevention (capp); live well alleghany highlands; rockbridge area Community services (racs); valley program for aging services (vpas); Virginia department of health and regional districts to include central shenandoah, and roanoke alleghany; augusta health's every woman's health (ewh); and newly formed Community foundation for rockbridge, Bath, and alleghany.