Program areas at Stewart Memorial Community Hospital
Stewart Memorial Community Hospital is a 25 bed critical access Hospital that also operates 4 rural health clinics. Stewart Memorial employs 12 family practice providers, 1 behavioral health provider, 2 general surgeons and 2 crnas. Besides offering 24/7 emergency room services, Stewart Memorial also provides general radiology, ct scans, ultrasound, mobile mri, nuclear scans, laboratory, blood administration, cardiac rehabilitation, ekgs, respiratory therapy, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, operating room, pharmacy, infusions and obstetrics. During 2022, Stewart Memorial had 1,006 acute patient days, 2,328 emergency room visits, 1,410 operating room procedures and 35,923 clinic encounters.
The laboratory department provides inpatient, outpatient and emergency testing for patients of Stewart Memorial Community Hospital. It also provide services to the mccrary-rost clinic in lake city. Reagent and salary costs of personnel account for the majority of the department's expenses.
Stewart Memorial Community Hospital owns and operates rural health clinics in the communities of lake city, gowrie, lake view and rockwell city. We employ 15 providers which are composed of physicians, physician assistants and nurse practitioners, they provide medical professional services to members of these communities and surrounding areas in a designated health professional shortage area.
The operating and recovery rooms department provide general surgical and orthopedic procedures along with procedures for ent, cataract and podiatry. The supplies used in such procedures account for a large portion of expenses.