Brandon Regional Hospital

Brandon Regional Hospital has more than a 30-year tradition of expanding medical programs and services to meet the needs of the community. Today, the hospital is a 407-bed acute care facility offering a number of specialty services including the Heart & Vascular Center, where the latest in cardiovascular surgery and minimally invasive techniques are performed. The hospital was recently named a Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Distinction Cardiology Center for cardiac care and is accredited as a Chest Pain Center with Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI). In early January of 2009, we opened the Neuroscience Center, as part of our growing Spine Care Center program providing a new level of care for the community featuring treatments for brain and spinal tumors, epilepsy, spinal disorders and more. __________________________________________________ ADVANCED TECHNOLOGYBrandon Regional Hospital is now offering potential emergency room patients how long the wait is before they make the trip. Patients can text 23000 with the word ER in the text body to find out the wait time from their cell phone. Electronic Health Record (EHR) – With EHR, access to patient health information is simplified and patient safety and quality improved. Our hospitals have brought numerous clinical components for the EHR on-line through major investments in technology. Picture Archiving and Communications System (PACS) –The PACS system immediately digitizes images such as X-rays, and other scans including CT, MRI and PET, so they can be stored and electronically viewed on screens anywhere. This enables doctors and other health care professionals to access the images, even remotely, and to compare new images with previous images at the touch of a button. Electronic Medication Bar Coding System (eMAR) – We led a national effort to reduce medication errors by placing this system in all of our hospitals. Bar codes on medications are scanned at the patient's bedside, providing our clinical staff with an effective tool to ensure that the right patient receives the right medication at the right time through the right route. __________________________________________________ Accreditations and CertificationsACCREDITED HOSPITAL (JOINT COMMISSION) CERTIFIED ADVANCED PRIMARY STROKE CENTER (JOINT COMMISSION) BARIATRIC CENTER OF EXCELLENCE