Inpatient Services
About Inpatient Services
Community Hospital-Fairfax provides inpatient care for acute care, skilled care, intermediate care, obstetric, and surgery patients. Each level of care requires admission orders from a member of the Active Medical Staff. All admissions are reviewed by our Utilization Manager and the patient’s insurance carrier. All Medicare and Medicaid admissions are reviewed in accordance with Federal Regulations.
A patient may also be admitted as an observation patient if ordered by the family nurse practitioner or their physician. This service is to provide nursing observation, administration of needed medications, or follow-up testing to help determine a diagnosis. The patient must be discharged, transferred, or admitted to acute care within 24 hours.
Swingbed admissions should be prearranged with our Skilled Care Coordinator or Utilization Manager. A patient plan of care and discharge summary will be required before admission. A member of our Active Medical Staff must accept the transfer in advance.
Acute Care
Hours of Service: 24 hours/day, 365 days/year
Community Hospital Association provides inpatient care for acute care, skilled care, and intermediate care patients.
A patient may also be admitted as an observation patient if ordered by the family nurse practitioner or their physician. This service is to provide nursing observation, administration of needed medications, or follow up testing to help determine a diagnosis. The patient must be discharged, transferred, or admitted to acute care within 24 hours.
Swingbed admissions should be prearranged with our Skilled Care Coordinator or Utilization Manager. A patient plan of care and discharge summary will be required prior to admission.
The Swing Bed Program at Community Hospital-Fairfax benefits patients who need rehabilitation services or extended medical care. Patients who have had three days of acute care and will be under the care of an active member of our medical staff may qualify to receive short-term skilled care at CH-F. Admission criteria for the swing bed program include physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, nutritional services and IV therapy. Other services provided are skilled nursing, pharmacy and social services. This program enables patients to receive the care they need close to home, with their primary physician and familiar staff.
Skilled or Swing Bed Care
Swingbed admissions should be prearranged with our Skilled Care Coordinator or Utilization Manager. A patient plan of care and discharge summary will be required before admission. A member of our Active Medical Staff must accept the transfer in advance.
The Swing Bed Program at Community Hospital -Fairfax benefits patients who need rehabilitation services or extended medical care. Patients who have had three days of acute care and will be under the care of an active member of our medical staff may qualify to receive short-term skilled care at CH -F. Admission criteria for the swing bed program include physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, nutritional services and IV therapy. Other services provided are skilled nursing, pharmacy and social services. This program enables patients to receive the care they need close to home, with their primary physician and familiar staff. For more information, please contact us at (660) 686-2211.
What is Skilled Care?
The CH-F Skilled Care or Swing Bed Program is used for patients who still need a high level of nursing care, but not the same degree as an acute patient. An example might be someone who has been ill or injured that needs a long recovery time.
Skilled Care patients have an entire team of professionals working toward their recovery. The team creates a plan-of-care that is specific to the patients’ needs. As recovery continues, the skilled care team meets weekly evaluating progress and making changes to the plan if needed.
What is the difference between Skilled Care and Acute Care?
The ultimate goal of skilled care is rehabilitation. The Skilled Care team will be focused on easing you back into your day-to-day activities. That means visitors, hobbies and other comforts of home are encouraged.
Some more technical differences include a lesser room charge, fewer vital sign visits from nursing and lesser restrictions on length of stay.
If I have a procedure elsewhere. can I request to come back to CH-F for Skilled Care?
Yes! Have your care team contact your primary care physician to request Skilled Care at CH-F. If he or she has questions, call the hospital at (660) 686-2211.
Surgery
General Surgery
Hours of Service: Twice a month
Consultation and treatment for all general surgery. Patients of all ages are seen and many procedures are performed as outpatient surgery the same day as consult.
Ambulatory Surgery
Hours of Service: Mon-Fri 7:00 AM – 3:00 PM
The Doctor’s office needs to schedule with the surgery department at Extension 253 for this outpatient service.