Mt. Grant General Hospital and Intermountain Healthcare Bring Critical Care to Mineral County
Starting November 2020, Hawthorne can now treat adult patients suffering from life threatening conditions through a new partnership with the Intermountain Telehealth Critical Care program.
The Intermountain TeleHealth Adult Critical Care Program was first developed to help rural hospitals safely retain patients with appropriate care processes and resources to care for higher acuity patients. After five years, and hundreds of thousands of patient interactions, Intermountain’s robust clinical service is staffed 24 hours a day/365 days a year by a team of Physicians, Advanced Practice Clinicians and Nurses.
Their clinical care team collaborates with Mt. Grant’s care team to keep patients at our facility whenever possible by providing consultations, daily rounding and offering guidance to our providers and nurses using advanced audiovisual equipment in each patient room. This program allows our patients and family members to stay close to home while receiving the best quality of care right here in our community.
“Our partnership provides a critical safety net and peace of mind to patients needing a higher level of care in Hawthorne—without the stress and expense of transferring patient to Reno,” says the Mt. Grant General administrator.
To learn more about Intermountain Healthcare visit intermountainhealthcare.org
Considered extension of an ER visit, under medical care and monitoring to determine if patient can be discharged or needs to be admitted to a higher level of care.
Usually lasts 24-48 hours. Requires doctor's orders.
Formal admission for treatment, usually requiring an overnight stay or longer. Must meet medical necessity to be covered by insurance.
Usually done when more complex care is needed. Requires doctor's orders.
Continued skilled nursing care for post-surgery, rehabilitative care after acute medical needs are met, but patient is not yet ready to return home. Requires a 3-day qualifying stay when patient has Medicare. Some insurances do not cover swing bed services. Patient's who reside in our community can be moved from another facility to ours for swing bed services, making them more comfortable, allowing for easier family visits.
Long Term Care beds are available at our facility for patients with chronic health conditions or disabilities, who require ongoing assistance with activities of daily life. Our social worker can be contacted for more information.
