Organization: MARSHALL MEDICAL CENTER
Mission: TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF OUR COMMUNITY AND OFFER HEALTH SERVICES OF SUPERIOR VALUE AND QUALITY.
Activities: IN KEEPING WITH THE COMMITMENT TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF OUR COMMUNITY AND OFFER HEALTH SERVICES OF SUPERIOR VALUE AND QUALITY, THE FOLLOWING WILL BE CONSIDERED WHEN INDIVIDUALS WHO NEED HEALTH CARE CANNOT PAY:- PROVIDING FREE CARE AND/OR SUBSIDIZED CARE;- PROVIDING CARE TO PERSONS COVERED BY GOVERNMENTAL PROGRAMS AT BELOW COST; AND- PROVIDING HEALTH/WELLNESS ACTIVITIES AND COMMUNITY EDUCATION PROGRAMS.(CONTINUED IN SCHEDULE O)NOT ONLY DOES MARSHALL MEDICAL CENTER PROVIDE LOW-COST CARE TO INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS AND THOSE UNABLE TO AFFORD HEALTH CARE, BUT IT ALSO HELPS PATIENTS FIND AND ACCESS PRIVATE AND GOVERNMENTAL RESOURCES FOR HEALTH CARE BENEFITS. MARSHALL MEDICAL CENTER RECOGNIZES BELOW-COST REIMBURSEMENTS AS CHARITY AND UNCOMPENSATED CARE IN MEETING ITS MISSION TO THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. IN MARCH 2020, THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION DECLARED THE SPREAD OF CORONAVIRUS DISEASE (COVID-19) A WORLDWIDE PANDEMIC. STATE MANDATED SHUTDOWNS AND RESTRICTIONS WERE IMPOSED AS A RESULT, LEADING TO DECREASED PATIENT VOLUMES AND CURTAILING COMMUNITY BENEFIT ACTIVITIES DURING TAX YEAR 2019. INPATIENT SERVICES IN TAX YEAR 2019 WERE PROVIDED TO 4,956 PATIENTS. SOME EXAMPLES OF INPATIENT SERVICES INCLUDED:- 313 BABIES DELIVERED- 57 SPECIAL PROCEDURES PERFORMED- 157 CARDIAC CATHETERIZATIONS- 150,278 LABORATORY TESTS PERFORMED- 4,653 CT SCANS- 9,151 RADIOLOGY PROCEDURES PERFORMEDOUTPATIENT SERVICES IN TAX YEAR 2019 WERE PROVIDED TO 174,962 PATIENTS. SOME EXAMPLES FOR OUTPATIENT SERVICES INCLUDED:- 23,628 EMERGENCY ROOM VISITS- 1,561 OUTPATIENT SPECIAL PROCEDURES PERFORMED- 33,289 RADIOLOGY PROCEDURES PERFORMED- 499 CARDIAC CATHETERIZATIONS- 392,624 LABORATORY TESTS PERFORMED- 12,473 CT SCANS- 2,440 RURAL HEALTH CLINIC VISITS- 19,683 CARDIOLOGY CLINIC VISITS- 3,208 PULMONOLOGY CLINIC VISITS- 6,396 ONCOLOGY CLINIC VISITS- 7,687 OP INFUSION CLINIC VISITS- 2,228 RHEUMATOLOGY CLINIC VISITS- 16,533 PEDIATRIC CLINIC VISITS- 13,855 OB CLINICS VISITS- 10,080 CANCER PROGRAM CASES- 67,688 FAMILY PRACTICE CLINICS VISITS- 6,209 GASTROENTEROLOGY CLINIC VISITS- 2,325 ENT CLINIC VISITS- 3,093 HEARING CLINIC VISITS- 17,015 ORTHOPEDIC CLINIC VISITS- 8,252 SURGERY CLINIC VISITS- 5,629 UROLOGY CLINIC VISITS- 4,038 PSYCHIATRY CLINIC VISITS- 2,593 PODIATRY CLINIC VISITS- 3,613 HBO & WOUND CARE CLINIC VISITS- 22,649 HOSPITALISTS VISITS- 4,878 CARES CLINIC VISTS- 1,148 NEUROLOGY CLINIC VISITS- 1,848 SPECIALTY SERVICES VISITSMARSHALL MEDICAL CENTER RECOGNIZES IT HAS AN OBLIGATION TO PROVIDE SERVICES ABOVE AND BEYOND ITS ROLE AS A HEALING FACILITY. THE FOLLOWING COMMUNITY BENEFITS DEMONSTRATE THE TANGIBLE WAYS IN WHICH THE ORGANIZATION IS FULFILLING ITS MISSION:- BLOOD PRESSURE CLINICS;- FLU CLINICS;- VOLUNTEER PROGRAM;- FOR YOUR HEALTH (A COMMUNITY MAGAZINE);- CANCER RESOURCE CENTER;- PALLIATIVE CARE PROGRAM;- HOLIDAY FOOD DRIVE FOR VARIOUS FOOD BANKS;- SEXUAL ASSAULT RESPONSE TEAM PROGRAM;- COMMUNITY HEALTH LIBRARY;- CHILDBIRTH CLASSES;- CONGESTIVE HEART ACTIVE TELEPHONE TREATMENT PROGRAM;- SCHOLARSHIPS;- PHARMACEUTICAL TRIALS;- USE OF HOSPITAL CONFERENCE ROOMS FOR COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS;- SEMINARS AND SUPPORT GROUPS;- FREE TRAINING FOR PHARMACY STUDENTS, NURSING STUDENTS, LVN STUDENTS, AND OTHER HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS;- SMOKING CESSATION PROGRAM;- CONTRIBUTED TO THE COMMUNITY THROUGH VOLUNTEER SERVICE TO ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE;- LOW-COST MAMMOGRAPHY PROGRAM;- HELD NUMEROUS COMMUNITY HEALTH EDUCATION CLASSES;- MARSHALL MEDICAL CENTER'S CHAPLAIN PROVIDED 1,293 PATIENT VISITS, 275 PATIENT COUNSELING VISITS, AND CONDUCTED 1 MEMORIAL SERVICE;- ACCEL PROGRAM (LOCAL PROJECT TO COORDINATE THE SAFETY NETWORK FOR EL DORADO COUNTY);- ELECTRONIC HEALTH INFORMATION EXCHANGE;- PROVIDED FREE TRANSPORTATION TO PATIENTS UNABLE TO AFFORD TRANSPORTATION;- PROVIDED MEETING LOCATION FOR NUMEROUS SUPPORT GROUPS (MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID, STROKE EDUCATION AND SUPPORT AND MORE) AT NO CHARGE;- CLOTHES DRIVE TO ASSIST ER PATIENTS;- COMMUNITY SPONSORSHIPS INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, CENTER FOR VIOLENCE-FREE RELATIONSHIPS, SOROPTIMIST INTERNATIONAL, HANDS4HOPE, AND ROTARY CLUB OF EL DORADO HILLS; AND- ENCOURAGED EMPLOYEES TO PARTICIPATE IN VARIOUS COMMUNITY-BUILDING ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO EL DORADO COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORP, LEADERSHIP EL DORADO, EL DORADO UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT CAREER EDUCATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AND VARIOUS HEALTH ORGANIZATION BOARDS.
NTEE category: Health Care
Secondary category: Voluntary Health Associations & Medical Disciplines