REGIONAL WEST MEDICAL CENTER

Rwmc operates provider based clinics onsite as an extension of the hospital care and an enhancement of the care provided through affiliated organizations. The clinics operated by rwmc include spine center, wound clinic, sleep lab, heart center, infusions center, anti-coagulation, chemotherapy, and community health immunization clinics. The community health clinic operates alongside scottsbluff county in providing county nursing services. The clinic also provides a community immunization clinic as a part of the county health nurse services.

Other program services of rwmc include the school of nursing, which is operated in partnership with western nebraska community college (wncc), and unmc. Some of the other programs include the overhead departments of rwmc: facilities management, bio-medical, security, housekeeping, linen, purchasing, registration, coding, information and technology services, patient financial services, finance, case management, quality, human resources, administration, marketing, project management, education and outreach services. The education department services not only the employees of rwmc and affiliated organizations, but also provides ongoing training and education for regional health care professionals, volunteers, students and the community through cpr, atls, pals, and nrp classes in partnership with area emt's, wncc, and schoools. Through the outreach services department rwmc has network affiliations with five critical access hospitals (cahs) within its service region. Rwmc provided needed management expertise and certain medical support services including pharmacy, occupational therapy, blood processing & collection, and laboratory management services through contract agreements with the cahs. The continued operation and success of the cahs is crucial to minimize the distance and time patients would have to travel for medical care. Services to cahs are provided at or below operating costs to rwmc.