Hughston Hospital Inc

Programs: Hughston hospital's joint replacement center is dedicated specifically to the care of knee, hip and shoulder replacement patients. Patients are treated like special guests who are temporarily sidelined with a joint or orthopedic problem. The focus is on wellness and guest are active participants in a unique treatment model that begins at diagnosis in the surgeon's office and continues at the hughston hospital joint replacement center. Guests are provided as much information as possible and kept educated, motivated and involved. Hughston's joint replacement specialists, voted best surgeons for total joint replacement, offer the latest procedures and technology, including computer assisted surgical navigation, minimally invasive surgery and reverse total shoulder. These innovative techniques provide extraordinary outcomes and quicker recoveries for their patients.

awarded the joint commission's gold seal of approval for stroke rehabilitation, the rehabilitation center at hughston hospital offers the best possible rehabilitative care designed to serve individuals who have a need for acute inpatient rehabilitation. Hughston's rehabilitation center offers a variety of therapeutic treatments designed to get employees back to work, get physically active individuals playing again and get each patient to enjoying life. The therapy is administered in a home-like area aimed at restoring a patient's function related to daily living activities. The program includes family-centered care, around the clock visitation and rooming in. The goal of the program is to assist individuals in regaining their independence. The program features a highly structured environment and individual assistance by a multi-disciplinary team of professionals, all in a therapeutic, residentially focused setting. The rehabilitation is residentially focused where family members are encouraged to join them. For consideration, patients should be medically stable, have the potential to improve, and be physically able to start the program.

hughston hospital has always offered general surgical services in addition to the historical othropedic-trauma surgical services that dominated prior years. The closing of another general acute care hospital in this market provided the increased general surgery volumes experienced this year. General surgery should continue to grow as revenue producer following the opening of an emergency room at hughston in april of 2018.