Northwest Hospital Center

Name :

Northwest Hospital Center

Address  :

5401 Old Court Road

Town  :

Randallstown

State  :

Maryland

Country  :

USA

Post Code:

21133

Phone  :

410 521 2200

Web URL  :


Description

Northwest Hospital a community hospital located in Randallstown serves the health care needs of the northwest Baltimore area The inpatient units Friesen design places a nursing station outside each patients room to enable better care Northwest also leads in surgical innovation its outpatient services consistently deliver high patient satisfaction and its highly competent emergency department is one of the most utilized among all hospitals of its size

As a notforprofit community acute care hospital Northwest serves the populations of western Baltimore County suburban Baltimore City and Carroll and Howard Counties It was established in 1962 as Liberty Court Rehabilitation Center and in 1963 became Baltimore County General Hospital In June 1993 it changed its name to Northwest Hospital

The Hospital has 242 private inpatient beds that care for medical surgical behavioral health rehabilitative and hospice patients The Intensive Care Intermediate Care and Hospice Units are all new and stateoftheart In keeping with Northwest Hospitals philosophy of patientcentered care its facilities have been designed around the Friesen concept with nursing alcoves outside each patient room so nurses can spend more time with their patients The Friesendesign hospital functions differently from the traditional hospital in that it creates an environment conducive to direct patient care through smaller 20bed units elimination of nursing stations and placing supplies medications and charts in close proximity to patients

Northwest Hospitals outpatient programs encompass emergency and specialty services that offer the community medical care close to home from clinicians with advanced certifications and fellowship training The Outpatient Center at Northwest consistently ranks in the 90th plus percentile for customer service

Among its many prestigious accomplishments Northwest Hospital was awarded the CareScience Select Practice National Quality Leader Award for its dedication and achievement in enhancing the quality and efficiency of care delivered to patients
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