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About Greenview Regional Hospital
Greenview Regional Hospital is a 211bed medicalsurgical facility that has served south central Kentucky for more than 32 years Greenview provides an extensive range of diagnostic therapeutic emergency and surgical services Accredited by the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations Greenview Regional Hospital has a medical staff of more than 300 physicians Greenview has proven to be a health care leader in the region

Our Vision
With the many changes and advancements at Greenview one constant remains a top priority our commitment to patient safety Greenview was one of the early HCA hospitals nationwide to implement eMAR or electronic medication administration record eMAR is a wireless recordkeeping system that documents medications prescribed and administered during the patients stay in the hospital eMAR greatly reduces the chance for medication errors and is an effective way to ensure that the right patient is receiving the right medication in the right dosage at the right time

In 2010 Greenview Regional Hospital a leading orthopaedic facility in Kentucky obtained the HANA Hip and Knee Arthroplasty Table the only surgical table designed exclusively for the anterior approach to Hip and Knee Arthroplasty Greenview was one of the first hospitals in southern Kentucky to use the HANA table The Anterior Approach surgery procedure is a technique that minimizes the pain and time from surgery to recovery The Anterior Approach allows the surgeon to reach the hip joint from the front of the hip as opposed to the lateral side or the posterior back approach

Greenview Regional Hospital is now allowing patients to get a better estimate of how long it will take to receive care in nonemergency situations

The new program instituted in 2010 allows patients to receive an estimated wait time through the internet text message or special signage

The technology has already been tested at several HCA hospitals in Florida and Tennessee The wait times are tracked using a system in the ER that transfers data to an RSS feed that automatically updates and displays the wait times online at Greenview Regional Hospitals website

People with a text message feature on their cell phones can text ER to 23000 and receive a text back with the wait time for the hospital closest to them

Greenview uses a rolling four hour average and is updated every 30 minutes

HCA defines the wait time as the time between entering the ER and beginning the medical screening examination from a qualified medical professional either a physician a physician assistant or a nurse practitioner HCA adds that patients are seen in priority order based on the type and severity of their medical problem

There is a relatively new trend among many hospitals including Greenview Regional Hospital in Bowling Green to turn over the care of inhospital patients to specialty doctors called hospitalists freeing primary care physicians to see more patients in their offices

quotLots of studies show that when you have hospitalists on site continuity of care is better patient outcome is better and the primary care physicians can focus on their own clinics which allows better access to those doctorsquot said Mark Marsh CEO of Greenview Regional Hospital

quotWhat we do is take care of patients in the hospitals onlyquot said Dr Darren Fentress who has been a hospitalist at Greenview since 2008 quotIts been found that it brings down the cost of hospitalization in part because this is what we do and we can get the patients out of the hospital as soon as possiblequot Currently Greenviews hospitalists see patients for more than fifty physicians from throughout southern Kentucky

Greenview hired its first two hospitalists in 2007 and has been supporting the program ever since Current hospitalists are Drs Fentress and Marty Casebier The newest addition to the team Bowling Green native Dr Sarah Chou began work in 2010

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History

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Our History
Both old and new big and small there are many views of the countryside surrounding Bowling Green Kentucky The rich texture of our history can be felt behind the polished face of high technology in schools businesses institutions and homes throughout the region There is no better realization of this areas composite mix of high personal values and professional expertise than Greenview Regional Hospitals facility and staff Approximately 140 affiliated physicians administer more than thirty medical and surgical specialties

Open in September 1972 with a 175bed capacity Greenview was one of the earliest Hospital Corporation of America HCA facilities In the ensuing decades the facility has established a pattern of effective service and constant growth Continuing admission pressures created several major expansion projects The first in 1981 increased the size of the Outpatient Department and other ancillary services The next expansion in 1982 added a fifth floor and brought bed capacity to 211

Leading the expanded application of medical technology at Greenview in 1983 a 13 million fullbody CT scanner was installed at The Imaging Center The middle of the decade proved to be a time of great increases in the number and scope of services available at Greenview Opened in 1985 the Cardiovascular Catheterization Laboratory began providing an alternative to surgical exploration analysis and treatment of the heart and associated circulatory vessels The Emergency Department was added providing fullservice immediate access to all emergency services Also in 1985 the Same Day Surgery Center was built giving the hospital a total of 10 surgical suites for both outand inpatient services The suites handle general surgery thoracic vascular orthopaedic neurological gynecological urological ophthalmic and ENT surgeries

An investment of 37 million in 1990 allowed another expansion of The Imaging Center Emergency Department and the Physical Therapy Department That same year the hospital began offering Magnetic Resonance Imaging MRI services and added new technology through the urological laser lasertripsy

In 1991 Lithotripsy services were introduced in the Stone Treatment Center and a Cardiac Program which included construction of a dedicated Cardiac Catheterization Lab was also introduced A new EmergencyOutpatient Department opened in August 1991 The Sleep Disorders Center also opened in 1991 The Center identifies diagnoses and recommends treatment for such sleeprelated breathing disorders as sleep apnea insomnia narcolepsy oxygenation problems and nocturnal myoclonus Our medical staff physicians offer specific counsel in the areas of neurology otolaryngology ENT and pulmonology

The year 1996 began with the installation of a new ultra fast computed tomography slip ring scanner which greatly speeds up and adds to the range of diagnostic imaging procedures

A number of new services were introduced in 1997 Dual Energy Xray Absorptiometry DEXA a clinical densitometer for measuring bone density Neoprobe reg 1000 helps surgeons find the first place in the lymph system which a patients cancer may have spread The Sarah Cannon Cancer Center offers the latest in researchbased treatment Brachytherapy prostate cancer treatment which can eliminate more invasive surgery by the use of radioactive seeds or pellets implanted directly into the prostate gland to treat cancer

In the late 1990s Greenview continued to lead the way in updating technology and treatment in the region A Bowling Green ophthalmologist performed the first intraocular bifocal lens implant in Warren county at Greenview We were the first hospital between Louisville and Nashville to use the Excimer laser in performing Photo Refractive Keratotomy PRK A Special procedures area in the Diagnostic Imaging Center allowed angiograms and interventional vascular procedures to be performed The Mammotome Breast Biopsy System which inserts a thin computer guided needle to remove tissue specimens with little discomfort was introduced in 1998 Greenview was the first hospital in the region to utilize the Indigo Laser Optic Treatment System for men with enlarged prostates that are benign

Entering the new millennium the H2U Chapter celebrated the opening of its own center complete with hardwood floors for aerobics and line dancing activities Greenview launched a new web site GreenviewHospitalcom featuring thousands of pages of health information job opportunities local news and community events Also that year a dry Lithotripsy table was installed for treatment of kidney stones The Storx reg table uses little water allowing patients quicker access to Lithotripsy A 1 million Cardiac Catheterization Lab was added offering sharper images and state of the art treatment

In 2001 Greenview opened its 42000 square foot Physicians Specialty Center The Physicians Specialty Center is the home to a variety of physicians offices including family practice internal medicine surgery cardiology urology gastroenterology neurosurgery and hematology offering easy access for both patients and physicians to hospitalbased services The atrium of the Physicians Specialty Center was renovated to serve as our Outpatient Registration Waiting Area complete with a canopied dropoff and pick up area and a private registration area

Greenview has a stateoftheart 64slice CT Imaging System from GEreg Medical Systems offering patients the worlds finest CT technology The GEreg Lightspeed is so advanced it produces the clearest CT images at a rate four times faster than previous CT scanners This means an easier more comfortable CT exam measured in seconds rather than minutes RadioFrequency Ablation is available to Greenview patients RadioFrequency Ablation or RFA is a thin probe used to create heat in a specific location to kill cancer cells The patient is sedated for the procedure but afterwards he or she feels little or no pain and only a mark that can be compared to a mosquito bite

Patients treated at Greenview Emergency Services Department can count on experienced physicians nurses and techs for quality individual care delivered with compassion and respect Greenview was the first area hospital to offer bedside registration reducing wait times As part of the TriStar family of hospitals Greenview is part of the areas only Chest Pain Network employing a Chest Pain protocol that ensures faster better treatment for potential heart attacks including cardiac catheterization coronary angioplasty and stenting Greenview also features an advanced stroke prevention and treatment program an AfterHours Clinic where patients can meet their family physician and an Infusion Clinic to meet a variety of needs All of these advancements result in greater efficiencies meaning reduced wait times for our patients

Through advancements in technology our Surgical Services Department provides quality for patients and ensures they return to their normal routines as quickly as possible Greenview introduced south central Kentucky to capsule endoscopy an innovative way of viewing the small intestines using a tiny camera inside a harmless pill This noninvasive procedure enables physicians to examine the small intestine for early detection and diagnosis of diseases of the gastrointestinal tract while enabling the patient to go about his or her normal daily activities The StealthStationreg treatment guidance system offers revolutionary next generation 3D imaging technology to guide surgeons through complicated operative procedures including neurological spinal orthopaedic and earsnosethroat surgeries As a result patients may have significantly shortened operating times reduced surgical invasiveness and faster recoveries