Kindred Hospital - Albuquerque

Details

Name :

Kindred Hospital - Albuquerque

Address  :

700 High Street Ne

Town  :

Albuquerque

State  :

New Mexico

Country  :

USA

Post Code:

87102

Phone  :

505 242 4444

Fax  :

505 842 5641

Web URL  :


Description

Kindred Hospital Albuquerque is a 61bed Joint Commissionaccredited longterm acute care hospital including six intensive care unit beds and two medicalsurgical units

Our focus is on acute patients requiring longerthanaverage length of stay Our services include ventilator weaning pre and postoperative complex wound care a traumatic brain injury program with coma stimulation medically complexmultisystem failure management morbid obesity management inpatient pulmonary rehabilitation and spinal cord injury management

Our Mission
Kindred Healthcares mission is to promote healing provide hope preserve dignity and produce value for each patient resident family member customer employee and shareholder we serve

The Value We Provide
Kindred Hospitals provide aggressive specialized interdisciplinary care to medically complex patients who require extended recovery time

offer care to patients who are seriously ill with multiple medical problems
Many require ventilator management and weaning pulmonary care extensive
wound care or dialysis among other clinical services

provide care through an interdisciplinary team of physicians and clinicians
who meet at least weekly to implement individualized treatment plans and
protocols to achieve positive clinical outcomes

are staffed and equipped to rapidly respond to changes in medical condition

provide a caring and respectful hospital environment for all patients and
families who require hope healing and recovery
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