Pasco Regional Medical Center

Description

Mission and Vision
OUR MISSION
A community oriented facility committed to identifying and exceeding your expectations of quality in a costeffective courteous manner

OUR VISION
Pasco Regional Medical Center strives to be a communityresponsive quality leader touching the lives of everyone we serve

OUR VALUES
Honesty
We communicate to our patients with sincerity and truthfulness

Exceptional Care
We believe that our patients expect and deserve no less than exceptional care and provide at all physical emotional and spiritual levels our commitment to the whole person

Attentiveness
We understand that health care can be intimidating Being attentive to and exceeding the expressed and unexpressed needs of those in our care is our priority

Listening
We listen attentively to our patients physicians and communities needs and create an emotional connection through teamwork

Integrity
We are committed to quotdoing the right thingquot and recognize that those we touch come from all walks of life and are deserving of the dignity and respect of others around them

Needs
We tend to our patients needs with realtime responsiveness Our interactions with those in our care will be conducted with the respect and care that we would expect for ourselves

Genuineness
We understand and hold sacred the lives entrusted to our care We know that trust is difficult to win but very easy to lose We will conduct ourselves in ways that earn trust at levels both in and out of the organization

History

History
On October 1 1973 a local Board of Directors opened Community General Hospital as a 64bed facility with a 5bed intensive care unit 8bed nursery and a 2room operating suite The hospital Board of Trustees consisted of Freeman Polk Moderator Charles Touchton Assistant Moderator Joe McClain William C Webb Henry Douglas Sallie Massey Dr Dwayn L Deal Dr HG Brownlee Dr William H Walters and Dr George Carver

In 1982 the parent company changed the hospitals name to Humana HospitalPasco and opened an additional 56 beds The hospital became part of the Columbia network of hospitals in September 1993 and changed the name to Dade City Hospital

In March 1998 Dade City Hospital changed its name to Pasco Community Hospital

Health Management Associates Inc HMA acquired the facility in September 2000 and renamed the hospital Pasco Regional Medical Center

Today we have 120 beds One North is a 43 bed adult medical surgical unit One South consists of 29 beds for women and children Two North located on the second floor is reserved for postoperative surgical care Our Intensive Care Unit consists of 12 beds and our 24hour Emergency Care Department is equipped with 10 rooms

Award winning Pasco Regional Medical Center PRMC is accredited by the Joint Commission and was named by Thomson as one of the Top 100 Hospitals in the Nation in 1997 and 2003 In addition PRMC is ranked among the Top Five Percent in the Nation for General Surgery and is rated a Five Star facility for General Surgery by HealthGrades in 2006 2007 and 2008