The Facts About

Upper Allegheny Health System:
making the road to
a shorter trip.
After your surgery or medical stay,
you have a choice in where you
go for short-term rehabilitation.
Only the rehabilitation center
at the pavilion combines the
physicians, nurses and therapists
from Bradford Regional Medical
Center with individualized care
plans for your recovery, in a newly
remodeled home-like setting.
the rehabilitation
center at the pavilion
• Provides a seamless transition
for patients needing further
exercise, therapy and life-skill
retraining after a medical or
surgical procedure.
• Expedites the healing process
to help patients return to
functional independence
more quickly.
• Creates customized care
plans to meet each patient’s
physical, cognitive, medical
and emotional needs.
• Offers dedicated exercise and
therapy facilities in a newly
renovated unit with modern
patient rooms.
Conveniently located
adjacent to the hospital.
call 814.362.8293
The Critical Care Unit (CCU) at Bradford
Regional Medical Center is currently undergoing
an extensive renovation. The project, planned
for completion in December 2011, is designed to
ease the flow of patients while increasing staff
efficiency and the overall safety of the facility.
Additionally, through the use of two-way video equipment,
patients in the unit will now receive direct access to intensivists at
Olean General Hospital. The new tele-intensivist program at Bradford
Regional Medical Center is designed to significantly enhance the
treatment and safety of critical care patients by providing them
with the highest level of care.
Intensivists are physicians who specialize in the care of critically
ill patients. Each intensivist at Olean General Hospital has completed
a primary residency and board certification in a specialty such as
emergency medicine, surgery, internal medicine or anesthesiology,
as well as a fellowship in critical care medicine.
OGH’s intensivists now have the capability to see patients at
Bradford Regional Medical Center via high-quality, two-way video
coordination. Intensivists can visualize and assess patients in
Bradford, and are available to directly speak with BRMC nurses,
physicians, patients and their families.
Research shows that critical care units managed by intensivists
experience a 40 percent reduction in mortality, as well as
significantly shorter lengths of stay for CCU patients. Fewer than
20 percent of hospitals in the United States have intensivists
directing their critical care units.
As part of the renovation, the CCU’s medication room will be
enlarged, and the nurses’ station will be completely redesigned.
The entire unit will be repainted, and flooring, lighting and
furniture will all be updated.
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