Historic Midland

provides both a welcoming atmosphere to
patients and their visitors and easy access to
hospital staff. Westwood has three distinct parts:
the administration and retail area, the medical
office building, and the clinical hospital section.
The surgery area features a same-day surgery
unit as well as in-patient surgery, with the computer-monitored
intensive care unit on the same
floor.
The hospital’s third floor is dedicated to
patients with non-surgical needs.
Probably one of the most popular units in the
facility is the self-contained Birthplace, with
labor, delivery, recovery and post-partum care in
Two other additions to Westwood’s branch of
services are open craniotomies (brain surgery)
and cardiac diagnostic capabilities, both of
which will be in place before the printing of this
history. There are also plans to expand the facility’s
clerical capabilities in order to reduce the
burden of paperwork on the patient,
says Potter.
“The whole concept of Westwood is to look
at the demands for healthcare throughout the
community, for healthcare, reimbursement systems,
and the balance between them. We have
the infrastructure to be able to adapt to that very
rapidly.”
one room, equipped with comfortable chairs
and rockers, bassinets for the babies and
private bathrooms, all conveniently near the
nursing station.
As important as the building, though, are
Westwood’s innovative methods for providing
healthcare. In keeping with its concept of holistic
healthcare for the community, there are the
home visits to patients, and “Prompt Care”, a
24-hour on-site physician care option opened in
1996. Most recently in place is an independently-operated
specialty wound care center, sponsored
by Westwood, and devoted to the care of
hard-to-heal wounds, with the emphasis on a
multi-disciplinary approach to the problem on
an outpatient basis.
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