Types of Patients We Serve

The Specialty Hospital of Washington - Hadley serves adult patients who still require close monitoring, observation and who require a high level of care including invasive forms of assessment, management, monitoring, and therapy longer than the traditional Short-Term Acute Care Hospital lengths of stay (traditionally, an average of 25 days – although this may vary specific to the patient). Conditions for which admission to SHW - Hadley should be considered include:

• Ventilated Patients—Possibility/Probability of weaning - underlying disease process may vary
  
• Trauma—Critical stabilization completed but requiring continued acute care (orthopedic, tongs, Halo)
  
• Extensive wound care—
  - Infected/complicated wounds
  - Wound Vacuum Assisted Closure (VAC)
  - Less extensive wounds but with additional medical
    needs requiring active treatment
  - Diabetic/vascular stasis ulcers
  - Post surgical fistulas
  - Dehiscence (failed wound closure) requiring
    open healing
  - Post flap surgery (3 or greater days Post op)
  
• Transplant patients (Patients awaiting transplants but too sick to be managed at lower level of care)
  
• Osteomyelitis (bone infection) on IV antibiotics
  
• Bacteremia (bacterial blood infection)
  
• Neutropenia (low white blood cell count) requiring special nutritional monitoring and buildup in preparation for chemotherapy