Collin County Living Well Magazine Winter 2013 | Page 5

When do patients need our type
of specialty hospital?
VULNERABILITY IS A POWERFUL MOTIVATOR.

OUR SPECIALTY HOSPITALS CAN HELP.

It demands compassion, attention and action. You may never have
seen your loved one as vulnerable as he or she is right now. Your
loved one may have experienced one setback after another – ventilators, wounds, infections or organ failure. But they are still fighting
and that means there is still hope.

Our treatment teams specialize in caring for patients who have
complex medical conditions and are not ready to be on their own.
These are the few patients who need more time and more attention.
They need specialized physician and nursing care. We use a team
approach that combines advanced and traditional therapies. We
offer the attentive, compassionate care that your loved one needs
most during this vulnerable time. Our smaller setting provides the
kind of focused, extended care that sets Select Medical’s specialty
hospitals apart.

The traditional hospital may have stabilized your loved one. They
may have provided excellent care that has helped your loved one
survive. However, improvement has been slow and your loved one
needs more time and additional care.

About Our Hospitals
Select Medical’s specialty hospitals are long-term acute care hospitals (LTACHs)
that operate under the names Select Specialty and Regency Hospitals. Our hospitals are state licensed, Medicare-certified and accredited by the Joint Commission.
In addition, our clinical practice is guided by more than 200 local medical directors and chief nursing officers, all of whom are educated on rigorous protocols
approved by Select Medical’s National Medical Advisory Board. Chaired by Select
Medical’s national medical director – pulmonologist and critical care specialist, Dr.
David Jarvis – the board consists of more than 15 leading physicians and clinical
specialists. Together, the board and local hospital leadership help our treatment
teams to recognize and use many of the most successful, evidence-based practices
and protocols available.

BETWEEN 2009 AND 2012,
MORE THAN 70 PERCENT OF
OUR PATIENTS SUCCESSFULLY PROGRESSED TO A LESS
INTENSE LEVEL OF CARE,
including their own homes.
Achieving results – and working
hard to deliver an exceptional
patient care experience – is all p