Patients
People in need of acute care services due to pregnancy, illness, or injury who live in rural/frontier areas.
Services
Main campus hospital services:
Inpatient and outpatient acute care services and emergency services.
Emergency services are usually provided 24/7. On-call services will be available within 30 minutes. If the hospital is located in a rural frontier area, on-call services will be provided within 60 minutes.
Emergency services may be provided by a physician, physician assistant, nurse practitioner, or clinical nurse specialist with training or experience in emergency care.
Off-campus location services: Outpatient services.
Licensed staff routinely on-site
Physician extenders (i.e., advanced nurse practitioners or physician assistants) and nurses. Some facilities, but not all, routinely have physicians on-site.