Program areas at DMH
Outpatient services: dmh provides a full range of outpatient services (diagnostic tests and medical procedures not requiring an overnight stay). Dmh departments providing the most substantial services during the year included cardiology, laboratory, radiology, oncology, physical therapy, sleep disorders, surgery, geriatric and emergency medicine. During the fiscal year, patients made approximately 37,000 visits to dmh's emergency care center and received approximately 251,000 outpatient tests.
Inpatient services: with 280 beds currently in service, dmh provided 42,352 days of inpatient care during the fiscal year. Dmh's inpatients included the young (newborn infants in the level i or level ii nursery), the old (for example, persons receiving care through dmh's senior health and wellness center of excellence), and the in-between. Areas of inpatient service included general medical, surgery, orthopedics, cardiology, geriatrics, pediatrics, intensive care, dialysis, obstetrics and gynecology, nursery, long-term care, and telemetry monitoring. Inpatient care was provided by dmh's team of highly-qualified, talented staff (today numbering over 2,300 in all), including hospitalists, nurses, aides, dieticians, case management staff, social workers, and chaplains.
Professional services: as the employer of 63 physicians plus a complement of other providers (physician assistants and nurse practitioners), dmh offers a wide range of professional patient care at approximately 30 offices located throughout the service area. These sites include two "express care" locations offering care for cases that are time-sensitive but not life-threatening or emergent.