Midwest Medical Center

Midwest Medical Center owns and operates a 25-bed critical access hospital and leads in the delivery of healthcare services to its region with over 260 associates, including 35 physicians and two mid-level practitioners, which coordinate patient care as an integrated unit. The hospital and its associates work seamlessly to meet the needs of the communities they serve. The accomplishments which follow are attributable to the hospital and all of its departments as a whole. The hospital is a non-profit corporation providing healthcare and residential services in galena, Illinois and neighboring communities. All of these services are offered under the mission of the organization, which states that "Midwest Medical Center, including the galena-stauss senior care community, will provide to the members of the community caring, competent, and cost effective healthcare." In fiscal year 2019, the hospital provided 469 acute inpatient days, 1,942 swing bed days, 4,048 emergency room visits, 6,448 radiology ...

Midwest Medical Center also operates two physician clinics known as Midwest health clinic, one located in galena, il and one located in elizabeth, il. Patient visists in the clinic exceeded $15,000 in fiscal year 2019. The care provided in the Midwest health clinics are coordinated with the care of Midwest Medical Center's hospital in an effort to continue to provide low cost and high quality patient care for the residents of galena, Illinois, elizabeth, il and the surrounding areas. The health clinics operates as a provider-based rural health clinic to Midwest Medical Center's hospital and the practice is made up of four family practice physicians, an internal medicine physician, and two mid-level practitioners. Additional services are also provided in the clinic by outreach doctors that provide services on a limited basis in the areas of orthopedic surgery, general surgery, podiatry, otolaryngology, ophthalmology, and plastic surgery. The clinic providers also engage ...

Midwest Medical Center recognizes that the aging and disabled population of patients are often an underserved demographic of the population and to meet the healthcare needs of these patients the hospital operates the galena-stauss senior care community. This senior care campus provides senior care services through its 57-bed long-term care facility, an assisted living facility as well as adult day care services. The senior care campus provided 17,149 days of skilled nursing and intermediate nursing home care days in addition to the assisted living and adult day care services. The senior care campus offers skilled nursing to the residents and patients in both short term rehabilitation programs and long-term care resident programs. Some of the specialized care services offered include iv therapy, wound care, physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech therapy among many of the care programs provided. The senior care campus operates in conjunction with the Midwest Medical Center ...