Tyler ContinueCARE Hospital

Tyler Continuecare Hospital is a long-term acute care Hospital (ltach) operating as a "Hospital within a Hospital" at christus mother frances Hospital in Tyler, Texas. Tyler Continuecare Hospital obtained a license to operate an acute care Hospital on may 14, 2004, and became certified as a long-term acute care Hospital on january 1, 2005. As an ltach, Tyler Continuecare Hospital provides an avenue of care for patients that require extended lengths of stay in an acute care setting. Typically, lengths of stay will average 25 days or longer. Conditions appropriate for treatment in an ltach include the following: medically complex respiratory disorders including tracheotomy, ventilator dependent cardiac/cardiovascular conditions, renal disease, oncology, and wound care. During the fiscal year ended june 30, 2022, Tyler Continuecare Hospital's total patients admitted were 467 and the total number of patient care days provided was 12,304. The average daily census was 33.7 patients and the average length of stay of the discharged patients exceeded 26 days.