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Hospital Ribbon Cutting for Expanded ER

JACKSON, Tenn — Jackson-Madison County General Hospital officials held a formal ribbon-cutting for its remodeled and expanded Emergency Department entrance area this morning.

Jackson-Madison County General Hospital COO James Ross said “Jackson-Madison County General Hospital has remained committed to meeting the emergency needs of the residents of Jackson and West Tennessee since 1950,”

Ross told the crowd  the new patient entrance area is an example of the kinds of ongoing improvements that we make to provide the best possible patient care and respond effectively to the wide range of emergencies that we see every day,”

In a press release, the newly remodeled area will allow visitors more immediate access to Emergency Department registration and intake staff. The area also includes expanded patient triage space, 4 new triage rooms and dedicated areas for electrocardiogram (EKG) testing and laboratory specimen collection.

The 4 new triage rooms will offer Emergency Department patients greater privacy, and allow greater use of mid level practitioners and other qualified medical providers in initial patient assessments and ordering of diagnostic tests. The changes are intended to help speed the initial patient evaluation process and reduce the length of time required for Emergency Department visits.

According to hospital spokesperson Kay Cranford, the new triage rooms also allow the staff to isolate more quickly patients who enter the Emergency Department with a potentially infectious disease.

The remodeled area also includes a second waiting area to better accommodate patients during peak times such as the flu season, a waiting room for laboratory and x-ray patients, and a waiting room for general patients.

The Jackson-Madison County Emergency Department includes a satellite location at the Humboldt Medical Center which operates 24/7 to provide access to Emergency Care for those in North Jackson, Trenton, Humboldt and Medina areas. It is staffed by the same physician team as the Jackson location.

West Tennessee Healthcare also operates emergency departments at its acute care hospitals in Camden and Bolivar, and it operates urgent care centers at Trenton Medical Center and the LIFT Wellness Center.

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