Company Profile
Summit Healthcare
Company Overview
Summit Healthcare Regional Medical Center is a private, not-for-profit organization in the beautiful White Mountains of Northeastern Arizona. As a regional medical center with 81 licensed beds, Summit responds to the health care needs of more than 90,000 permanent and seasonal residents living in a 3,000 square mile area. Our goal is quite simple - to provide patients with state-of-the-art health care close to home. Every year we take critical steps that ensure this goal by investing millions of dollars in equipment and technology and by attracting an outstanding physician staff representing a wide variety of physician specialties.
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ALWAYS GROWING TO MEET YOUR NEEDS
Over the past fifteen years, Summit Healthcare has added many new and vital services to better serve our communities. The early nineties witnessed the development of a new Emergency Department and the Governing Board approved the name change from Navapache Hospital to Navapache Regional Medical Center. It was felt that the new name better reflected the growth of the hospital and its ability to provide a wide range of services to the expanding White Mountain Communities. To ensure room for future growth and development, an additional 22 acres of property adjacent to the hospital campus was purchased. The community welcomed the opening of the Home Health Agency. In 1994, Norris Baldwin, then Governing Board Chairman, was named Brim Healthcare's Trustee of the Year from among more than 400 trustees nationwide.
In 1995, an expansion project began which included new waiting rooms, expansion of the Pharmacy, staff dining area, radiology, and the addition of a second Medical/Surgical nursing station bringing Summit Healthcare to a 54-bed facility. Later that year, there was the addition of complimentary and alternative medicine, including therapeutic touch, biofeedback, and holistic nursing classes. At the turn of the century and keeping up with the times, Summit Healthcare experienced significant technology changes in computerized imaging and scanning, the addition of a new Cardiac Catheterization Lab, tele-radiology, which allows images to be instantly sent to other medical facilities to assist in prompt diagnosis and treatment of illnesses, and a state of the art spiral CT Scanner which produced images of superior quality in a fraction of time compared to prior technology.
In 1995, a $13.6 million, 110,000 square foot building project included expansion and renovation of the Emergency Department, Radiology, Surgical Services, Laboratory, Oncology, Medical Records, as well as a new front entrance and admitting/waiting area for patients and visitors. This expansion brought Summit Healthcare to a licensed 61-bed facility. An additional operating room was added to Surgical Services, with private pre-op rooms allowing family members to visit privately with both the patient and the physician. The Radiology Department continued to expand its technology to include additional x-ray and mammography units, as well as offering ultrasound and bone density testing. A new MRI was in place by August 2000, allowing the hospital to provide such specialized services as MR angiography, stroke work-ups, and more specific orthopedic work. Laboratory services grew to include a convenient draw site just off the front lobby and an enlarged laboratory affording technicians an improved work environment. The former Community Outreach Center, now known as the East Campus, was built to house the Business Office, Accounting, Home Health, Physical Therapy, and Occupational Therapy departments.
In July 2005, a new Outpatient Imaging Center opened in Snowflake serving the Snowflake/Taylor area and providing a wide array of imaging services to include Ultrasound, CT Scanning, Mammography Screenings, Bone Scanning, EKG's and a blood drawing unit.
In 2006, a $30 million, 104,000 square foot major expansion project began driven by the growth of the community and the hospital. The project is providing a five-story patient bed tower with 81 private patient rooms, including a 12-bed ICU on the first floor, a 42 bed Medical/Surgical unit on the first and second floors and, an Obstetrical and Women's Health unit on the third and fourth floors. The fifth floor has been "shelled in" for future use. Commenting on the expansion plan, Neal Thompson said, "The project was originally designed for three floors with the option for two more. As the community continued to grow, the Governing Board and Administration decided to build all five stories to accommodate future needs." The design of the tower took into consideration patient's request for all private rooms, providing family the option of rooming together as "Care Partners". The Obstetrical and Women's Health unit will house an observation nursery, a proposed eight-bed Level II nursery, seven Labor and Delivery rooms, a two bed outpatient triage room, and twenty private rooms for couplet care and gynecological surgery patients. The proposed Level II Neonatal Intensive Care Nursery will have additional equipment and staff to handle newborns who have a potential for risk during delivery. Within the main hospital, the renovation and expansion of the original kitchen and dining area will better meet the needs of employees and the public. The new dining area will have a warm, relaxing, casual country dining atmosphere. The outdoor dining will be a calm and refreshing getaway for staff and patient's family members.
In January 2007, the "Community Clinic" located in Overgaard opened to provide family care for the Heber/Overgaard area. The clinic is open from 8-5 Monday through Friday.
In 2007, the medical center acquired a state-of-the-art CT imaging system from GE Healthcare. In commenting on this revolutionary imaging technology, Jones Cavanaugh, M.D., Chief of the Medical Staff, Board member and Radiologist said, "The LightSpeed® VCT is the world's first Volume Computed Tomography (VCT) system. With this system, our physicians will be able to capture images of a beating heart thereby eliminating in many cases the need for interventional catheterization. The "64 slice" CT Scanner is designed to scan an entire organ in one second and perform a whole body trauma scan in just ten seconds as compared to a full body scan which now takes over 30 minutes. This state-of-the-art equipment will assist physicians in obtaining the information they need to rapidly diagnose disease and life-threatening illnesses, including cardiovascular disease, stroke and chest pain. Clearly, this innovative scanning technology positions Summit Healthcare at the top of hospitals around the country having cutting-edge state of the art diagnostic equipment."
In June 2007, Navapache Regional Medical Center announced a name change to Summit Healthcare Regional Medical Center. In announcing the name change, Neal Thompson, Board Chairman, said, "This name change reflects the many positive changes and enhancements that have occurred at Navapache Regional Medical Center in recent years, are going on today and will be a vital part of healthcare delivery for northeastern Arizona under the banner of Summit Healthcare which will remain locally owned and managed."
Benefits
Direct Deposit
Payroll Deductions
Employee Medical Allowances
Employee Assistance Program
Employee Health Program
Education Development
Extended Illness Pay
Incentive Levels
Flexible Spending Accounts