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Show THE SAN JUAN RECORD Wedm-.sd.n- . May 21, 200.4 - 7 fig. San Juan Hospital performance measures In-pati- admissions ent Procedures Emergency Room visits 66,893 979 2.063 by Two Bill statements from the May 12 meeting of the San Juan County Commission have caused much thought. One was by San Juan Health Care Service District Board Member Grant Imel. who, after a presentation and three hours of discussion on the proposed Blue Mountain Hospital in Blanding, said One entity (Blue Mountain Hospital) has facts versus presumptions of failure and not one fact. The other was by Amad Razaghi, CEO of Blue Mountain Hospital. Razaghi told Commissioner Ty Lewis that Lewis had the luxury of making assumptions but that he was "tied to the facts. With an interest in providing accurate, correct, and current information, I looked into some of the assertions made by Blue Mountain Hospital. The information I obtained is readily available. It was correctly stated that 77 percent ofSan Juan County Boyle residents live in tin Blanding area or south. This is from the 2000 Census. From this, Blue Mountain Hospital assumes that San Juan Hospital cannot meet patient needs because of its location. They also assert that Blue Mountain Hospital can serve a population that San Juan Hospital is not reaching. 459 2002 2000 213 21,358 1 ,210 2000 increase 1 70 2002 2000 increase 313 2002 increase Source' San Juan Hospital sort that San Juan Hospital is its, and total procedure's have just scratching the surface in grown between 2000 and 2002. However, San Juan Hospital San Juan Health Service meeting the patient demand. patient admission records for Razaghi told commissioners District showed a $1.6 million 2002 show that 76 percent of that 70 percent of the patient loss in 2000 and $1 million net San Juan Hospital patients demand is not being met. income in 2002. from San Juan County live in The realities are that using Those figures came from two the Blanding area or south. statistical databases, the Utah figure's from 2002 are much The reality is that San Juan State Department of Health cl eise r to an accurate view of and the National Center of the marked conelition than usHospital patient demographics Health Statistics. closely mirror the demographing figure's from 2000. ics of county residents. In addition, if the Blue Patient information from With 76 percent of the San San Juan Hospital from the Mountain Ihispital business Juan Hospital patient base in year 2000 was used to show plan is baseel upon San Juan Blanding or south, it is clear that the hospital met just 62 Hospitals figures in 2000. the that the existing hospital percent of the anticipated pa- 2002 figure's that San would be devastated by the tient demand in one case and Juan Ihispital will have a construction and opening of a 28 percent in the other for a impact on Blue Mounnew hospital in Blanding. of tain Ihispital. 14,000 residents. population Blue Mountain Hospital also Once again. Blue Mountain If inpatiemt admissions are asto information the basis of the Blue Mountain presented Hospital uses this information to assert that San Juan Hospital is not meeting patient demand and to assert that Blue Mountain Hospital could serve a population that San Juan Hospital is not reaching Razaghi stated that there was room for Blue Mountain Hospital to meet an additional 55 to 60 percent of the demand without having an impact on elev-astatin- g Ihispital figure from 2)00. theise same figure's won lei show that San Juan Hospital met percent of demand in 2002 continue 6 view with, incredulity the assertions made by Blue Mountain Hospital that San Juan Hos pital will not lie affected by a new ties I tei pital in Blanding. The nho assert, with questionable logic that the ne Real Mesa ( lime will not impact t hear plan The fae ts seem tei shoes that theme continue." to be limted capacity for a seeon.el hospital m San Juan County. And it . make's me wonder ll Blue Mountain Hospital is U'ing information to ."imply supper! their plan ratlwr than t trills unelerstand market realitn" San Juan Hospital. More current hospital infor- mation may provide some insight into this situation. Tin truth is that there has been a dramatic increase in production at San Juan Hospital. Refer to the chart above to see how much inpatient missions, emergency room vis ad- Our new low cost Broadcast Basic Service offers the simple basics for just S9 95mo Standard Cable is now just S24 9Smo and includes popular networks FX, Fox Sports Rocky Mountain, Disney, Fox News, ESPN & TNT Watch different programs in different rooms without buying extra equipment No equipment to buy1 No credit check' Low cost Digital Value Packages ($29 9Smo S74 95mio)' iN DEMAND Pay Per View, offering top box office hit movies and special events 30 channels of commercial free Digital Music More Hollywood movies with up to 26 different premium channels like HB0, Showtime and Stan1 Over 1 SO- total video and music channels available I 1H INSTALLATION ld Percent of patient demand met by San Juan Hospital in Percent of patient demand met by San Juan Hospital in 2000. 2002. Source: Blue Mountain Hospital 1 Source: 2002 Hospital data |