Exeter Hospital

Exeter Hospital continued to improve the health of its community over the past year. In fiscal year 2022, Exeter Hospital served the community by providing care to 4,305 acute inpatients, 211,834 outpatient visits, 28,188 emergency room visits and 575 births. In 2022, Exeter Hospital supported its mission by providing $10,349,686 in community outreach, benefits and financial assistance to the community excluding $67,913,392 in uncovered Medicare and Medicaid expenses. Exeter Hospital supports health care access in its service area by offering a robust financial assistance program that covers the cost of 100% of care provided to area residents based on income and family size. (The full disclosure for the Hospital's fiscal year program service accomplishments is continued on Schedule O)In 2022, the charity care program helped people access the health system as Exeter Hospital incurred a cost of $379,913 to provide financial assistance. In addition we provide support to vital community programs like our Healthreach Diabetes and Paramedicine programs and for providing access to contracted mental health professionals in our emergency room. We also supported access to the health system and the development of healthy life styles through our community education programs and our financial support of important healthcare related community based not for profits. Exeter Hospital's acute care program provides acute inpatient and outpatient observation level care in our 99 staffed inpatient beds. Our inpatient services treat emergent, acute, elective surgical and palliative care patients. Approximately 73% of our admissions come from the emergency department. We offer inpatient acute services for medical and surgical diagnoses for adults as well as pediatric and obstetrical inpatient services. Exeter Hospital is fully accredited by DNV Healthcare, Inc. (an officially deemed Medicare and Medicaid Credentialing agency), and has three times earned the Magnet designation from the American Nurses Credentialing Center, which is the most prestigious distinction a healthcare organization can receive for nursing excellence and high quality patient care as well as many other service level specific national accreditations. Our practice model is guided by a series of collaborative Best Practice Committees that engage nurses and physicians in the development of the best possible evidence based care protocols. Exeter Hospital supports the safety of our patients and the efficiency of the care provided through the deployment of a 24/7 Hospitalist program that manages the majority of the medical needs of our patients during their admission. In our 10 bed ICU we also use an intensivist service to ensure that our most acute patients receive the most highly coordinated care possible, resulting in significantly lower than expected infection rates, ICU readmission rates and shorter ICU stays. For our patients at the end of their lives we ensure their safety and comfort through a physician led, highly coordinated palliative care program.Exeter Hospital's Surgical program provides a full range of both inpatient and outpatient surgical services for patients of all ages from across our service area. Available surgical specialties include; orthopedics, general, ENT, gynecological, urological, plastics, ophthalmologic and vascular. The Center for Cancer Care at Exeter Hospital provides cancer patients and their families with comprehensive inpatient and outpatient services. Accredited by the American College of Surgeon's Commission on Cancer with commendation, the Center provides area residents with a leading, comprehensive approach to cancer treatment. The Center offers medical oncology, radiation oncology, surgery, clinical trials, multidisciplinary clinics and integrative oncology services. The Center is proud to have a relationship with the Massachusetts General Physician Organization for the provision of medical and radiation oncology services to patients. The medical oncology service supports 13 treatment areas. This unique clinical collaboration brings radiation oncologists from the world's leading academic medical center to Exeter Hospital's Center for Cancer Care. This affiliation allows Exeter Hospital's Center for Cancer Care to offer state-of-the-art radiation therapy services to patients including: CT Simulation, Partial Breast Irradiation, Image Guided Radiation Therapy, Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy, and Breath Hold Technique for Breast Cancer Treatment and Linear Accelerator delivered treatments. The Center's affiliated surgeons work collaboratively with affiliated pathologists, the medical oncologists and with the radiation oncologists to develop the most comprehensive treatment plans for our patients.Exeter Hospital's Cardiology Department was awarded the Cardiac Cath Lab Accreditation with PCI by the American College of Cardiology offers acute cardiac care, heart catheterization, angioplasty, angiography, implanted cardioverter defibrillators, permanent pacemaker placement and a three phase cardiac rehabilitation program. Exeter Hospital's affiliated fellowship-trained interventional cardiologists and its cardiac team have received international recognitions for their ongoing successful use of emergency angioplasty and interventional cardiology procedures.