Diagnostics & Treatments

Cardiac Rehabilitation and Secondary Prevention Programs are designed to help facilitate recovery from heart attack, heart surgery, and/or other cardiovascular problems such as angina or heart failure.

This comprehensive program is customized for each individual patient, and is designed to help patients return to full and productive lives. The program emphasis is on improved quality of life achieved through lifestyle changes, including risk factor modifications, exercise, counseling and education involving patient and family for living a healthier life.

A physician’s referral is required for participation in the program. You are eligible for the program if you:

• Have heart disease, such as angina or heart failure
• Have had coronary bypass surgery, a balloon catheter procedure, such as PTCA, Stints, or heart.
• Have had a heart transplant.

Phases of Cardiac Rehabilitation:

Phase I: This phase begins in the hospital following a heart attack, heart surgery, or stable angina. Emphasis is placed on gradual progression of exercise in order to reach the highest level of mobility prior to leaving the hospital.

Phase II: This phase begins after hospital discharge and includes close observation with telemetry heart monitoring each session. An individual program is designed to increase each patient’s strength and endurance, while decreasing their risk for further cardiac complications. Patients meet three times per week for six to twelve weeks.

Phase III: This phase includes exercise with supervision and vital sign documentation at each session. This ongoing program may include individuals with a variety of diagnosis which meets two to three days per week.

The rehabilitation team includes a Medical Director, your doctor, specially trained registered nurses, an exercise physiologist, a registered dietician, and clinical pharmacists. Our staff is certified in both Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS).

• Cardiology Services Include:
• Holter arrhythmia monitors
• Cardiac Event Monitoring
• Pulse-ox overnight oxygen saturation monitoring
• Nuclear Perfusion Cardiac Stress Testing with and without pharmacological agent supervised by on staff physicians.
• We also offer Cardiology Outreach coverage in–house weekly with Cardiologists coming from Central Minnesota Heart Center and the St. Cloud Hospital.

For more information about Cardiac Rehab. and Cardiology Services, please call 320-321-8183 between 7:30AM-4:00PM, Monday – Friday.

The Dialysis department is managed by DaVita, Inc. The department is able to serve 18 patients three times per week. The dialysis unit is staffed by two licensed teammates and one technician. The dialysis unit also has a Dietitian, Social Worker, and an Administrative Assistant. Two Nephrologists support the dialysis unit. One Nephrologist is from Sioux Falls and the other Nephrologist is from Minneapolis. The dialysis unit is able to provide chronic and acute dialysis treatments. We currently serve patients within a 60 mile radius of Montevideo.

Our three-bed ICU can be utilized for coronary care and/or critical care. Our ICU staff is ACLS certified and updated regularly on new drug and procedure protocols. We have direct access to five cardiology and tertiary care centers.

CCMH has a hospital based Medicare Certified Home Care Agency. Home Care provides services which include: Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Speech Therapy, Nurse, Home Health Aid, Homemaker and Extended Care services. We service clients under a variety of payor sources. These payor sources include: medicare, waiver, commercial insurance, workman’s compensation, and private pay. If you would like further information, please contact our Home Care Office at 320-321-8506.

CCMH provides end of life care for seriously ill patients through a contracted Medicare Certified hospice program. Through the hospice program and under the direction of the patient's physician, patients are able to receive care from a team of professionals and volunteers, including on-call nursing services 24 hours per day, seven days per week. The hospice team is able to provide support and care to patients and loved ones, so patients can live as fully and comfortable as possible, wherever they reside.

CCMH has its own laboratory to help establish patient diagnoses, assess the effectiveness of treatments and monitor tolerance to prescribed drugs. The clinical lab team is supervised by pathologists specially trained to serve as consultants to physicians. It is operated 24 hours a day and is fully accredited by state and national agencies.

Lab staff includes certified medical technologists and medical laboratory technicians. Ordering and report generation is via a lab information system (LIS) computer. The lab offers annual cholesterol and glucose testing to the general public at reduced rates.

The hospital’s oncology department provides innovative as well as traditional approaches to cancer treatment. Nurses are trained and certified in oncology work with patients and their families to help them maintain their quality of life, and find the best way to live with and beyond cancer. The outpatient chemotherapy program is designed to allow cancer patients the ability to receive their care and treatments close to home.

Outpatient chemotherapy treatments are available Monday through Friday with flexible scheduling to meet the needs of the patient. A certified oncology nurse gives individualized care to the patient during the treatment course. Oncology Staff are skilled in giving care to patients both professionally and compassionately.

Oncology certified nurses, along with the pharmacists, work closely with the referring oncologist and the patient’s personal physician. The oncologist sees patients at our facility on a weekly basis.

Education regarding cancer-related issues is provided.

For more information about our chemotherapy and infusion services or oncology clinic, please call 320-321-8182 8:00AM- 4:30PM, Monday-Friday. The Oncology Infusion Center also provides injections and intravenous treatments for patients with other medical diagnosis. They work with local physicians and specialists appropriate to patient’s diagnosis.

The hospital includes three state of the art operating room suites and post-anesthesia units. We perform major surgical and upper and lower video endoscopic procedures.

The CCMH radiology department is staffed with highly skilled radiology technicians and specialists.

Our patient services include:

• Mammography
• Ultrasound
• CT scans
• Nuclear medicine
• MRI Bone Density

A radiologist is on-site for readings and procedures once each week, but we are also equipped with 24-hour teleradiology. Purchased in 2005, we have a Sieman's 6-slice scanner on-site.

A number of additional services are available. Our recent expanded facilities and growing staff make potential growth a reality.

Services now available include:

• Blood Bank
• Pastoral Care
• Electroencephalogram
• Organ Donation Program
• Orthopedics
• Pulmonary Rehabilitation
• Rehabilitation Center
• Respiratory Care
• Sports Medicine
• Telemetry
• Transitional Care