About Our Hospital
Who We Serve
Our facility is licensed under Medicare as a long-term acute care hospital, providing care for critically ill and medically complex patients who require a longer acute care stay than a traditional hospital. There are several criteria patients must meet for admission eligibility.
Typical Patients:
- Require acute care services as determined by a physician assessment
- Cannot be treated effectively at a lower level of care
- Have multiple acute complexities that require daily intervention by a physician
Patients requiring the following medical services may also eligible for admission:
- Mechanical ventilation for respiratory failure
- Tracheotomy with respiratory insufficiency
- Exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
- IV and oral anticoagulation/therapeutic INR (international normalized ratio)
- Post cardiac surgery with acute care needs
- Complex medical conditions
- Long-term IV antibiotic therapy
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Heart Patient Discharged Home
Valentine Toss Sr., age 71, was admitted to Carolinas ContinueCARE Hospital at University from Atrium–Northeast with primary diagnoses of acute myocardial infarction treated by coronary artery bypass grafting and acute respiratory failure requiring ventilator support. [...]
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