Whidbey Island Public Hospital District

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• General Acute Care Hospital

  Critical Access

  Hospitals

  Primary

  Definition to come.

  Taxonomy code 282NC0060X

• Emergency Medicine

  Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians

  An emergency physician focuses on the immediate decision making and action necessary to prevent death or any further disability both in the pre-hospital setting by directing emergency medical technicians and in the emergency department. The emergency physician provides immediate recognition, evaluation, care, stabilization and disposition of a generally diversified population of adult and pediatric patients in response to acute illness and injury.

  Taxonomy code 207P00000X

• Internal Medicine

  Sleep Medicine

  Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians

  An Internist who practices Sleep Medicine is certified in the subspecialty of sleep medicine and specializes in the clinical assessment, physiologic testing, diagnosis, management and prevention of sleep and circadian rhythm disorders. Sleep specialists treat patients of any age and use multidisciplinary approaches. Disorders managed by sleep specialists include, but are not limited to, sleep related breathing disorders, insomnia, hypersomnias, circadian rhythm sleep disorders, parasomnias and sleep related movement disorders.

  Taxonomy code 207RS0012X

• Clinic/Center

  Rural Health

  Ambulatory Health Care Facilities

  Definition to come...

  Taxonomy code 261QR1300X

• Medicare Defined Swing Bed Unit

  Hospital Units

  A unit of a hospital that has a Medicare provider agreement and has been granted approval from HCFA to provide post-hospital extended care services and be reimbursed as a swing-bed unit.

  Taxonomy code 275N00000X

• Ambulance

  Transportation Services

  An emergency vehicle used for transporting patients to a health care facility after injury or illness. Types of ambulances used in the United States include ground (surface) ambulance, rotor-wing (helicopter), and fixed-wing aircraft (airplane).

  Taxonomy code 341600000X