North Mississippi
Medical Center, a 650-bed regional referral center in Tupelo,
was selected for the 2006 Malcom Baldrige National Quality Award, the
nation's highest Presidential honor for organizational performance. NMMC-Tupelo
holds the distinction of being the largest hospital in Mississippi and the
largest non-metropolitan hospital in America. The medical center serves more
than 650,000 people in 22 counties in north Mississippi, northwest Alabama
and portions of Tennessee.
Area residents have access
to a medical staff representing more than 45 medical specialties, as well as
centers of excellence in cancer treatment and research, neurology,
neurosurgery, cardiac surgery, cardiology, pulmonology, rehabilitation,
chemical dependency, and neonatal programs. In addition, the NMMC
Home Health and Hospice Agency serves patients throughout north Mississippi.
NMMC-Tupelo is designated as a
Level II trauma center by the Mississippi State Department of Health. To
receive this designation, facilities must offer a full range of trauma
capabilities, including an Emergency Department, a full service surgical
suite, intensive care unit and diagnostic imaging, as well as make a
commitment to consistently meet national guidelines or standards in caring
for trauma patients.
The NMMC hospitalist
program has been recognized by The American Journal of Medicine for
providing cost-efficient care to hospitalized patients. The program, which
began in 1997, employs several internal medicine physicians who work
together to provide daytime and nighttime coverage to hospitalized patients
who do not have a primary care physician, or whose primary care physicians
do not have hospital practices.
For more information on
services available through North Mississippi Medical Center, call (662) 377-3000 or 1-800-THE DESK (1-800-843-3375).
NMMC-Tupelo
830 South
Gloster Street
Tupelo, MS 38801
(662) 377-3000 or 1-800-THE DESK(1-800-843-3375)
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