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Cheryl Burzynski Elected Vice President of Long Term Hospitals Association

Bay Special Care Hospital to be Renovated, Expanded to Private Rooms

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By: Dave Rogers

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Cheryl Burzynski, president, Bay Special Care Hospital.
 
Bay Special Care Hospital, a 31-bed facility on the West Campus of Bay Regional Medical Center.

Cheryl Burzynski, RN, president of Bay Special Care Hospital recently was elected vice president of the National Association of Long Term Hospitals (NALTH) Board of Directors.

She will be serving a two year term on the board of NALTH, a member-driven organization focusing on advocacy, education, research and networking.

Ms. Burzynski is a registered nurse and earned a master's degree in Nursing Administration from Saginaw Valley State University.

Bay Special Care Hospital, 3250 E. Midland Road, opened in June 1994 and is a 31-bed acute, long-term care hospital affiliated with Bay Regional Medical Center. The hospital is accredited by the Michigan Department of Community Health.

The hospital has more than 75 fulltime employees and has 80 physicians on staff.

She was the first employee of the hospital, hired as Director of Nursing and then moved into a dual role as Chief Operating Officer and later appointed President.

She worked more than seven years at Army and Veterans Administration hospitals in the 1970s and joined Bay Medical Center in 1980. She has been on the board of NALTH since 1996 and after a two year term as vice president will become president of the organization.

There are less than 400 long term acute care hospitals in the U.S, said Ms. Burzynski, noting "Bay City is very fortunate to have this level of care for its population."

Planning is underway for an expansion and renovation project later this year to convert the hospital to a private room facility versus predominately semi-private rooms at present, said Ms. Burzynski.


To be admitted the patient needs to be at a hospital level of care with conditions that require prolonged hospitalization. Most patients are Medicare patients.

Most patients come from Inpatient Hospital settings. Patients need a proposed 2-3 weeks of inpatient hospitalization to be accepted.

"We have 31 beds, with 7 private rooms and 12 semi-private rooms," said Ms. Burzynski. Current daily census averages 24 patients per day. Future goal would be expansion for private rooms.

"A key facet of our program at Bay Special Care Hospital is our team approach to patient care," she said. "We hold conferences regularly to assess and evaluate each patient's needs and progress. Clinicians involved in every aspect of the patient's care are present to coordinate and focus efforts. Case managers are RNs who provide insight into the patient's emotional, social, and financial needs. The results of this holistic approach are often amazing.

"We know how important family relationships are to the patient's recovery. Family Conferences can be held where families are invited to participate, not just listen. Valuable insight and information are exchanged and the patient plan of care is enhanced. Families are very much involved in the treatment and progress of the patient.

"Specialized therapy is often needed to improve patients who need aggressive, long term acute care. Physical, Speech, Recreational, and Occupational Therapy are provided at the bedside, or in our Therapy gym. Therapy for those with swallowing disorders is also available."

Primary insurer is Medicare, but other insurances are negotiated individually. Most patients have multiple health conditions and often are debilitated and need some physical rehabilitation but patients could not tolerate inpatient rehabilitation requirements. All patients are individually screened to meet stringent criteria as required for admission by Medicare or other insurers.

The major treatment areas include sepsis/serious infections, complex wound care, cardiac conditions/heart failure, cancer, pneumonia.

Specialty programs at the hospital include telemetry/heart monitoring, pain Management/complex, cancer treatment including chemotherapy and on-site radiation, bedside dialysis, complex respiratory care, orthopedics including traction and physical rehabilitation.

Ninety one percent of patients come from Bay Regional Medical Center, and the rest from other hospitals while physician offices may make direct admissions upon approval.

All patients must be screened prior to approval for admission to meet stringent Government and Insurance Guidelines, said Ms. Burzynski. A patient can be directly admitted from the emergency department or doctor's office, while nursing home admissions are pre-approved by calling Case Management at Bay Special Care Hospital, 667-6828.

Discharge destinations in 2007 included: home, 51 percent; transfer to other hospital, 12 percent; nursing home, 23 percent; Hospice/Brian's House-4 percent; expired, 9 percent; other, 1 percent.

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Dave Rogers is a former editorial writer for the Bay City Times and a widely read,
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