Mountain West Medical Center

Mountain West Medical Center is a 44-bed hospital in Tooele, Utah,[1] with 38 active, 32 allied and 41 courtesy members of the Medical Staff.

Mountain West Medical Center
Map
Geography
Location2055 North Main Street, Tooele, Utah, United States
Coordinates40°34′00″N 112°17′50″W / 40.56667°N 112.29722°W / 40.56667; -112.29722
Organization
TypeGeneral
Services
Emergency departmentYes
Beds44
Links
Websitewww.mountainwestmc.com
ListsHospitals in Utah

This hospital is an Accredited Chest Pain, Stroke Receiving Facility, and Designated Trauma Center.[2]

Services offered include 24-hour Emergency Department; Med/Surg Unit; Intensive Care; Cardiology; Cardiopulmonary Services; Imaging Services with CT, MRI, X-Ray, Nuclear Medicine, Mammography, Ultrasound, QCT Bone Density; General Surgery, Laboratory, Obstetrics & Gynecology; Physical and Occupational Therapy; Orthopedics; Tele-Stroke, Tele-Neuro; Tele-NICU; Urology; and EMS.[3]

Their ER measures wait-time in real-time and pledges to patients that they will be seen by a professional in under 30 minutes.[4]

History

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In 1951, voters in Tooele County approved a bond for the construction of a county hospital, which was completed in 1953 on the south side of Tooele City and named the Tooele Valley Medical Center. "From 1953 to 1980 the center was managed by the county under the direction of an administrator."[5] Management of the hospital changed several times over the subsequent years.

In 2002 the old center was replaced by a newly constructed hospital on the north side of the city built by Community Health Care Systems, who by that time had purchased the old medical center and sold it to Rocky Mountain Care. The new hospital, called Mountain West Medical Center, opened in May 2002.[6]

In 2016 the hospital came under the management of Quorum Health Corporation as part of a hospital spinoff by Community Health Care Systems.[7] In 2019 the hospital became affiliated with the University of Utah Health, which made additional resources and services available to patients of the hospital.[8]

In 2020, Mountain West Medical Center made an alliance with the University of Utah Health Care in order to offer a wider range of services to the community.[9]

References

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  1. ^ "Mountain West Medical Center parent company begins restructuring", Tooele Transcript Bulletin, 9 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Mountain West Medical Center parent company begins restructuring."
  3. ^ "Services". Mountain West Medical Center. Retrieved 2024-09-06.
  4. ^ Anderson, Lisa (2021-03-11). "ER". Mountain West Medical Center. Retrieved 2024-09-06.
  5. ^ Ouida Blanthorn, A History of Tooele County in the Utah Centennial County History Series (Utah State Historical Society and Tooele County Commission, 1998), 208.
  6. ^ Stephan Speckman, "Tooele medical center ready to open in May," Deseret News, 7 March 2002.
  7. ^ "Community Health Systems Announces Plans to Spin off 38 Hospitals and Quorum Health Resources", BusinessWire, 3 August 2015.
  8. ^ "University of Utah Health Announces Affiliation with Mountain West Medical Center," University of Utah Health, press release, 3 October 2019.
  9. ^ "Affiliation with the Univeristy of Utah". Mountain West Medical Center. Retrieved 2024-09-06.