10 Things to Know About Pickens County Medical Center

Pickens County Medical Center in Carrollton, Ala., is an acute-care hospital and a member of DCH Health System.
Here are 10 things to know about Pickens County Medical Center.   

1. Wayne McElroy serves as administrator.    

2. Janice Winters serves as financial manager.     

3. The hospital has 56 beds.

4. The hospital has 277 total employees.  

5. In 2011, the hospital performed 100 inpatient surgeries and 600 outpatient surgeries and had 9,000 outpatient visits, 4,100 non-admitted emergency department visits and 900 admitted emergency department visits.  

6. In 2011, the hospital recorded $39.5 million in gross charges and $214,175 in net income, according to the American Hospital Directory.

7. The hospital received a Patient Safety Excellence Award from Healthgrades in 2013.  

8. The hospital opened in January 1979 following a ballot measure to close the county's two existing hospitals and open a more centralized facility to serve the entire county. In 1986, the Pickens County Hospital Association leased the hospital to Pickens County Medical Center, a group of medical staff in the community.       

9. The hospital offers a scholarship for Pickens County resident pursuing a career in healthcare.        

10. Guest rooms are available in the hospital for patients' families.     

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