Members of the Trigg County Hospital Board of Directors took action Thursday to assist and improve its radiology department — unanimously approving a $35,750 cost to upgrade its X-ray to a digital operating system.
Matt Miles R.T., radiology supervisor, explained that the current system is approaching its last legs — with no backup option currently available on campus.
Chief of Staff Dr. Joe Thomas also noted the move was prudent — as previous stops in his career also had digital X-ray options.
Miles said the time saved between CR and digital could be the difference between good care, and great.
Trigg County Hospital’s radiology department also has screening and diagnostic mammography, breast ultrasound, bone densitometry, CT, MRI and ultrasound at its disposal.
For questions or concerns, one can phone the wing at (270) 522-3215.
In other hospital news:
— CEO John Sumner said it seems like officials keep “getting close” on a pair of noted projects in the upgraded hospital wing and the up-and-coming Main Street Rural Health Clinic. Both, he said, are approaching their final touches.
— The emergency room in the hospital has recently been repainted, and Sumner added that another receiving room could be on the way.
— Thursday’s meeting opened with a 30-minute presentation from Concord Medical Group, and closed with the board going into executive session, potentially to discuss the possibility of entering into a three-year contract with the healthcare solutions group based out of Texas.
Focused on assisting rural hospitals and their emergency departments, CMG currently works with hospitals in Kentucky, Tennessee, Illinois and Texas, with supreme focus on emergency medicine, hospital medicine and radiology. The company is physician-owned, and began in 2001.
