Missoula’s Community Medical Center has grown to become a 151-bed hospital since its inception in 1922 under a different name. Employing more than 1,100 people, there are also more than 300 physicians on staff.
Community Medical Center is home to a range of notable programs and services:
- A recently renovated newborn and obstetrics unit featuring the newest technologies
- Over 1,600 newborns delivered each year – more than any other hospital in Montana
- A 16-bed, Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit staffed by 2 neonatologists and veteran nurses certified in Neonatal Intensive Care
- A Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, the only separate PICU in Western Montana
- CareFlight, an air ambulance helicopter serving western Montana
- A Level III Trauma Center program, as verified by the American College of Surgeons and Montana State Trauma Systems
- The Montana Heart Center, a program established in 1999 to provide all aspects of cardiac care to patients around the region
- The Breast Center at Community for breast cancer prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation
- A Joint Reconstruction Center and an entire unit dedicated to orthopedics
- The Rehabilitation Institute of Montana, a group of 150 rehabilitation healthcare specialists who provide a full range of both inpatient and outpatient services.