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Blowing Rock Hospital Transitions From Critical Access Hospital to Post-Acute Care Center Effective Oct. 1

Sept. 13, 2013. As part of a long-term strategy, Appalachian Regional Healthcare System (ARHS) announces the transition of Blowing Rock Hospital from a Critical Access Hospital to a post-acute care and rehabilitation center. Effective Oct. 1, 2013, Blowing Rock Hospital will become Blowing Rock Rehabilitation & Davant Extended Care Center. Rehabilitation patients and long-term care residents will continue to receive the highest quality of care. 

This transition will require the discontinuation of the Blowing Rock Emergency Department and acute care services of the facility. This change is part of the journey towards the rehabilitation and post-acute care model outlined for the new facility, Chestnut Ridge at Blowing Rock. For area residents and visitors in need of emergency, surgical or acute care, Watauga Medical Center is available, less than 7 miles away, in Boone.

Construction on Chestnut Ridge will begin in the spring of 2014, with an anticipated completion date of late summer 2015. It will be located on a 68-acre tract in Blowing Rock.For more information about Chestnut Ridge, please visitwww.chestnutridgeblowingrock.org.

Blowing Rock Medical Clinic, the practice of Dr. Charles Davant, III and Dr. John Davis, will maintain the same level of service and continue to care for patients Monday – Friday 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. and 2 p.m. – 5 p.m., as well as Saturday 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. Blowing Rock Medical Clinic is adjacent to the Blowing Rock Rehabilitation & Davant Extended Care Center at 418 Chestnut Drive, Blowing Roc

For more information about Appalachian Regional Healthcare System, visit www.apprhs.org.