For Patients:
Patients should bring the following when registering:
- Insurance Card
- Medicare/Medicaid card
- Name and Social Security Number of insured
- Referral forms from your physician (if required by your insurance carrier)
- Referral/Order Guidelines
- Worker’s compensation information (if applicable)
- Driver’s license
- Co-pay or deductible
- Pre-admission form
- Advance Directives
Yes. To view all hospital forms that are available on this web site that may be printed and completed in advance of your visit, go to the Hospital Forms section of this web site by clicking here.
The telephone in your room cannot be dialed directly from outside the hospital. All calls must come through the hospital switchboard, (NEED NUMBER) Your family may call you at any time on most nursing units. We suggest that you designate one person close to you for family members and friends to call for information. Our staff is unable to screen calls or to provide information on your condition over the telephone in most cases. Your caller can ask the operator for you by name unless you have chosen "no information status."
Yes.
Adequate rest is important for you. However, arrangements can be made for a family member to spend the night with you and many rooms include pull-out couches.
Tests and procedures are scheduled daily, with emergencies handled first. Your nurse will know if your test or procedure will be done in the morning or afternoon.
Williamson Memorial Hospital is a smoke-free environment. Patients are not allowed to smoke. Help is available to stop smoking. Please ask your nurse for assistance. Visitors may smoke only in their cars.
You can call Patient Business Services, extension XXX, while you are in the hospital or at PHONE NUMBER after you go home.
For Visitors:
Need hours
We require everyone entering the Hospital to identify themselves and their destination within the hospital to provide a safer environment for our patients, visitors and staff.