After Your Visit

Planning for your discharge begins at the time of admission. Your Care Team will work with you to develop a transition plan to fit your needs.

Care Management will help arrange for any service you may need after leaving the hospital. One key to a successful recovery is having realistic expectations about how long it may take for you to feel better. Give yourself a chance to adjust both physically and emotionally.

You will receive written instructions concerning medications, activities, appointments, etc. which will be discussed with you by your nurses prior to discharge. You will receive a follow up phone call to check on your progress after you return home.

If you have questions about any information in your discharge instructions, ask your nurse to further explain.

The Caring Program at Garrett Regional Medical Center offers financial assistance to members of our community who need support in paying for medical care received at GRMC and our specialty care offices.

Applicants are individually evaluated according to policy, with consideration given to special or unusual financial circumstances.

For information on The Caring Program, contact 301-533-4179.

Nominate a Nurse

The DAISY Award program for Extraordinary Nurses® is a nationally recognized award program for nurses. Garrett Regional Medical Center has joined the growing network of 2,000 healthcare organizations across the country that currently participate in the award program created by the Daisy Foundation. The organization’s mission is to recognize the extraordinary, compassionate care that nurses provide patients and families every day.

The DAISY Foundation is a not-for-profit organization, established in memory of J. Patrick Barnes, by members of his family. Patrick died at the age of 33 in late 1999 from complications of Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP), a little known but not uncommon auto-immune disease. (DAISY is an acronym for Diseases Attacking the Immune System.) The care Patrick and his family received from nurses while he was ill inspired this unique means of thanking nurses for making a profound difference in the lives of their patients and patient families.

Nurses may be nominated by patients, families and colleagues. A selection committee at Garrett Regional Medical Center will honor several award recipients throughout the year.

Download the DAISY Nomination Form.

Please submit your nomination form to:

Kendra Thayer, Vice President of Clinical Services, Chief Nursing Officer
Garrett Regional Medical Center
251 N. Fourth Street
Oakland, MD 21550
Or via e-mail: [email protected]

To obtain medical records, you may now request your records by using the records request tool, through MyWVUChart, email, mail, or calling 304-598-4110 (or toll free 844-484-0304) Monday through Friday from 8 am – 4 pm.

Click here to download patient care financial and charging information.
(Alternately, you can right click on the link and choose save link as, then select the location where you want to store the document.)

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Support groups are offered at the WVU Cancer Institute James & Shirley Bailey Regional Cancer Center at Garrett Regional Medical Center.