A full-service, community and regional teaching hospital, Milford Regional is a 121-bed, nonprofit, acute-care facility serving a region of 20-plus towns.

After World War I, "the San," began its transition from a long-term to acute-care facility.

Then a year ago, the state revamped its rules to allow animal-assisted therapy programs into acute-care facilities.

Over time, innovative educational programs and delivery systems must reorient the poor from acute-care facilities to other levels of care, including education, prevention and other primary services.

Hill Country Memorial Hospital on Highway 16 is an acute-care facility that offers state of the art medical care, preventative care and a Wellness Center.

When the foundation bought the hospital in 1985, Dr. Conte said, it agreed to maintain the hospital as an "acute-care facility" for at least seven years.

The acute-care facility provided inpatient and outpatient medical services, including 24-hour emergency care.

About 5,100 hospitals, or 80 percent of the nation's acute-care facilities, are accredited.

During the last three years both of my parents have been treated in acute-care facilities.

The hospital is currently a 21-bed, acute-care facility serving the residents of Ste. Anne and the region.