Our Services
When it comes to caring for you and your family, you want the best healthcare options available. With Highland Community Hospital, you'll receive extraordinary care for all your needs, from family medicine to more serious conditions and treatment.
Our physicians and staff are here to support you, answer your questions and provide you with a level of care that promotes a healthy life. Browse our services to learn more about the level of care available at Highland Community Hospital.
Cardiac Services
Highland Community Hospital recognizes the threat of heart disease for the people of Pearl River and Hancock counties and has made an investment to combat this serious disease.
The Cardiopulmonary Department features state-of-the-art technology and offers:
- Cardiology Services - a satellite clinic located at Highland Community Hospital featuring the services of Hattiesburg Clinic cardiologists
- Diagnostic Services
- Monitored exercise for cardiac and pulmonary patients
A team of cardiologists supervise and interpret diagnostic work-ups; however, cardiac care involves many different health care professionals. For each patient to reach their goals, the patient's interdisciplinary team may include professionals such as respiratory therapists and dietitians.
Emergency
Highland Community Hospital's Emergency Department is one of the main gateways to the hospital. The Emergency Department is conveniently located on the west side of the hospital. Highland's professional health care team provides efficient and effective care for every type of illness, injury and trauma. If the need arises, patients may be transferred to Forrest General's Emergency Department or Trauma Center.
A nurse screens patients based on their clinical symptoms and needs. Whether emergent or non-urgent, patients are seen by either a competent, caring physician or nurse practitioner to evaluate their specific needs and direct their personal plan of treatment.
As a member of the statewide trauma system and a partner of Forrest General Hospital, Highland is able to arrange for complex specialized care in an organized and timely manner. As a dedicated staff of emergency physicians, nurses and allied health care professionals, Highland's medical team is trained and ready to respond to meet the unique needs of each patient.
ER Advisor
ER Advisor is a new service that updates patients and families on their phones about their progress in the emergency department. All patients need to do is provide a cell phone number to hospital ER registration staff to get started.
With ER Advisor you can:
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View estimated wait times
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Get answers to common questions
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Share your visit timeline with family
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Get updates on lab status
No sign-up or app download needed.
Infusion Therapy
Highland's Outpatient Infusion Therapy Services provide outpatient infusion services to treat conditions including, but not limited to:
- Dehydration
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Crohn's Disease
- Anemia
- Osteoporosis
Our services include:
- Intravenous antibiotics
- Iron replacement therapy
- Hydration therapy
- Blood products
- Port flushes
- IM/SQ injections
- Vaccinations
Intensive Care Unit
Highland Community Hospital's Intensive Care Unit (ICU) is a multipurpose unit designed and equipped for the intensive treatment of critically-ill patients. The primary goal of the ICU staff is to deliver quality care to the critically-ill patient. The unit is staffed by registered nurses, respiratory therapists and care technicians.
Up-to-date technology, skilled care providers and an interdisciplinary approach to promoting positive patient outcomes, provide for total and complete patient care.
Laboratory
Many of the diagnostic and treatment choices a doctor makes are based on laboratory results. Highland Community Hospital's lab provides those services 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Many results can be available in a very short time - often within minutes - to assist doctors in making timely decisions regarding a patient's care. Some studies are complex and require more time - maybe even a special lab. When necessary, Highland's lab will arrange to have specimens sent to the appropriate reference lab.
Occupational Therapy
Occupational therapy plays a vital role in enabling individuals to live life to the fullest despite injury, illness, or disability. By focusing on the activities that matter most to patients—whether it is caring for themselves, going back to work, or engaging in hobbies –OT helps improve quality of life, promote independence, and prevent further health complications.
Highland Community Hospital is committed to providing top-tier occupational therapy services, ensuring every patient can reach their highest potential.
Physical Therapy
Highland Community Hospital's physical therapists perform comprehensive assessments and work with the patient's primary care providers to design and provide a treatment plan targeted to their specific needs. On each visit, the patient's progress is evaluated and the treatment plan is adjusted as needed to assure maximum recovery. Highland's therapists are skilled in providing care for a wide range of problems and ages.
Respiratory Therapy
Highland Community Hospital's respiratory therapists are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to provide emergency and continuing care for patients with acute and chronic breathing disorders. The therapists at Highland are skilled in providing treatments for a full range of respiratory problems for all ages.
Therapists can also provide advice and education on managing illness at home and can assist patients in securing equipment for home when necessary.
Radiology/Imaging
Although we do take x-rays, radiology at Highland Community Hospital is far more than just x-rays. We have a full range of imaging services, including ultrasound, nuclear medicine, mammography, MRI, and digital CAT scan.
Ultrasound uses sound waves to visualize internal organs. Nuclear Medicine provides images to evaluate body system performance by using various contrast substances. Mammography uses x-rays to produce breast imaging. MRI produces images of the body by utilizing a magnetic field and RF signals. The digital CAT scanner constructs 2D and 3D images of any part of the body.
These images provide valuable information in determining a diagnosis for physicians to use in determining treatment plans. Staff radiologists interpret every study and provide reports to physicians in a timely manner. This assures that the patients receive exams and interpretations equal to those they would get anywhere.
Stroke Care
Highland Community Hospital is recognized by the American Heart Association and the American Stroke Association as a Get With The Guidelines - Stroke Silver Plus achievement award hospital. These awards recognize hospitals that demonstrate at least 85 percent compliance in each of the seven Get With The Guidelines®- Stroke Achievement Measures. To learn more about the award criteria, click here.
Swing Bed Program
The Forrest Health Swing Bed Program provides care to those individuals who need extended care beyond their acute care stay for physical therapy, nursing, and other skilled care. For more information about our Swing Bed Program, call 601-792-1113.
Learn more about the Swing Bed Program at Forrest Health.
Surgery
Highland Community Hospital's surgical staff stands ready 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to provide surgical care in an emergency. Surgical services are also available for a wide range of scheduled inpatient and outpatient procedures. Highland also offers several plastic surgery procedures. Nurses, as the eyes and ears of the doctors, are on duty 24 hours a day to assess a patient's needs, communicate with doctors, and administer care and treatment.
Highland surgical services are available for a wide range of scheduled inpatient and outpatient procedures.
Abdominal
- Hernia
- Gallbladder/Appendix
- Intestine perforation
- Upper endoscopy (EGD)
- Bowel tumors
- Ostomy reversal
Breast
- Screening mammogram
- Breast cancer/lump removal
Ear, Nose and Throat
- Tonsil and Adenoid surgery
- Myringotomy with tube placement
Gynecological Surgery
- Hysterectomy
- Cryosurgery
- Laparoscopy
- Bilateral tubal ligation
- Dilation and Curettage
- Anterior and posterior repairs
- Hysteroscopy and ablation
Urology
- Bladder Surgery
- Prostate Biopsy L
- Cystoscopy
- Ureteroscopy with stent placement and extraction
- Vasectomy
Thyroid
Skin
- Skin cancers
- Abscess drainage
- Port-a-Cath placement and removal
- Soft tissue lumps - Lipoma, sebaceous cyst
- Hidradenitis Suppurativa
- Pilonidal sinus excision
Colorectal
- Rectal pain and bleeding
- Screening colonoscopy
- Hemorrhoid removal
- Colon cancers
- Diverticulitis
Women and Children's Services
Baby-Friendly Designation
Since 2019, Highland has achieved the international baby-friendly designation. This means that we are giving you the highest quality of care, as well as the knowledge and resources for our moms and their babies.
Mammography
At Highland Community Hospital, the fight against breast cancer has a high-tech weapon in its arsenal. GE Systems Pristina is an FDA-approved mammography system for the screening and diagnosis of breast cancer.
Waiting for results can be stressful. Highland prides itself on the response time, from the exam to the report to the physician...all to minimize wait time. The mammography service at Highland is certified by both the American College of Radiologists and the State of Mississippi. The annual certification confirms that the service maintains high standards of quality, providing patients the best care available.
Pediatrics
Highland Community Hospital provides inpatient pediatric services as well. Each room has accommodations for a parent to stay with the child during their hospitalization. Nurses dedicated to the unit provide care 24 hours a day. All the services of the hospital including respiratory, lab, and imaging are available to our smallest patients if and when they need them.
The Family Birth Center
The Family Birth Center at Highland Community Hospital in Picayune provides a family-centered option for your childbirth experience in Pearl River County. When you choose to have your baby at Highland Community Hospital, you can be assured that you're choosing a relaxing and calming atmosphere with the most skilled physicians and staff, right here at home.
Lactation Support
All the nurses at the Family Birth Center at Highland Community Hospital are trained to assist you with breastfeeding and lactation. Lactation Counselors and Consultants are available to help with any breastfeeding problems while you are in the hospital and after you go home. Please call Labor and Delivery at 601-358-9785 and request to be connected to a lactation specialist. Lactation consults are available to be scheduled upon request.
Labor and Delivery Suites
- Private labor and delivery rooms with birthing beds, surgical suites and a recovery room.
- Labor, delivery and recovery occur in the same room for your comfort and ease of transition.
- We welcome birthing coaches, and they may stay with you throughout labor and delivery.
Wound Healing Center
Forrest Health's Wound Healing Centers are staffed with a team of doctors, nurses and techs especially trained at caring for patients whose wounds have resisted traditional treatment, with a success rate of 90% healed in 12-16 weeks.
The Wound Healing Center specializes in the treatment and management of chronic, complex wounds that have been present for at least 30 days including:
- diabetic food or leg ulcers
- lower leg ulcers due to poor circulation
- chronic soft tissue infections
- chronic bone infections
- radiation tissue damage
- preservation of skin grafts/flaps
- burns (with the exception of pediatric burns)
- crush injuries
- conditions that could lead to amputation if not aggressively treated or properly managed
New patient appointments can be made with no referral from a doctor. To make an appointment at Highland's Wound Healing Center, call 601-358-9570.
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