Ogallala Community Hospital

Ogallala Community Hospital

OGALLALA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL is an 18-bed acute care facility (1 LDRP) with skilled nursing beds, and an onsite medical group including  22 consulting/visiting specialists and surgical call.  Hospital services includes a state of the art Ambulatory Service Clinic for family practice, surgeon, and specialists. 

• 18-bed critical access hospital certified by Medicare
• 24-hour Emergency Department
• Full laboratory and radiology services

Ogallala Community Hospital provides essential acute care and primary medical care to the rural communities of west-central Nebraska along with 24-hour emergency services; women’s services; surgical services; laboratory; radiology; sleep studies; infusion therapy and physical therapy. The facility also offers on-site clinic services.

Technology advances include usage of electronic medical records (EMR) and the innovative Banner Telehealth program, a technology that allows specially trained physicians to monitor our local patients from hundreds of miles away. Ogallala Community Hospital also offers PeriBirth®, an EMR program catering to obstetrics and designed to reduce the complications during labor and delivery.

Population: 5,000

Ogallala’s marketing theme is, "The Water, the West, the Best." from a strong western history to the beautiful shores of Lake McConaughy, the quality of living is ideal. Tourism is a major component of the Ogallala economy. Lake McConaughy records more than 610,000 visitors per year.