![]() ![]() Mission has not historically met the teaching requirements, which call for fourth- and fifth-year general surgery residents, as well as research requirements, Timms said. RELATED: Construction boom in Asheville a sign of great progress, if measured RELATED: $400M Mission project expected to pump millions into local economy Mission, the largest hospital in the mountains, meets "all of the clinical, skill, experience and other patient care related requirements for Level I designation," Timms said. "While an understandable assumption, that assumption is not always accurate, and it is specifically inaccurate with respect to Mission Hospital." "The most important aspect of the reader’s question is an underlying assumption that any Level I Trauma Center must be 'clinically better' than a Level II Trauma Center," Timms said. Mission Health's Rowena Buffett Timms, senior vice president for government & community relations, took this one on, first noting that the Level I and II designations can be confusing. Real answer: In short, it's not now, but the Level I designation may be coming. They totally forgot the Asheville vibe here. My answer: I'm just disappointed it won't have a rooftop brewpub. Question: As work continues on what is being billed as the $400 million state-of-the-art Mission Hospital for Advanced Medicine project, will they become a Level I trauma center or remain as a Level II? With that type of investment one would think the goal would be to become a Level I center upon completion. Today’s batch of burning questions, my smart-aleck answers and the real deal: ![]()
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