Sunrise patients can register online for medical procedures

LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

December 18, 2011 - 9:42 pm

Some patients will be able to pre-register online through the Sunrise Health Hospital websites for upcoming medical procedures. This includes patients who already have a procedure scheduled, expectant women needing to pre-register for their baby’s delivery and anyone requesting a screening mammogram.

Sunrise said in a statement that patients can go to any of the Sunrise Health Hospital’s four websites and select “online pre-registration.” The websites are SunriseHospital.com, MountainView-Hospital.com, SouthernHillsHospital.com and SunriseChildrensHospital.com.

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