| Leadership |
Allen Puckett III, Board chairman; Stephen C. Reynolds, president and CEO |
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| Founded |
1912 in Memphis, Tenn., by Southern Baptist Conventions of Tennessee, Arkansas and Mississippi |
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| Governance |
Board of Directors of Baptist Memorial Health Care Corporation (BMHCC) |
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| Affiliate Locations |
Hospitals - 15
Home Care - 7
Hospice - 8
Minor Medical Centers - 4
Clinics - 16
Behavioral Health - 7 |
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| Licensed Beds |
Systemwide — more than 2,600; metro Memphis area — more than 1,300 |
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| Admissions |
Approximately 85,000 systemwide in fiscal year 2007 (October 2006-September 2007) |
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| Emergency Room Visits |
Approximately 284,000 systemwide in fiscal year 2007 |
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| Surgical Procedures |
Approximately 23,500 inpatient surgeries systemwide in fiscal year 2007; more than 31,000 outpatient surgeries systemwide in fiscal year 2007 |
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| Births |
Baptist Memorial Hospital for Women, approximately 4,900; systemwide, approximately 11,000 in fiscal year 2007 |
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| Charitable Care & Community Benefit |
$209 million in uncompensated care in fiscal year 2007, which includes charity care and unpaid patient accounts. In fiscal year 2007, Baptist provided $429 million in community benefit, and, according to a 2005 University of Memphis study, the organization had an economic impact of more than $2 billion on the communities it served in fiscal year 2004. |
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| Employees |
Systemwide — approximately 12,000; metro Memphis area total — approximately 8,700 |
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| Baptist Health Services Group |
PPO network including 52 hospitals, 181 affiliated outpatient facilities and 3,700 physicians serving more than 2,300 employers and 413,000 covered lives |
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| Cardiac |
9,400 catheterization procedures, 4,300 cardiac and interventional procedures and 1,900 cardiovascular surgeries each year. The Baptist Heart Institute, opened in September 2001, is located at Baptist Memphis and provides comprehensive cardiovascular services in one facility. The Heart Institute is the only place in the Mid-South where physicians perform adult heart transplants. Baptist's heart transplant program celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2005. |
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| Women & Children |
Includes freestanding Baptist Memorial Hospital for Women, which features a Level III newborn intensive care unit, labor and delivery and diagnostic services, such as urodynamics. Baptist Women’s Hospital also offers comprehensive breast care services through the Women’s Health Center, located within the hospital and at Macy’s in Oak Court Mall. The Women’s Health Center’s services include mammography, ultrasound and mobile mammography. Baptist also offers labor and delivery and diagnostic services, such as mammography, at Baptist DeSoto, Baptist Union County, Baptist North Mississippi, Baptist Golden Triangle, Baptist Tipton and Baptist Union City. In addition, Baptist Collierville, Baptist Booneville, Baptist Huntingdon and Baptist Lauderdale have mammography services. |
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| Health & Wellness/Disease Management |
Group programs, individual assistance and self-help information help patients choose and maintain healthy lifestyles; programs identify and assist those prone to and living with chronic diseases such as diabetes. Baptist also offers two consumer health libraries — the Dr. Sam P. Patterson and Ann L. and Joseph H. Powell libraries — which provide free seminars and health information.
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| Oncology |
Offers treatment, research, support services, community education and the area’s first genetic counseling and testing program for cancer. In addition, Baptist Memphis has the Mid-South’s first adult myelosuppression unit, which provides specialized care for patients who have received myelosuppressive or myeloablative chemotherapy. |
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| Pastoral Care |
About 200 volunteer chaplains and 21 pastoral care staff in Baptist system |
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| Rehabilitation |
A number of Baptist Memorial hospitals offer a wealth of rehabilitation services, including adult orthopedic and neurological impairments, wound care, sports medicine, work-related injuries, speech and swallowing therapy, brain and spinal cord injuries, aquatic therapy and pediatric therapy. |
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| Home Care & Hospice |
Registered nurses, nursing assistants, therapists, medical social workers and chaplains provide care for disabled, recovering, chronically sick and terminally ill patients throughout the Mid-South. |
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| Clinical Services |
Include radiology, cardiovascular, nursing, laboratory services and respiratory therapy |
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| Physician Providers |
More than 3,100 in 37 specialties |
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| Affiliates |
Baptist Memorial Health Care Foundation
Baptist College of Health Sciences
Baptist Memorial Home Care Inc. (Baptist Trinity Home Care & Hospice)
Baptist Health Services Group
Medical Financial Services Inc. |
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| Affiliate Hospitals |
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Booneville (Booneville, Miss.)
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Collierville (Collierville, Tenn.)
Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto (Southaven, Miss.)
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle (Columbus, Miss.)
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Huntingdon (Huntingdon, Tenn.)
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Lauderdale (Ripley, Tenn.)
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis (Memphis, Tenn.)
Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi (Oxford, Miss.)
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton (Covington, Tenn.)
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union City (Union City, Tenn.)
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union County (New Albany, Miss.)
Baptist Memorial Hospital for Women (Memphis, Tenn.)
Baptist Memorial Restorative Care Hospital (Memphis, Tenn.)
Baptist Rehabilitation-Germantown (Germantown, Tenn.)
NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital (Jonesboro, Ark.)
Tippah County Hospital (managed; Ripley, Miss.)
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350 N. Humphreys Blvd.
Memphis, TN 38120
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