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Description

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Our Mission
We ensure medical readiness and training while providing accessible and effective healthcare for the JRTC and Fort Polk community

Our Vision
One team of dedicated competent professionals who are committed to excellence and trusted by our valued beneficiaries

Our Motto
We provide the best

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History

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BJACH History
On January 22 1941 shortly after Camp Polk was activated construction of a 600bed station hospital began Opened on March 17 1941 as an infirmary commanded by Colonel William Dow MC the hospital admitted its first patient in May 1941 In 1942 the hospital continued to expand to accommodate the Soldiers housed in the newly built North Fort Polk and prisoners of war from the camp that was located on what is now Honor Field Continuing its growth the hospital was designated a regional hospital in June 1944 The hospital was inactivated on December 31 1946 at the end of World War II

The hospital was reactivated with 150 beds in August 1950 when the outbreak of hostilities in Korea occurred By the end of the year the hospital had been expanded to 500 beds In 1954 the post and the hospital were again inactivated Reactivated in 1956 the hospital was gradually reduced to no activity by June 1959 and closed in August of that same year

In September 1961 the hospital was reopened and manned by the 829th Station Hospital an Army Reserve unit from Florida Five active field units were assigned to the hospital in August 1962 and the capacity was increased to 200 beds Expanded to 250 beds in 1965 the hospitals staffing was reduced with the deployment of two of the assigned units to Japan and Vietnam

In 1966 as a result of heightened involvement in Southeast Asia and Fort Polks role as a major training center the hospital capacity was increased to 570 beds and nine dispensaries manned by the hospital Also that year an accreditation committee was formed and in 1967 the hospital received full accreditation from the Joint Commission

In June 1973 the hospital was reassigned from the Continental Army Command to the Health Services Command In February 1980 it was renamed from the US Army Hospital Fort Polk to US Army Community Hospital Fort Polk

Ground was broken for the new 169bed BayneJones Army Community Hospital BJACH in June 1978 The hospital was dedicated and formally opened on August 12 1983 The facility was named in honor of Brigadier General Stanhope BayneJones MC US Army a native of New Orleans Louisiana A bacteriologist and preventive medicine specialist General BayneJones achieved worldwide acclaim as the individual responsible for the control of typhus in Europe at the conclusion of World War II He died in 1970 and is buried at Arlington National Cemetery

In 1991 while the Fort Polk MEDDAC was a subordinate command of the US Army Medical Command MEDCOM it became one of the elements of the Great Plains Regional Medical Command GPRMC In October 2009 under a MEDCOM realignment BJACH became a member of the Southern Regional Medical Command SRMC Both MEDCOM and SRMC are located at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio Texas

In 1995 BayneJones Army Community Hospital BJACH achieved a 97 percent rating and commendation on the Joint Commission inspection This achievement was repeated in 1998 placing BJACH in the top three percent of hospitals in the nation In 20012004 and 2007 BJACH again excelled on The Joint Commission inspections

BJACH has received the prestigious TRICARE award for the highest customer satisfaction in OB care in the Department of Defense its Logistics Division was name quotthe best Logistics Division in the AMEDDquot by the Command Logistics Review team and the Data Quality Management Program was recognized by the Army Surgeon Generals Office as the model for the Army Medical Department The American Red Cross also presented BJACH with the Regional Level II Good Neighbor Awardquot BJACH has been awarded the Army Superior Unit Award for meritorious performance

BayneJones Army Community Hospital has become one of the premiere Army facilities where the staff clearly lives up to their motto quotWe Provide the Bestquot