Bingham Memorial Hospital

Description

MISSIONVISION
Bingham Memorial Hospital amp Extended Care Facility Mission Statement

We are committed to the pursuit of excellence in its endeavor to provide a continuum of quality compassionate healthcare services for our residents and for visitors to Bingham County in the most efficient and cost effective manner possible

Bingham Memorial Hospital amp Extended Care Facility Vision Statement

We will continue to improve the overall health status of our community

We will provide health care services that meetexceed the expectation of our customers through continuous quality improvement

We will continue to attract value and retain the best employees and partner with our physicians to deliver quality services

We will develop new services We welcome new insights techniques which foster progressive change

We will strive to explore new ways to be responsive to our community

Values
CARING I serve others with respect empathy and compassion

INTEGRITY I am accountable to myself and others and accept ownership for
my actions and attitude

TEAMWORK I am a committed part of a team of individuals communicating
openly to create excellence

HONESTY I generate trust by having the inner strength to be truthful and
sincere

History

Our History
Our Past
Bingham Memorial Hospital began as a county general hospital and is now a 501c 3 entity operating under the name of BMH Inc In 1950 a sixtybed hospital was built by the citizens of Bingham County with matching funds from the Hill Burton Act at a cost of 537000 Planning for the hospital began in 1927 It took the citizens of Bingham County twentythree years of organizing and fundraising before the hospital became a reality and finally opened its doors on August 19 1950 The hospital was first served by a medical staff of Dr Merrill Packer Dr AE Miller Sr Dr Walter Hoge Dr Beck Dr Preston and Dr Ken McGinnis In its second year of operation Dr Dean Packer Dr JO Hampton and Dr Ralph Goates joined the staff Today there is an active and consulting medical staff of over 100 physicians

In 1969 a fivebed intensive care unit was opened at Bingham Memorial The facility was totally remodeled in 1978 and 1979 In October of 1979 along with the hospital remodel a twentyeight bed Living Center was constructed The total cost of the hospital project and living center was 4700000 Tony Wegner and Mike Henderson of Design West with Christiansen Brothers were the architects and also served as construction supervisors In 1984 a new physical therapy department was added as well as an expansion of the laboratory and nuclear medicine departments The emergency department was remodeled again in 1993 to provide more efficient and confidential care environment The obstetrical area was remodeled in 1995 due to delivery of care trends and patient preferences The labor delivery recovery postpartum birthing rooms were remodeled In 1996 the number of licensed acute care beds was reduced to forty to allow for optimum reimbursement

In 1964 a 50bed skilled nursing home was built adjacent to the hospital It was built by Brennan Construction Company of Pocatello at a cost of 425000 In 1996 the Living Center was phased out to allow for expansion of the Bingham Memorial Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center to 70 nursing home beds The year 1997 marked the beginning of a 3500000 nursing home constructionremodeling project which resulted in a facility that could accommodate one hundred skilled care residents Changes in reimbursement and additional facilities opening for business in the county resulted in a need for only seventyfive licensed skilled care beds so some of the other rooms were fitted to accommodate physicians

In 2001 all the patient rooms were renovated along with the main floor including new carpeting in the corridors cafeteria expansion and a new lobby to accommodate outpatient registration A rural health clinic was also opened in 2001 and a fixed MRI and sleep lab in 2002 to meet the growing needs of patients in Bingham County The front entrance was renovated and the slope of the drive leveled and heated to eliminate ice build up as well as new signage in 2003 The property directly across from the facility was secured and the AE Miller building next to the hospital was purchased The year 2005 saw the biggest expansion yet with the purchase of the Mountain River Birthing and Surgery Center

In 2004 Bingham Memorial applied for and was granted Critical Access designation which provides for cost based reimbursement from Medicare

In 2006 a dialysis center was opened and in 2007 the Bingham Birthing Center was reopened at Bingham Memorial Hospital The former Mountain River Birthing Center is now utilized for spine surgeries as Idaho Doctors Hospital July 2007 saw the groundbreaking for a joint venture medical office building which will be attached to the Hospital It was completed in February of 2009 and named the Bingham Memorial Medical Plaza allowing the hospital to consolidate the majority of the doctors offices under one roof

Our Present

Bingham Memorial Hospital and Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center is and always has been a nontaxsupported facility On July 1 2007 the Hospital was leased from the County by a nonprofit 501c3 corporation The corporation is governed by fourteen members and a 9member Board of Directors The change to a 501c 3 necessitated the formation of a group referred to as The Member whose chief responsibility it is to appoint members of the Board of Directors The Member is made up of at least one representative from each incorporated city in Bingham County

Contributions to the Hospital and Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center have traditionally been received from such functions as the Charity Ball and the Community Christmas Tree Fantasy In the year 2000 the Bingham Health Care Foundation was established to promote private and corporate donations to the hospital and other healthcare organizations meeting the needs of the residents of Bingham County

The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Organizations JCAHO accredits both the hospital and the nursing home Medicare and Medicaid certify both facilities

Administrators through the years have been Alvin Knauss Toy Billings WW Bill Beck MD Florence Walker James Forester E Lynn Reed James Morgan Carl Staley Robert Peterson and today Louis Kraml

Bingham Memorial Hospital offers the following areas of primary and secondary care Intensive Care and Critical Care Emergency Care General Surgery Spine Surgery Orthopedics Dermatology Family Practice Obstetrics and Nursery Gynecology Pain Management Internal Medicine and Pediatrics Bingham Memorial also offers a full range of outpatient services including physical therapy occupational therapy speech language pathology sports medicine respiratory therapy radiology MRI laboratory education and nutrition services Bingham Memorial also offers local services from a growing number of specialty physicians through ever increasing utilization of time share opportunities through the Idaho Physicians Clinic formerly known as the Bingham Community Health Clinic

Bingham County has a population of roughly 42000 people with 12000 residing in Blackfoot Bingham Memorial Hospital the Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center and Idaho Doctors Hospital employ approximately 500 people

Our Future
Bingham Memorial Hospital and Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center is committed to the pursuit of excellence in its endeavor to provide a continuum of quality compassionate healthcare services for our residents for visitors to Bingham County in the most efficient and cost effective manner possible