Brooksville Regional Hospital

Description

Brooksville Regional Hospital continues setting a standard of excellence which surrounds each and every person who comes to them for their care The 21st Century Brooksville Regional Hospital represents the best and latest in medical technology patient comfort and medical staff excellence

Fully accredited by the Joint Commission on Healthcare we are certified as a Primary Stroke Center by the Agency for Healthcare Administration and have also been designated as a Top 100 Hospital Perormance Improvement Leader

With 120 beds and 60 private rooms we provide much of tomorrows technology today including highspeed CT scanners dual cardiac catheterization suites and nuclear imaging cameras

A stateoftheart 12bed ICU provides care for the most criticallyill patients and the hospitals dedicated Joint Center provides patientfocused care which is committed to giving patients a better chance for a faster more complete recovery after joint replacement surgery

The new Medical Arts Building adjacent to the hospital houses the regions most modern physical occupational and speech therapy facility an outpatient EEG lab and physicians offices

OUR MISSION
We are committed to meeting with excellence the healthcare needs of our community through its facilities physicians and staff

OUR VISION
We will be the dominant healthcare provider in the area and achieve recognition among our peers We will achieve this by

Reinforcing our physicianfriendly environment
Attracting and retaining excellent employees
Providing stateoftheart technology and services
Maintaining attractive and clean facilities

OUR VALUES
The values we hold dear and demonstrate by our daily actions are

Integrity Integrity above all in everything we do
Compassion for our patients and for each other
Pride in ourselves and in what we do
Excellence in every aspect of our services
Accountability to ourselves to each other and to our community

History

Brooksville Regional Hospital was founded in 1926 as Hernando General Hospital

The beginnings of the hospital were small like the rural county it served A home in Brooksville was converted into a tenbed hospital with an operating room anesthetizing room nurses quarters and a kitchen By the end of the first year 114 patients were treated at Hernando General Hospital During the decade that followed the facility moved several times and expanded to include a childrens ward an xray department and fourteen patient rooms

As the county grew to 7057 residents the hospitals board decided to build a 24bed facility at a cost of 40000 On October 1 1936 the hospitals doors opened In 1943 another expansion occurred to include an operating room a delivery room emergency room and a nursery giving the county a 32bed hospital By 1967 a decision was made to change the name of the hospital to Lykes Memorial Hospital

In 1968 voters approved a 300000 bond issue which coupled with money from the state allowed a 11 million dollar facility to be built on Ponce De Leon In the early 1980s additional room was again needed and trustees decided to expand the facility to 166beds

Lykes Memorial Hospital operated under the supervision of the Hernando County Commission until December 31 1983

Converted to a notforprofit organization on January 1 1984 the hospital obtained independence from Hernando County with certain limitations as provided in a lease arrangement between the county and the hospital

To meet the needs of the growing Spring Hill population Lykes Health Systems opened Spring Hill Regional Hospital in October 1991 and changed its name to Regional Healthcare Inc RHI In 1998 Health Management Associates HMA entered into a purchase with RHI and a longterm lease with Hernando County

In 1999 Brooksville and Spring Hill Regional Hospitals were combined which allows them to function as one hospital called Hernando HealthCare which is comprised of 244 beds on two campuses

In 2001 HMA made a promise to build a new 21st Century Brooksville Regional Hospital After presenting the proposal to the people and the county commission the Hernando County Commission voted for the new hospital unanimously The state gave final approval of the project and Hernando Countys new hightech hospital in Brooksville opened in October 2005 surrounded by 130 acres which can be used for future growth

In 2003 Spring Hill Regional completed a major 10000squarefoot OB expansion which increased the number of private Special Delivery Suites from eight to 14 and added the areas only Level II Neonatal Intensive Care Nursery NICU

Decades ago a heritage of healing was started in Hernando County At Brooksville and Spring Hill Regional Hospitals we are proud to continue our dedication to caring for the health of all our residents as part of the Health Management Associates team