Central Baptist Hospital

Description

At Central Baptist Hospital our mission is to enhance the physical spiritual and emotional health of the people we serve by providing quality and compassionate health services consistent with our Christian heritage

We provide care that meets the needs of the whole person for a lifetime Its why we put as much emphasis on healthy lifestyles and prevention as we do on medical technology And its why we pay as much attention to the personal and psychological needs of our patients and families as we pay to diagnosis and treatment

We go the extra mile to serve our patients and our community We treat every situation as a precious opportunity for special acts of kindness care and understanding Physicians and staff at Central Baptist Hospital believe this and live it every day We know that when someone really cares it does make a difference

The vision of Central Baptist Hospital is to be innovators in delivery of health services anticipating and responding to a changing healthcare environment through collaborative models that are outcome driven financially responsible and suppportive of our mission

Central Baptist Hospital will fulfill its Christcentered mission and acheive our vision guided by our values Intregrity Hospitality Partnership Stewardship and Excellence

History

May 9 1954 Central Baptist Hospital was dedicated On May 12 Central Baptist opens its doors with 173 beds 25 bassinets 168 employees and 169 physicians on staff

1957 Central Baptist opens one of the first intensive care units in the country Nurses from all over the US come to the unit to learn intensive care nursing techniques

1964 The hospital welcomes its first set of triplets

1965 Central Baptist opens a new 65bed addition to the hospital including a new emergency room

1968 The laboratory at Central Baptist is automated with a new CoulterCounter to perform blood counts and an SMA1260 to perform 12 chemical analyses of the blood

1972 The hospital opens a new 70bed addition Bed count now stands at 300 with 31 bassinets

1974 Central Baptist begins training paramedics to handle heart attack victims prior to hospital admission Paramedics are taught to recognize lifethreatening arrhythmias administer drugs and start and maintain IVs

The hospital also purchases the Medical Towers South professional building at 1800 Nicholasville Road

1976 Central Baptist becomes the first general private hospital in Lexington to adopt the Unit Dose System of dispensing medications to patients The system was started to reduce the potential for drug errors and make hospitalization safer for patients

1977 The addition of the new OB unit at the front of the hospital is completed

1978 The hospital enhances its obstetrical services with private labor rooms and a new neonatal intensive care unit

Nov 20 1980 The first cardiac catheterization is performed in Centrals new cardiac catheterization laboratory

1982 CBHs first open heart procedure is performed Groundbreaking ceremonies are held for a major hospital expansion Also the hospitals oncology program is accredited for the first time by the American College of Surgeons Commission

1983 Central Baptist welcomes its 50000 baby into the world

1984 Central Baptist celebrates its 30th anniversary A 60000squarefoot office building 1780 is completed as well as a new parking garage The hospitals new facilities include a new surgical ICU a nursery recovery room and family waiting rooms The neonatal unit laboratory radiation facilities respiratory therapy facilities and EEG department are expanded

1985 Central Baptist completes another addition including allnew surgical suites a new recovery room a new ICU a 426space parking garage and 73 new acute care beds A Midsummer Nights Run debuts and the home health service is launched

1990 William G Sisson is named president of Central Baptist Hospital on July 2 1990 Under his leadership the institution will experience some of its most dramatic growth and success to date

1991 Central Baptist offers help for infertile couples who want a baby by opening an assisted reproduction program Construction of the 1760 medical office building is completed

1992 The assisted reproduction program is expanded with the opening of a reproductive endocrinology lab

1994 The post interventional unit opens to provide safe and costeffective care to patients following coronary angioplasty stent or atherectomy procedures

Central Baptist is the first hospital in central and eastern Kentucky to offer stereotactic breast biopsies to women with abnormal mammograms The new procedure offers a safe relatively painless nonscarring and costeffective alternative to surgical biopsy

1997 The cardiovascular observation unit opens to provide specialized care for patients before and after cardiac catheterization procedures The hospital begins independent critical care transport service Central Baptist establishes the first comprehensive womens center in Lexington

1998 BaptistWorx an occupational medicine provider opens Central Baptist is named one of the 50 fastest growing hospitals in the nation and is the only acute care facility in the state to win a Kentucky Quality Commission Award for outstanding management practices Baby Central the regions first online nursery becomes part of the Central Baptist Web site

1999 In September Central Baptist welcomes its 100000th baby into the world

2000 Central Baptist opens its newest expansion a 240000squarefoot medical facility housing the ambulatory surgery center the Baptist Heart Institute the Cancer Care Center the research center and medical office space

2003 Construction begins on the Central Baptist Diagnostic Center replacing the Medical Heights location at the corner of Nicholasville Road and Southland Drive

2004 The Central Baptist Diagnostic Center one of the areas first fully filmless imaging centers opened Jan 2

2004 The Womens Health Central Assessment Center opened Jan 2 in the Diagnostic Center building