Mount Carmel West

Description

About Us
Serving more than a half million patients each year Mount Carmel is the secondlargest healthcare system in central Ohio Our more than 8000 employees and 1500 physicians utilize stateoftheart facilities advanced technologies and the latest procedures to accomplish our mission of healing patients minds bodies and spirits and improving the health of the communities we serve
We pursue that mission through four respected hospitals as well as in outpatient facilities physicians offices surgery centers urgent care centers community outreach sites and homes throughout central Ohio We put our exceptional resources to work out in the community as well through our Mount Carmel HealthProviders primary care and specialty physician practices and our hospice home care and outreach services

Were also dedicated to medical education with six physician residency programs and Ohios fourthlargest baccalaureate nursing degree program

All that aside patients and their families are our top priority and we strive to make the most of their treatments outcomes and experiences by continually investing in the people facilities and technologies it takes to provide amazing healthcare every day

Mission
We serve together at Mount Carmel in Trinity Health in the spirit of the Gospel to heal body mind and spirit to improve the health of our communities and to steward the resources entrusted to us

In seeking to accomplish our mission we employ these core values

Respect

Compassion

Excellence

Care for the poor and underserved

Social justice

History

History
1886
Mother M Angela and Sister M Rufina Dunn of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Cross of Notre Dame Indiana turn a sturdy fourstory red brick building with two wards eighteen private rooms an operating room and an amphitheater into Hawkes Hospital of Mount Carmel

1903
Mount Carmel School of Nursing begins offering students quotall that science and intellect can affordquot It is the first in the United States to be nationally accredited

1908
The Sisters of St Francis open St Anns Infant Asylum at Bryden Road and Rose Avenue now Kelton Avenue to protect and care for orphaned infants and unwed mothers

The Sisters of Mount Carmel purchase a 140acre plot east of Hawkes Hospital complete with cows horses chickens hogs and farm implements as a farm and recreational center

1920
St Anns Infant Asylum becomes St Anns Hospital for Women and begins providing maternity care This year 230 children were born there 90 more than in 1919

1950
St Anns Hospital for Women is remodeled to offer expanded maternity services and gynecological care in response to a decrease in home deliveries

1951
A Department of Medicine and General Surgery is opened at St Anns

1972
The culmination of five years work Mount Carmel East is opened on the east side of Columbus The 233bed hospital is situated on a 140acre quotfarmquot purchased in 1908

St Anns Hospital opens its doors to the first male patient in its 64year history

1975
Hawkes Hospital of Mount Carmel begins offering numerous ancillary services To herald this event its name is changed to Mount Carmel Medical Center

1984
The Mount Carmel Community Service Corporation is formed to facilitate community needs in outreach hospice wellness home care and other services
St Anns Hospital is relocated to its present site in Westerville in order to meet the needs of the growing population in Columbus northeast quadrant

Mount Carmel Health is created incorporating Mount Carmel Medical Center West Mount Carmel East and Mount Carmel Community Service Corporation A new logo is created and new corporate colors are chosen

1990
Mount Carmel School of Nursing becomes Mount Carmel College of Nursing when it begins offering a Bachelors degree in Nursing

1993
The Bruce E Siegel Center for Health Education is added onto Mount Carmel East Hospital to provide a resource for community education

1995
St Anns Hospital joins the Mount Carmel Health System
1999 Mount Carmel East Hospital Mount Carmel Medical Center and St Anns Hospital are renamed Mount Carmel East Mount Carmel West and Mount Carmel St Anns
2000
Mount Carmel joins Trinity Health the third largest Catholic healthcare system in the United States operating or affiliated with 44 hospitals 342 outpatient facilities 31 longterm care facilities 28 home healthcare offices and 20 hospice programs
A dedicated cancer center is opened on the Mount Carmel St Anns campus

2002
Mount Carmel St Anns new Emergency Department opens nearly doubling its previous size with the ability to treat up to 100000 patients per year
2003 Mount Carmel opens the St Anns Maternity Pavilion the first comprehensive care facility of its kind in Columbus
Mount Carmel East opens a dedicated Heart Center and a new Maternity Center to better serve the growing population of Columbus east side

2004
The Center for Learning and Education opens on the Mount Carmel West campus housing a hightech library learning labs meeting rooms as well as more classroom and office space for the Mount Carmel College of Nursing
2007 New Albany Surgical Hospital joins the Mount Carmel Health System Hospital renamed Mount Carmel New Albany Surgical Hospital