Mount Desert Island Hospital

Description

Welcome to Mount Desert Island Hospital
At Mount Desert Island Hospital we serve a closeknit island and surrounding communities through our 25bed critical access facility in Bar Harbor and a network of health centers across Mount Desert Islandall designed to provide comprehensive health care for residents and visitors While primary care is our focus we also provide those specialized services best delivered close to home When care is needed off island we expedite that process and then as recovery begins provide compassionate personal care that welcomes the returning patient home

Mission Statement
To provide compassionate care and strengthen the health of our community by embracing tomorrows methods and respecting timehonored values

Vision Statement
To be our communitys medical home by pursuing innovative models throughout the continuum of care Our integrated system will be the standard by which others are measured

Values
Compassion

Community

Improvement

Integrity

Respect

Teamwork

History

Mount Desert Island Hospital History1897 2009

On September 3rd 1897 during a meeting at the Marlborough Hotel in Bar Harbor members of the Village Improvement Society conclude some form of hospital is both expedient and even now necessary A committee composed of local citizens and rusticators undertakes to raise 10000 for construction of a Bar Harbor Medical and Surgical Hospital Thus begins more than a century of convenient access to quality care for residents and visitors in the MDI region

1898 The Bar Harbor Record reports completion of the 46by84foot Colonialstyle Hospital Capacity is limited to 10 beds five in private rooms All that is possible has been done to make the building clean comfortable cheerful and convenient

1906 Hospital admits its first maternity patient Space constraints limit inpatient maternity care to summer residents in the warm season local women assisted by a doctor and nurse deliver at home

1931 Trustees rename the Hospital The Mount Desert Island Hospital recognizing islandwide support for the institution

1937 A new wing provides additional acute care rooms an obstetrical area and a Radiology Department

1947 In October of the driest year on record small fires mushroom into a devastating blaze Between October 17 and November 14 flames devour 17188 acres and 237 homes Yet within Hospital walls calm prevails Volunteer fire crews stand guard as patients are moved from the main wooden structure to the brick wing the following day bed patients transfer to Eastern Maine General Hospital Bangor

1962 A new fireresistant brick structure gives the Hospital its first real emergency room its first pharmacy headed by a registered pharmacist a new surgical suite with recovery room and 57 new patient beds

1968 The new Medical Arts Building now known as CooperGilmore Health Center offers doctors office space close to the Hospital

1969 Completion of the Extended Care Wing makes MDI Hospital one of the bestequipped hospitals in New England

1972 The Intensive and Coronary Care Unit opens midJuly

1984 A trend toward familycentered childbirth leads to the opening of two specially equipped birthing rooms The Hospital also purchases its own mammography machine for the early detection of breast cancer

1985 The Ambulatory Surgery Unit opens reflecting a shift toward shorter hospital stays

1992 Dedication of Dr Llewellyn W Cooper Surgical Suite

1997 The Hospital acquires a Spiral CT Scanner which cuts exam times in half and provides more detailed information

2000 MDI Hospital receives Critical Access Hospital CAH designation The designation recognizes the unique role played by small rural hospitals in their communities and provides a higher rate of reimbursement for care of Medicare patients

2001 MDI Hospital breaks ground on Birch Bay Village Retirement Community

2002 The Hospital holds grand opening celebration for the Trenton Health Center

2003 The MDI Hospital Breast Center and Orthopedics clinic open

2005 MDI Hospitals new Obstetrics Department and Cadillac Mountain Medical Building open

2007 The Hospital cuts the ribbon on the new Colket Inpatient Care Center which provides spacious modern facilities for patients and visitors

2008 The new Community Health Center in Southwest Harbor opens offering primary care behavioral health physical and occupational therapy care management alternative medicine and an adult day facility for people with memory loss

2009 The Don and Beth Straus Center opens next to the new Community Health Center providing a day program for seniors with memory loss to enjoy a safe active therapeutic environment