Noble Hospital

Description

Noble Hospitals Mission Statement
The mission of Noble Hospital is to deliver the highest quality health care through a broad range of services to the diverse people of Greater Westfield and surrounding areas The trustees and staff of Noble Hospital are committed to providing these services through the CARES philosophy of Compassion Accountability Respect Excellence and Satisfaction

Noble Hospitals Vision to Implement its Mission
Noble Hospital including its trustees medical staff and employees strives to fulfill its stewardship role in identifying healthcare needs in conjunction with the community Noble Hospital views development of programs and services that enhance the overall health and well being of everyone within its service area as a core activity toward achieving its mission

Noble Hospital will be a modern wellequipped consumer oriented nonprofit community hospital recognized accepted and promoted by the public as a caring high quality institution providing outstanding medical and surgical care in a comforting friendly and quotcommunityfocusedquot environment

Noble Hospital strives to be a progressive and innovative institution staying current with technological developments in high quality costeffective medical and surgical care Noble pursues its delivery of care based on data and outcomes using this information to continuously improve services for our patients and to educate our communities

The staff of Noble Hospital recognizes that appropriate care should be available to all regardless of ancestry race color religion sex age sexual orientation marital status national origin physical or mental handicap or financial status Noble accepts a stewardship role in identifying the community health care needs of all segments of the community The Trustees Management Medical Nursing and Support Staff shall combine their best efforts to insure that health care is given with respect and with sensitivity to the personal dignity of the patients and their families

History

History
Founded in 1893 Noble Hospital is the flagship of Noble Health Systems The hospital owes its existence to Reuben Noble a Westfield native born in 1820 who made his fortune in manufacturing whips and who bequeathed a large portion of his estate to the establishment of a hospital that would serve the residents of the greater Westfield community Mr Noble took this action after suffering a serious injury and recognizing the need for a local hospital

Reuben Noble died on June 3 1890 and the trustees named in Mr Nobles will were incorporated in 1893 During the next four years the trustees which Mr Noble insisted should always include at least four women authorized the purchase of property and awarded a contract for the building of the hospital to be named after its founderbenefactor

The original Noble Hospital had 20 beds and was staffed by eight physicians During 1897 the hospitals first year of operation 114 patients were admitted Patients paid 7 a week for a ward and 15 a week for a private room

In 1902 Mrs Louisa Keep a member of the Board of Trustees donated money for a building for the treatment of patients with contagious diseases The Keep Memorial Building was built in 1903 as a memorial to Mrs Keeps husband James The building was expanded in 1927

A Nurses Training School opened in 1905 with its first class graduating in 1908 The school graduated 144 nurses before closing in 1936

The Woronoco Surgery building was added in 1906 adding 30 beds to the hospital which was remodeled in 1920 to include a maternity ward xray department emergency operating room laundry and kitchen and several new private rooms and baths

Through the years renovations and additions were made to the hospital until in 1955 the Board of Trustees voted to launch a drive to raise 1250000 to build a new hospital On November 24 1958 after raising nearly 1500000 the new hospital was occupied The original building was demolished and in its place a parking lot for visitors was constructed

The current Noble Hospital has seen many changes since it opened in 1958 including the opening of the FowlerSalmond Memorial Wing as a convalescent unit in 1964 the addition of the North Wing to include a new Emergency Department xray and laboratory facilities as well as additional patient rooms in 1974 the conversion of the FowlerSalmond Wing to a psychiatric unit in 1981 the opening of the new ICUCCU in 1984 the opening of Same Day Care services in 1987 and the opening of the Bronson Rehabilitation Center in 1989 In 1995 in response to the trend toward fewer overnight hospital stays a 24000 square foot addition was built to house the Center for Surgical and Ambulatory Care Immediately thereafter the hospitals third floor was completely renovated to accommodate Medical Day Care services such as oncology occupational health endoscopies urology and a wide variety of patient education services and specialty clinics In 1998 the Womens Center opened in renovated space on the first floor The Center features stateoftheart technology including Mammography with the ICAD ImageChecker and Womans Touch MammoPad Bone Density Scanning Ultrasound Stereotactic Breast Biopsy and Screenings for such conditions as Osteoporosis Breast Cancer Cervical Cancer Cardiovascular Health and more In 2004 the Womens Center was expanded to include comprehensive OBGYN Services including pre and post natal care annual checkups nutrition counseling childbirth education exercise classes and postpartum counseling These services are augmented by an affiliation agreement between the Womens Center OBGYN Services and Baystate Medical Center

In the summer of 2004 the hospital opened its new 8000 square foot Cardiac Center on the lower level of the Surgical Center The center is designed for the diagnosis treatment and prevention of cardiac disease Along with other stateoftheart equipment the center features the quotgold standardquot in cardiac diagnostics Nuclear Cardiology