Saint Thomas Hospital

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About Saint Thomas Hospital
A Legacy of Compassionate Care
For 113 years Saint Thomas Hospital has been devoted to physical emotional and spiritual healing Our mission is to serve all persons with special attention to those who are poor and vulnerable while improving the health of individuals and communities Saint Vincent de Paul and Saint Louise de Marillac founded the Daughters of Charity in Paris France In 1898 Thomas Sebastian Byrne the fifth Catholic Bishop of Nashville asked the Daughters of Charity to establish Saint Thomas Hospital in Nashville

Today Saint Thomas Hospital provides adult specialty healthcare to the more than two million residents of Middle Tennessee Southwestern Kentucky and Northern Alabama Saint Thomas Health Services regional health system consists of five hospitals Baptist and Saint Thomas Hospitals and the Center for Spinal Surgery in Nashville Middle Tennessee Medical Center in Murfreesboro and Hickman Community Hospital in Centerville and a comprehensive network of affiliated joint ventures in diagnostics cardiac services and ambulatory surgery as well as medical practices clinics and rehabilitation facilities STHS is a member of Ascension Health a Catholic organization that is the largest notforprofit health system in the United States

Mission Statement
Rooted in the loving ministry of Jesus as healer we commit ourselves to serving all persons with special attention to those who are poor and vulnerable Our Catholic health ministry is dedicated to spiritually centered holistic care which sustains and improves the health of individuals and communities We are advocates for a compassionate and just society through our actions and our words

Vision Statement
Saint Thomas Health Services will be the premier spiritually based healthcare ministry as seen through the eyes of the patient

Our Values
Service of the Poor Reverence Integrity Wisdom Creativity Dedication

History

Our History
For 113 years Saint Thomas Hospital has been devoted to physical emotional and spiritual healing Our mission is to serve all persons with special attention to those who are poor and vulnerable while improving the health of individuals and communities

Saint Vincent de Paul and Saint Louise de Marillac founded the Daughters of Charity in Paris France In 1898 Thomas Sebastian Byrne the fifth Catholic Bishop of Nashville asked the Daughters of Charity to establish Saint Thomas Hospital in Nashville Rooted in the loving ministry of Jesus as healer we commit ourselves to serving all persons with special attention to those who are poor and vulnerable

Our Catholic health ministry is dedicated to spiritually centered holistic care which sustains and improves the health of individuals and communities We are advocates for a compassionate and just society through our actions and our words

Today Saint Thomas Hospital provides adult specialty healthcare to the more than two million residents of Middle Tennessee Southwestern Kentucky and Northern Alabama

Distinctive Services at Saint Thomas Hospital include NationallyRecognized Cardiac services from more than 60 specialists of Saint Thomas Heart Cardiothoracic Surgery Accredited Heart Failure Unit Accredited Chest Pain Center and Emergency Services Department Critical and Special Care Ambulatory and Outpatient Surgery Diabetes Center General Medicine General Surgery Maria Nathanson Center for Excellence for Renal Pulmonary and Gastroenterology Disorders Mental Health Care Unit Nephrology Transplantation Department Cardiac and Kidney Accredited Stroke Center Outpatient Neurosurgery Center Accredited Center for MS Brain and Spine Tumor Center Accredited Dan Rudy Cancer Center Infusion Center Radiation Oncology Stereotactic Radiosurgery Lung Cancer Center Ophthalmology Rehabilitation Services Physical Therapy Respiratory Therapy Specialty Surgery Ear Nose Throat Surgery Neurosurgery Ophthalmology Surgery Orthopedic Surgery Plastic amp Reconstructive Surgery Vascular Surgery Urology Womens Health Services Gynecology and the Center for Breast Health

In March 2011 Saint Thomas Hospital was named one of the nations 100 Top Hospitalsreg by Thomson Reuters a leading provider of information and solutions to improve the cost and quality of healthcare This is the tenth time Saint Thomas Hospital has earned this distinction

And for the seventh consecutive year Saint Thomas Hospital has received the HealthGrades Patient Safety Excellence Award Of the nearly 5000 hospitals studied only 242 hospitals in the United States have received the Patient Safety Excellence Award This award places Saint Thomas Hospital among the top five percent of all hospitals in the US

Saint Thomas Hospital is a member of Saint Thomas Health Services a faithbased ministry with more than 6500 associates serving Middle Tennessee Saint Thomas Health Services regional health system consists of five hospitals Baptist and Saint Thomas Hospitals and the Center for Spinal Surgery in Nashville Middle Tennessee Medical Center in Murfreesboro and Hickman Community Hospital in Centerville and a comprehensive network of affiliated joint ventures in diagnostics cardiac services and ambulatory surgery as well as medical practices clinics and rehabilitation facilities STHS is a member of Ascension Health a Catholic organization that is the largest notforprofit health system in the United States