Scott Memorial Hospital

Description

The Five Pillars provide Scott Memorial Hospital Team Members a foundation for setting organizational goals and direction for service and excellence They also provide consistency and focus over time

Scott Memorial Hospital is a 25bed critical access hospital that has served as a beacon of good health for more than 50 years In 2009 a 65 million stateoftheart surgical services wing opened adding 20000 square feet and two operating rooms The hospitals Everitt Womens Pavilion cares for more than 200 mothers and their new arrivals each year

Our Mission
Scott Memorial Hospital is dedicated to provide the best health care services with compassion to all

Our Vision
The vision of Scott Memorial Hospital is to be the best community healthcare provider in the nation

Our Values
People Each individual is our most asset

Integrity We do the right things for the right reasons while building
trust and accountability

Service We provide superior service with compassion

Education We commit to continual improvement by developing personal and
professional growth through education

History

History of Scott Memorial Hospital

Early leaders sign the deed for the land that was to become the new Scott County Hospital From left to right Standing County Auditor Alfred Hayes Board Member Harold Thomas Attorney Robert Railing Board Secretary Raymond Swope and Board Member NK White Seated left to right Mrs Jessie Maranda and Board President Conrad Ridlen

Scott Memorial opened in December of 1959 with 34 beds 12 bassinets a complete operating room delivery facilities and laboratory departments A 28bed addition was added just in time for the hospitals tenth anniversary

A pediatric ward Respiratory Department a twobed Critical Care Unit and Physical Therapy department were added during a growth period between 1974 and 1976 In July 1979 Medical III was added giving the hospital 14 private rooms Later that year Critical Care was expanded to four beds Growth continued through the years with the addition of a CT Scanner Mammography equipment and a new surgical wing

On May 1 1991 the Board of Trustees approved an affiliation with Jewish Hospital HealthCare Services giving Scott Memorial many enhanced services such as an air ambulance service Soon the Emergency Department began 24hour physician staffed service and Frazier Rehab Services another JHHS Partner began the management of the hospitals Rehab Services

In 1994 the McClain Lifestyles Center for Cardiac Rehabilitation was opened and dedicated in honor of Marvin L McClain who practiced medicine in Scottsburg for thirty years That same year an eightunit Chronic Dialysis Center was added and Obstetrics was given a major renovation to enhance the care for mothers and their babies

A 74 million additionrenovation project completed in 2004 included the addition of a new inhouse MRI unit Other changes made by the project were spectacular The Emergency Department nearly tripled in size and included nine individual exam bays These were all private rooms except for a twobed heart amp major trauma room and two observation rooms

The addition allowed better interdepartmental traffic flow and security A diagnostic core of clinical departments kept patient traffic patterns away from public areas

The hospital renovation transformed the Obstetrics Department into a Womens Health Center with a centralized design that is better able to handle multiple delivery situations

The design incorporated other womens services such as mammography and ultrasound and included three labordeliveryrecoverypostpartum rooms LDRP The design included a newbaby holding nursery next to the nurses station for enhanced security There is also a gynecology surgical recovery area and a comfortable and conveniently located waiting area

The front lobbies have separate entrances and waiting areas for outpatient and emergency patients to ease crowding and increase patient privacy The new ambulance entrance on the south side of the hospital allows patients to be delivered directly into the Emergency Room The Ambulance bay also includes a decontamination entrance for use in industrial or biohazard accidents and there is direct access to the Air Ambulance helipad

The renovation completed for the 50th Birthday Celebration focused on a new Surgical Services Wing Total space for this project was 24466 square foot There is 4500 square foot of existing space that was renovated plus more than 20000 square foot of new space

By comparison the original hospital construction in 1959 was 20000 square foot The addition completed in 2004 added 13000 square foot of new space with 17000 square feet of renovated space

Total cost of the surgery project was 65 million with a 750000 budget for stateoftheart equipment for two stateoftheart operating rooms set up for both general surgery and orthopedics There are also five postanesthesia care units with ten private prepost op rooms There is also a connector to the Womens Center that offers faster transport and privacy when OBGYN patients need surgery