The Bellevue Hospital

Description

MISSION STATEMENT

We CARE for patients as members of our family We work to heal the sick treat the injured and prevent illness We protect the trust of our community and employees to be a progressive quality health care organization

Our primary goal is and always will beto CARE


VALUE STATEMENT

The Bellevue Hospital with RESPECT COMPASSION INTEGRITY and COURAGE honors the individuality and confidentiality of our patients employees and community and is progressive in anticipating and providing future health care services


VISION STATEMENT

The Bellevue Hospital is the LEADER in providing resources necessary to realize the communitys highest level of HEALTH throughout life

History

History

The Bellevue Hospital has been serving the community since 1914

In 1914 a group of Bellevue citizens looked to the future and envisioned a modern public hospital that would allow the people of the community to receive their medical care locally On March 16 1917 The Bellevue Hospital was dedicated

The view of The Bellevue Hospital was taken in the 1940s At the right of the hospital is the nurses home

In 1953 and during the 1960s the hospitals growth required additional patient beds a surgical suite laboratory kitchen and boiler room

The above picture of the hospital was taken in 1964 In 1964 the hospital had a staff of ten physicians and a staff of sixtyfive employees The hospital housed sixty hospital beds eleven maternity bed and eleven bassinets The hospital also operated a 20 bed nursing home quotBiebricher Housequot located at 426 West Main Street

The 1970s was a decade of change for The Bellevue Hospital In 1973 a sixbed Intensive Care Unit was specially equipped and staffed to meet the needs of the critically ill and injured In 1976 the hospital adjusted to a declining birthrate and closed the maternity ward In 1978 The Bellevue Hospital became the first small and rural hospital in Ohio to begin an inpatient alcohol detoxification and rehabilitation program Two physician buildings were also added during the late 1970s providing a convenient centralized health care campus

The 1980s were busy years for the hospital with the completion of two major building expansions a third physicians building and increased patient services Some of the services added included a rural cancer program with a specialized outpatient oncology clinic a Cardiac Rehabilitation Program for patients who have experienced a heart attack or had recent cardiac surgery a swingbed program offering the capability of shortterm skilled or intermediate longterm care a Family Birthing Center focusing on a homelike atmosphere and an emergency ambulance program with transfer and invalid services available

On February 21 1993 The Bellevue Hospital dedicated its 37 million expansion and renovation construction projects A new surgery addition includes three surgical suites recovery room minor surgery suite conference room PreAdmission Testing room emergency and surgery waiting room remodeled chapel main entrance and gift shop The North addition houses the new sixbed IntensiveCoronary Care Unit Physical Therapy Materials Managements and Nuclear Medicine Departments

In 1994 the hospital once again recognized an opportunity to serve the needs of the community by opening a Senior Treatment Enrichment Program STEP The STEP unit provides outpatient treatment for a senior population with depression or emotional difficulties

In the summer of 1995 the hospital installed a magnetic resonance imaging MRI scanning system the latest and most exciting technology in the world of diagnostic imaging This new capability will allow the hospital to provide area residents and their physicians daily access to some of the most advanced techniques yet developed for peering into the human body

Construction was once again a familiar site on the hospitals campus during 1995 The hospitals new dining room construction added more than 2000 square feet to the southwest side of the hospital and provides a pleasant roomy atmosphere for enjoying a meal The kitchen facilities also were renovated adding a new grill stove refrigeratorfreezer and air conditioning

From 1995 until the present The Bellevue Hospital continued to update its services equipment and building Improved services include the Breast Care Program using a less invasive stereotactic breast biopsy procedure the expansion of the STEP program into Health Counseling Services offering private counseling to area adults our Clyde Clinic began offering primary health care services an Occupational Health Center was opened to serve our business and industry customers an emergency telephone call system began and a new Sleep Disorders Lab was added Equipment included the addition of a highspeed CT Scanner an OPEN MRI Unit and surgical equipment to perform the latest in laser and other lessinvasive types of surgeries Our building was updated by the conversion of semiprivate rooms into six new private rooms on the MedSurg Unit and one of The Bellevue Hospital Foundations community service projects resulted in the addition of a new visitor elevator near the main lobby waiting room area

As our services and programs grew it became more apparent that our facility might be less than adequate for our next century of caring The hospital and its board of trustees began an indepth twoyear study to determine how to adequately serve the needs of our growing communities concluding with the decision to build a new hospital This visionary leadership helped to assure our continued tradition of caring and the new hospital accepted its first patients on March 13 2005

The exterior of our prairiestyle 129000 square foot facility located on 109 acres blends with the gentle slopes of the surrounding Northern Ohio farmland Our new building encompasses new equipment programs and services Equipment such as new MRI and CT scanners offers a higher quality and faster imaging programs including Occupational Health offer additional space and a convenient location and expansion of services in our Specialty Care Clinic now has fulltime cardiology services and at many other medical specialists

In 2007 we celebrated our 90th year of providing Quality Care Close to Home by continuing to offer new healthcare services more physicians and great care by professionals who care for patients as members of our family During the year the hospitals Foundation began building a Meditation and Walking Trail between the hospital and US 20 The hospitals Board of Trustees also approved our former building to be torn down and converted to green space The three medical buildings will remain at the Northwest Street location

The Bellevue Hospital was named one of the Top 100 Places to Work in Healthcare for 2008 by Modern Healthcare Magazine The hospital also scored in the top 5 nationally on Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers HCAHPS by Press Ganey and TBHs Home Health Agency ranked in the top 25 nationally by HomeCare Elite

The Bellevue Hospital now has over 450 employees and has a combined 119 physicians on our active and courtesy medical staffs