UnityPoint Health - Trinity Regional Medical Center

Name :

UnityPoint Health - Trinity Regional Medical Center

Address  :

802 Kenyon Road

Town  :

Fort Dodge

State  :

Iowa

Country  :

USA

Post Code:

50501

Phone  :

515 573 3101

Web URL  :

Available

Description

Who We Are amp What We Stand For
Trinity Regional Medical Center is a licensed 200 bed nonprofit hospital that serves Fort Dodge and surrounding communities As a designated regional referral center Trinity serves an eight county area with a population of approximately 100000 Offering a wide range of primary and secondary care services Trinity employs over 1000 healthcare professionals technicians and employees and boasts a medical staff of 65 physicians

Improving Our Communitys Health

Our Mission
To improve the health of the citizens of our communities and regions by providing quality healthcare in an efficient and costeffective manner

Our Vision
To be the preferred healthcare provider in northwestcentral Iowa

Service Excellence Value
We are committed to and driven by our SERVICE values

Service We provide service that is patientfocused compassionate
courteous and responsive to our patients their families and guests

Excellence We strive for the highest degree of excellence in our work by
providing quality care and being champions of continuous improvement

Respect We treat our patients guests and coworkers with the utmost
respect dignity courtesy and confidentiality

Value We value the dignity of every patient and the importance of meeting
all their needs We value the contributions of every coworker as well as a
work environment that embraces a commitment to working together in a
positive effective and teamoriented manner

Integrity We maintain integrity and ethical principles in our work by
embracing the highest standards of behavior and promoting honesty
responsibility trustworthiness fairness and caring in our relationships
with patients their families coworkers physicians business partners and
our community

Community We are dedicated to improving the health wellbeing and quality
of life of our community by working together with our fellow citizens
sharing a common vision and commitment for a healthier and more vital
community

Enthusiasm We are committed to serving our patients their families and
guests with an enthusiastic spirit and desire to make a difference in their
lives

History

History that Spans 100 years
With a history that spans 100 years hospital care in Fort Dodge owes its vitality to those of every generation who developed a vision that would establish an institution and its community as the standard bearers for healthcare in northwest Iowa The complexion of Trinity Regional Medical Center today its posture prestige and presence has been evolving since those first days of the new century when a group of nurses were instrumental in establishing hospital care in Fort Dodge in 1900

1900 Haskell House
In 1900 a group of nurses acquired a sturdy brick Victorian mansion at the corner of first Avenue North and Fifth Street and established an 18 bed hospital that became known as the Haskell House

1909 Mercy
Early in the hospitals existence individuals in the community recognized that the 18bed facility was not adequate for meeting the needs of a bustling growing city Ultimately it was a typhoid epidemic in 1907 that spurred the planning for a larger hospital and on March 9 1909 St Joseph Mercy Hospital opened its doors

1924 Lutheran
By 1920 the population of Fort Dodge had soared to 20000 but there were only 60 hospital beds serving the growing community far short of the 300 beds considered necessary by the standards of that period With a commitment to meet the growing health care needs of the community a group of Lutheran churches in the area formed a Lutheran Hospital Association and decided to organize the funding for a second hospital By the spring of 1924 the present site of Trinity Regional Medical Center was chosen and plans for construction began

Before a crowd of 8000 Rev T B Thorson Thor president of the Lutheran Hospital association laid the cornerstone on on November 2 1924

Though the initial funding efforts were successful construction progress met with frequent delays due to unanticipated funding shortages

After a decade of determination planning and fundraising Lutheran Hospital opened its doors and admitted its first patient on February 24 1932

1939 Nurses Home
While Lutheran did not have a nursing school they did have a nurses home built in 1939 It later became attached to the main hospital in 1949

In the 1940s nurses were paid 55 per month plus a private room three meals a day and laundered uniforms Prior to that nurses were not paid anything but did receive free room and board

While Iowa still did not have an EMT program Lutheran was forming an ambulance department The City Ambulance service was communitywide 24hours a day in 1957 City Ambulance service was referred to as quotthe finest kind of transportation to the sick and the injuredquot

1960 1999 Trinity Regional Hospital
In the late 1960s visionary leadership from both Mercy Hospital and Lutheran Hospital and the community formed a Citizens Hospital Committee to study the need to consolidate services and conserve health care resources In June of 1973 the decision was made to merge the two hospitals into one organization and name the new organization Trinity Regional Hospital Following the merger in 1974 all patient care was transferred to Trinity West the current location of Trinity Regional Medical Center The consolidation of all operations to one facility eliminated the duplication of services and equipment and enabled Trinity Regional Hospital to provide a higher level of care to citizens of Fort Dodge and surrounding communities

The concern for the growing health care needs of the community and region prompted the Trinity Board of Directors to consider the development of a building program In February of 1980 a new 15 million addition was opened The new addition included a new four story patient bed tower and new space for the emergency radiology laboratory surgery and critical care departments

With a vision for transforming Trinity into a regional center for health care services in the late 1980s and early 1990s the hospital recognized that growing the physician base and scope of medical specialties would be critical By sharing resources and expertise the hospital began partnering with local physician groups These partnerships spawned the development of a local and regional physician network that would consolidate overhead and provide administrative support while strengthening the capacity to attract qualified physician specialists and subspecialists to Fort Dodge Rural physicians in the region welcomed the concept of a unified physician network which led to the beginning of a new physician network called Physician Practice Management Corporation PPMC later to be renamed Trimark Physicians Group

In 1991 Trinity Regional Hospital purchased an abandoned elementary school in the Highland Park neighborhood in Fort Dodge and through renovation was able to transform the school building into a stateofthe art rehabilitation facility Highland Park Center became Trinitys first offcampus outpatient clinic and quickly developed into a quotCenter of Excellencequot providing comprehensive physical occupational and speech therapy services as well as sports medicine and other rehabilitative services

In 1997 Trinity developed a new partnership with a highly reputable cardiology physician group from Des Moines Iowa Heart Center PC This partnership brought new cardiologists to Fort Dodge and promulgated a plan for the development of a cardiology center In 1999 Trinity began building a new heart center that would include two heart catheterization labs and a surgical suite In April 2000 the first Cardiac Catheterization Lab was opened with the surgical component opening in June of the same year

On January 1 1999 Trinity became a senior affiliate of Iowa Health System The Board of Directors of Trinity Health Systems strongly endorsed the change based on the IHS commitment to make capital available for future growth provide leadership and support for information systems and technology and offer opportunities to consolidate purchasing and other administrative functions for improved efficiencies The affiliation while not a legal merger allowed Trinity Regional Hospital to retain ownership of currently held assets and remain a separate nonprofit corporation under Iowa law

1999 Present Trinity Regional Medical Center
At the request of the medical staff in 1999 the Board agreed to change the name of Trinity Regional Hospital to Trinity Regional Medical Center to reflect the organizations broader scope of services in both inpatient and outpatient settings

In 2003 with the goal of bringing quality health care to people with cancer Trinity Regional Medical Center opened the Trinity Cancer Center and was recognized as an approved cancer program through the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer CoC As a CoC approved program the Trinity Cancer Center provides patients with stateoftheart cancer care in a healing and familycentered environment

In November of 2008 the Paula J Baber Hospice Home was opened to serve individuals with lifelimiting illness The hospice home was made possible through the generous donations given by employees of Trinity Regional Medical Center and Trimark Physicians Group the residents of Fort Dodge surrounding communities and the family of Paula J Baber

The need to expand to accomplish future growth and to enhance patient comfort and convenience were the driving forces behind the Boards decision in 2006 to invest 32 million in a new building addition In November of 2008 Trinity Regional Medical Center opened the doors to its new quotfront doorquot an 80000 square foot addition that is home to a new ambulatory surgery center several outpatient services a new obstetrics unit and conference center This impressive structure has provided Trinity Regional Medical Center the opportunity to reorganize outpatient services in a way that enhances operational efficiency and improves patient satisfaction and by doingso has positioned itself to meet future health care needs

On February 24 1932 Lutheran Hospital opened its doors in readiness to serve 25 patients As the doors opened the dedication of all became active reality in the expression

quotwe serve Christ healsquot Today the original cornerstone sits prominently in the front entrance of Trinity Regional Medical Center