Saint Joseph Hospital in Lexington, Ky., part of Saint Joseph Health, is a non-profit, acute-care hospital and a member of Catholic Health Initiatives.
Here are 10 things to know about Saint Joseph Hospital.
1. John Smithhisler serves as president.
2. Gary Ermers serves as CFO.
3. The hospital has 248 beds.
4. The hospital has 1,674 total employees.
5. In 2011, the hospital performed 6,800 inpatient surgeries, 14,300 outpatient surgeries, 50,900 outpatient visits and had 20,400 non-admitted emergency room visits and 9,100 admitted emergency room visits.
6. In 2011, the hospital recorded $747.4 million in gross charges and $6.5 million in net losses, according to the American Hospital Directory.
7. The hospital received a Patient Safety Excellence Award from Healthgrades in 2013.
8. Saint Joseph Hospital, the first hospital in Lexington, Ky., was founded in 1877 by the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth. In 1959, the hospital moved to its current location Harrodsburg Road.
9. The hospital provided over $48 million in unreimbursed care from July 2010 to July 2011.
10. The Heart Institute at Saint Joseph Hospital was the site of Lexington's first heart catheterization, first open-heart surgery and first balloon angioplasty.
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Here are 10 things to know about Saint Joseph Hospital.
1. John Smithhisler serves as president.
2. Gary Ermers serves as CFO.
3. The hospital has 248 beds.
4. The hospital has 1,674 total employees.
5. In 2011, the hospital performed 6,800 inpatient surgeries, 14,300 outpatient surgeries, 50,900 outpatient visits and had 20,400 non-admitted emergency room visits and 9,100 admitted emergency room visits.
6. In 2011, the hospital recorded $747.4 million in gross charges and $6.5 million in net losses, according to the American Hospital Directory.
7. The hospital received a Patient Safety Excellence Award from Healthgrades in 2013.
8. Saint Joseph Hospital, the first hospital in Lexington, Ky., was founded in 1877 by the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth. In 1959, the hospital moved to its current location Harrodsburg Road.
9. The hospital provided over $48 million in unreimbursed care from July 2010 to July 2011.
10. The Heart Institute at Saint Joseph Hospital was the site of Lexington's first heart catheterization, first open-heart surgery and first balloon angioplasty.
If you have additional information you'd like included on the hospital featured above, or would like to recommend a hospital to be profiled in the future, please contact Lindsey Dunn, editor in chief, Becker's Hospital Review at ldunn@beckershealthcare.com.