Brookwood Baptist Health
Baptist Health System is a family of four hospitals and numerous affiliated health centers in the Birmingham area. The system was founded with the establishment of the Birmingham Baptist Hospital (now Princeton Baptist Medical Center) in 1922 as a joint ministry of a group of Baptist churches. The system is now organized as a non-profit corporation whose trustees are appointed by the Birmingham Baptist Association. The system's headquarters office is located at 3201 4th Avenue South in Birmingham. The president and CEO is Shane Spees.
In October 2005 Baptist Health System sold 65% ownership of its Montclair Baptist Medical Center on Montclair Road in Birmingham to Triad Hospitals of Plano, Texas. That company was sold in July 2007 to Community Health Systems of Brentwood, Tennessee, which has made plans to relocate the hospital, now called Trinity Medical Center, to a site near Grants Mill Road in Irondale. BHS sold its remaining 30 percent of Trinity in June 2008 for an undisclosed amount.
Baptist Health System is currently licensed for 1,576 patient beds and serves over 36,000 inpatients and nearly 350,000 outpatients each year. It employs 4,300 workers, of which 520 are staff physicians.
In 1994 Baptist Health System merged its Princeton Healthcare Services and Montclair Medical Clinics to form a wholly-owned for-profit subsidiary, Baptist Health Centers, which specializes in managing physician practices. The company owns 38 clinics in north and central Alabama and manages 10 others. In 2003, the system was the largest hospital chain in the state, with 10 facilities. But a money crunch forced a restructuring, and many of the hospitals were sold or spun off.
In October 2005 Baptist Health System sold 65% ownership of its Montclair Baptist Medical Center on Montclair Road in Birmingham to Triad Hospitals of Plano, Texas. That company was sold in July 2007 to Community Health Systems of Brentwood, Tennessee, which has made plans to relocate the hospital, now called Trinity Medical Center, to a site near Grants Mill Road in Irondale. BHS sold its remaining stake of Trinity in June 2008 for an undisclosed amount.
Baptist Health System is currently licensed for 1,576 patient beds and serves over 36,000 inpatients and nearly 350,000 outpatients each year. It employs 4,300 workers, of which 520 are staff physicians.
In July 2008, BHS announced that it was seeking approval for a new hospital in western Hoover off U. S. Highway 150 near I-459 on 18 acres. The system currently has a medical office building in a former Winn-Dixie location, which will be demolished for the new hospital, to be named Hoover Baptist Medical Center. BHS is applying to move 140 beds from Princeton, which is licensed for 499 beds but only uses 300. BHS stated that it is not abandoning West End, merely attempting to bring healthcare where it is needed. Hoover is the largest city in the state without a hospital.
Hospitals
- Citizens Baptist Medical Center (Talladega)
- Princeton Baptist Medical Center (Birmingham)
- Shelby Baptist Medical Center (Alabaster)
- Walker Baptist Medical Center (Jasper)
Proposed
Health Centers
- Baptist Health Center Bessemer
- Baptist Health Center Cahaba Valley
- Baptist Health Center Center Point
- Baptist Health Center Columbiana
- Baptist Health Center Gardendale
- Baptist Health Center Hueytown
- Baptist Health Center Jemison
- Baptist Health Center Leeds
- Baptist Health Center Lincoln
- Baptist Health Center Moyo
- Baptist Health Center Munford
- Baptist Health Center Pinson
- Baptist Health Center Talladega
- Baptist Health Center Trussville
- Princeton Medical Associates
External links
- Baptist Health System website
References
- Velasco, Anna (July 22, 2008) "Baptist Health System will seek approval to build and operate a hospital in Hoover." Birmingham News.