Bethesda Hospital is a long-term acute care hospital located in St. Louis. Paul, Minnesota, United States. It is accredited by the Joint Commission and Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facility (CARF). It is a member of the Health Care System.
Bethesda Hospital is one of only two long-acting care hospitals (LTACHs) in Minnesota. Long term acute care hospitals provide special, extended, aggressive medical care for patients who have had life-altering illness or injuries such as stroke, multiple organ failure after major surgery, a traumatic accident involving spinal cord damage or brain injury, etc.
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History
Bethesda Hospital opened its doors in 1883 as a community hospital in St. Louis. Paul, Minnesota. It was founded by Pastor A.P. Monten, D.D., pastor of the first Swedish Lutheran Church in St. Petersburg. Paul, with sponsorship of the Tabitha Society of the Swedish Lutheran Minnesota Conference. Bethesda treated the family family of the environment until January 1989, when it changed from short-term community hospitals to long-term acute care hospitals (LTACH). There are about 400 such facilities across the country.
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Care and service
LTACH patients usually have complex medical diagnoses or some medical conditions that require hospitalization for more than 25 days. As a specialized hospital, Bethesda serves more than 2,000 individuals each year in its inpatient program Respiratory Care; Complex Medical Treatment; Brain Injury Service; and Medical Behavior Services. Examples of the scope of this service are as follows:
Respiratory Care patients suffering from severe respiratory failure or chronic respiratory disorders; they can come directly from the intensive care unit of the community hospital for weaning ventilators. They receive intensive care from respiratory therapists and undergo physical, occupational and speech therapy as indicated by individual patient care plans. All treatments are supervised by the lung specialist.
Bethesda Hospital has a success rate of ventricular weaning that consistently exceeds the national industry benchmark, with 65% of patients weaned from the ventilator (after weaning in short acute care hospitals) compared with a 59.9% national score.
Patients Medical Complex generally arrive with some system failures. These patients may require intravenous therapy. Many of them receive special wound care using the latest technology to treat and heal wounds that often require frequent and complex clothing replacement supervised by doctors, nurse practitioners and staff nurses who specialize in wound care. Bethesda Hospital currently uses MIST therapy for some of the most challenging injuries.
Brain Injury Service patients comprise about 20 percent of the population treated at Bethesda Hospital. Their brain injury can be traumatic (due to a fall or a blow to the head) or vascular (due to a stroke). Bethesda uses an Independent Functional Score (FIM) to assess the quality of care in this program. FIM is a disability assessment of 18 functional items. Patients received a score of 18 - 126. The current hospital FIM improvement score was 31.7 compared with the national score of 23.6.
Medical Behavior Services patients are treated with complex medical problems and drug management issues coupled with Alzheimer's or dementia. The average length of stay in this program is 30 days.
Outpatient including Alzheimer & amp; Memory Loss Care, Brain Injury Treatment, Capsant Center for Parkinson's Disease and Disturbance, Clinical Clinic, Nutrition Service, Physical Treatment Service and Psychology Service.
Bethesda Hospital offers a wide range of therapies including art healing programs, pet therapy and virtual therapy (also known as "Wii-hab").
Operational data for 2009
Staff Beds: 142
Number of Employees: 704
Daily Census Average: 106
Patient Acceptance: Breathing (47%), Complex Health (20%), Medical Behavior (16%), Brain Injury (14%)
Awards
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Exemplary Psychologist: Awarded to Robert Sevenich, MD, JD and Medical Director for brain injury services at Bethesda Hospital (2009)
Eleven Who Care: KARE-11 TV award for John Mastel, former patient, for his long-term voluntary contributions in stroke support (2009) and to Eleanor Jahnke for 75 years of work and voluntary service (2008)
National Association of Long-Term Hospital, Goldberg Innovation Award: For integrated care model (2007)
American Psychological Association: Best practice award for BRAVOe, employee engagement program (2007)
HealthCare Hero Award: Spoken by Twin Cities Business magazine to John Mastel for 25 years as a support group leader and peer program maker (2009)
Innovation in the Health Award: Rahul Koranne, MD and Medical Director of Bethesda Hospital, serving as lead doctor on the Health Care Navigation Strategy to change the current health delivery system. Receiving appointment from HealthPartners (2009) and Minnesota Hospital Association (2010)
References
External links
- Bethesda Hospital
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