CAMC snapshot is a quick reference guide containing vital information about our health system.

 

• West Virginia’s largest medical center

• 11th highest volume heart center in U.S.

• Level I trauma center (highest ranking)

• Level I pediatric intensive care unit (highest ranking)

• Level III neonatal intensive care unit (highest ranking)

• Fully accredited by Joint Commission including recertification as a Primary Stroke Center

• CAMC Weight Loss Center named a Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence by the American
  Society for Bariatric Surgery

• The only kidney transplant center in West Virginia 2008 Special Recognitions and Awards

• For the second year in a row, CAMC was named one the top performers in the CMS/Premier
  Healthcare Alliance Pay-for-Performance’s Hospital Quality Incentive Demonstration project

•  Recognized by Harvard School of Public Health researchers in an analysis of Hospital
   Quality Alliance data as the top performer in health care quality in composite measures of
   health care quality in four areas as reported in Quality Matters, November/December 2007.

• Named a 2008/2009 Consumer Choice Award winner by the National Research Corporation
  for hospitals and health systems chosen for the best overall quality and image.

• Gold Well Workplace designation by the Wellness Councils of America

•  Provided services for more than 14,116 individuals seeking health information through health
   fairs, screenings and other events.

•  West Virginia's Mini-Medical School for the Public provides health information in a live event
   plus an additional audience live on the Internet

•  Imagine U provided more than 800 local high school students with a virtual visit to the
   operating room for an open-heart bypass surgery and a live Q&A with a surgeon while sitting
   in their own classrooms.

• 394 participants in outreach professional education programs at 35 outreach sites

• More than 148 residents, interns and fellows

• 57% of graduates establish practice/continue training in WV

• Nearly 50% of CAMC’s medical staff received training here

• 500 students per day in 44 disciplines, representing 60 educational affiliations

• More than 1,000 continuing education programs offered annually with nearly 50,000 hours 
  of CE credit issued

• 240 nurse anesthetists trained in last 10 years; 63% remain in WV

• 557,867 outpatient visits

• 98,103 emergency room visits

• 3,100 trauma patients admitted

• 35,294 inpatient discharges

• 26,597 general operating room procedures

• 33,132 ambulatory surgery procedures

• 1,687 open-heart bypass procedures

• 8,294 procedures performed in cardiac cath labs

• 3,131 babies delivered

• 431 neonatal intensive care unit admissions

• 51 kidney transplants

• 331 active research protocols

• 110 new studies opened, including 18 industry-sponsored clinical trials

• 1,100 people participating in research projects and protocols

• 5,032 full time equivalent employees                 

• 552 physicians on medical staff

•  838 total

   - 268 General Hospital

   - 424 Memorial Hospital

   - 146 Women and Children’s Hospital

• Neonatal intensive care unit: 26 beds

• Pediatric intensive care unit: 10 beds

• Neuroscience intensive care unit: 12 beds

• Medical rehabilitation unit: 40 beds

• Trauma surgical ICU (General Hospital): 16 beds

• Neurological/surgical ICU (General Hospital): 12 beds

• Medical/surgical ICU (General Hospital): 12 beds

• Medical ICU (Memorial Hospital): 11 beds

• Coronary Care Unit (Memorial Hospital): 12 beds

• Surgical ICU (Memorial Hospital): 12 beds

• Open-heart recovery unit: 18 beds

• Post cardiac catheterization unit: 34 beds

• Obstetric unit: 46 beds

• Psychiatric unit: 18 beds

• General Hospital: 13

• Memorial Hospital: 14

• Women and Children’s Hospital: 6

• SurgiCare (outpatient): 4

• Payroll and benefits $287 million

• $93 million in uncompensated care (charity, bad debt)

• Community benefit $163.5 million (uncompensated care, medical education, screenings, outreach education)

• $14 million for Medicaid provider tax

• $17.4 million sales tax

• More than $20 million, estimated sales tax

• $35 million GME support

• $40.4 million loss in Medicaid inpatient services

Nearly 6,000 people work for companies within the CAMC Health System including: CAMC Foundation, CAMC Health Education and Research Institute, CAMC Teays Valley Hospital and Integrated Health Care Providers.

CAMC is the flagship of the CAMC Health System. CAMC offers thousands of families convenience and accessibility through three Charleston locations: CAMC General Hospital, CAMC Memorial Hospital and CAMC Women and Children’s Hospital.

The CAMC Foundation is the fundraising organization for the Charleston Area Medical Center Health Care System. The foundation accepts gifts from individuals, businesses and foundations to support programs and services at CAMC.

The CAMC Institute provides continuing medical education, outreach education and research support to physicians and allied medical professionals in West Virginia. CAMC Institute also operates schools of cytotechnology and nurse anesthesia as well as the 11 graduate medical, three pharmacy and one psychology residency programs jointly directed by the institute and West Virginia University-Charleston Division.

CAMC TVH is an acute care hospital offering a variety of critical inpatient and outpatient services in one of West Virginia’s fastest growing counties. The hospital has about 350 employees and 100 physicians and allied health professionals on its medical staff.

CAMC TVH has 68 beds

•  General medical and surgical (adult) beds..........31

•  Medical/surgical intensive care beds.................. 6

•  Other care beds..............................................27

•  Other special care beds.................................... 4

IHCPI is a multi-specialty medical practice company. IHCPI consists of physicians, physician extenders, clinical support and practice management personnel and covers a broad-range of services including: dental, general surgery, hematology/oncology, maxillofacial surgery, physical therapy, plastic surgery, surgical oncology, fertility, urgent care and urology.

For more information, visit www.camc.org.

Audited financial statements

Updated Jan. 2009