| A quick look at Charleston Area Medical Center | |
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CAMC snapshot published Jan. 2008, based on 2006-2007 statistics |
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Special
Designations n
West Virginia’s largest medical center n
11th highest volume heart center in U.S. n
Level I trauma center (highest ranking) n
Level I pediatric intensive care unit (highest ranking) n
Level III neonatal intensive care unit (highest ranking) n
Fully accredited by Joint Commission n
CAMC Weight Loss Center named a Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence by
the American Society for Bariatric
Surgery 2007
Special Recognitions and Awards n
Received second highest award in CMS/Premier
Hospital Quality Incentive Demonstration project n
Premier Award for Quality in the area of heart failure n
CAMC rehabilitation and stroke care awarded most prestigious level of
accreditation by Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities n
US News and World Report listed CAMC as one of the top 50 ear, nose and
throat programs in the United States n
National Research Corporation Consumer Choice Award – Quality and Image
Profile n
Gold Well Workplace designation by the Wellness Councils of America
Community
Highlights n
Provided services for more than 14,116 individuals seeking health
information through health fairs, screenings and other events. n
West Virginia's Mini-Medical School for the Public
provides health information in a live event plus an additional
audience live on the Internet n
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. n
79 rural outreach professional education programs with 925 participants n
117 life support training programs with 1,766 participants Teaching
Hospital n
More than 142 residents, interns and fellows n
54% of graduates establish practice/continue training in WV n
Nearly 50% of CAMC’s medical staff received training here n
500 students per day in 44 disciplines, representing 60 educational
affiliations n
More than 1,000 continuing education programs offered annually with nearly
50,000 hours of CE credit issued n
216 nurse anesthetists trained in last 10 years; 63% remain in WV Patient
Care (2006) n
548,199 outpatient visits n
98,633 emergency room visits n
2,900 trauma patients admitted n
193,875 patient days (adult and newborn) n
34,910 inpatient discharges n
26,495 general operating room procedures n
34,036 ambulatory surgery procedures n
1,417 open-heart bypass procedures n
8,603 cardiac catheterization procedures n
3,084 babies delivered n
418 neonatal intensive care unit admissions n
51 Kidney transplants Research
in 2007 n
316 active research protocols n
114 new studies opened, including 36 industry-sponsored clinical trials n
1,045 people participating in research projects and protocols Employees
and Physicians n
4,859 full time equivalent employees (through September 2007) n
553 physicians Licensed
Beds n
893 total n
357 General Hospital n
390 Memorial Hospital n
146 Women and Children’s Hospital Special
care units include: n
Neonatal intensive care unit: 26 beds n
Pediatric intensive care unit: 10 beds n
Neuroscience intensive care unit: 5 beds n
Medical rehabilitation unit: 40 beds n
Medical/surgical ICU (General Hospital): 16 beds n
Medical ICU (Memorial Hospital): 11 beds n
Coronary Care Unit (Memorial Hospital): 12 beds n
Surgical ICU (Memorial Hospital): 12 beds n
Open-heart recovery unit: 18 beds n
Obstetric unit: 46 beds n
Psychiatric unit: 18 beds Operating
Rooms n
General Hospital: 18 n
Memorial Hospital: 14 n
Women and Children’s Hospital: 6 n
SurgiCare (outpatient): 4 Financial
Facts (2006) n
Payroll and benefits $276 million n
$89.8 million in uncompensated
care (charity, bad debt) n Community benefit $174.9 million (uncompensated care, medical education, screenings, outreach education) n
$12.7 million for Medicaid provider tax n
More than $20 million, estimated sales tax n
$18 million GME support n
$30.5 million loss in Medicaid inpatient services CAMC
Health System Nearly 6,000 people work for companies within the
CAMC Health System including: Charleston Area Medical Center, CAMC
Foundation, CAMC Health Education and Research Institute, CAMC Teays
Valley Hospital and Integrated Health Care Providers. Charleston Area Medical Center 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. CAMC
Foundation The CAMC Foundation is the fundraising organization
for the CAMC Health Care System. The foundation accepts gifts from
individuals, businesses and foundations to support programs and services
at CAMC. CAMC
Health Education and Research Institute 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
eight graduate medical education residency programs jointly directed by
the institute and West Virginia University-Charleston Division. CAMC
Teays Valley Hospital 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 more than 300
employees and 100 physicians and allied health professionals on its
medical staff. CAMC
TVH has 68 beds n
General medical and surgical (adult) beds......31 n
Medical/surgical intensive care beds.............
6 n
Other care beds..........................................
27 n
Other special care beds................................
4 Integrated
Health Care Providers, Inc. (IHCPI) 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: general surgery, hematology/oncology, maxillofacial
surgery, physical therapy, plastic surgery, surgical oncology, urgent care
and urology. For more information, visit www.camc.org. Updated
Jan. 2008
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01/08/2008
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