Charleston Area Medical Center 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. 
As West Virginia’s premiere medical teaching facility, CAMC prepares a variety of health care professionals to care for West Virginians. On any given day, CAMC hosts more than 500 students in programs leading to degrees or certifications in health professions.

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

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

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

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

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

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

n 4,859 full time equivalent employees (through September 2007)

n 553 physicians

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

n General Hospital: 18

n Memorial Hospital: 14

n Women and Children’s Hospital: 6

n SurgiCare (outpatient): 4

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

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.

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 CAMC 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 eight graduate medical education 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 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

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.

Audited financial statements

Updated Jan. 2008