Organization: ContinueCare Hospital at Baptist Health
Mission: AS A 'HOSPITAL WITH-IN A HOSPITAL', IT IS THE MISSION OF CCHBHP TO ENHANCE COMMUNITY HEALTH THROUGH SERVICE WITH COMPASSION, CARING, ACCOUNTABILITY, RESPECT, AND EMPATHY.
Activities: CCHBHP WAS ESTABLISHED AS A LONG TERM ACUTE CARE HOSPITAL OPERATING AS A 'HOSPITAL WITH-IN A HOSPITAL' AT BAPTIST HEALTH PADUCAH IN PADUCAH, KENTUCKY ON JUNE 15, 2015. CCHBHP PROVIDES AN AVENUE OF CARE FOR PATIENTS THAT REQUIRE EXTENDED LENGTHS OF STAY IN AN ACUTE CARE SETTING. TYPICALLY, LENGTHS OF STAY WILL AVERAGE 25 DAYS OR LONGER. CONDITIONS APPROPRIATE FOR TREATMENT IN AN LTACH INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: MEDICALLY COMPLEX RESPIRATORY DISORDERS INCLUDING TRACHEOTOMY, VENTILATOR DEPENDENT CARDIAC/CARDIOVASCULAR CONDITIONS, RENAL DISEASE, ONCOLOGY, AND WOUND CARE. DURING THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2020, CCHBHP'S TOTAL PATIENTS ADMITTED WERE 208 AND THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PATIENT CARE DAYS PROVIDED WAS 5,719. THE AVERAGE DAILY CENSUS WAS 15.7 PATIENTS AND THE AVERAGE LENGTH OF STAY OF THE DISCHARGED PATIENTS WERE 27.1 DAYS.
NTEE category: Hospitals
Secondary category: Voluntary Health Associations & Medical Disciplines