Monday, November 23, 2009

Hospitals

Baton Rouge Gen Medical Center, Baton Rouge, La.

3600 Florida Street
Baton Rouge, LA 70806
(225) 387-7000
www.brgeneral.org
This hospital is one of nearly 5,000 that U.S.News evaluated for the latest America's Best Hospitals rankings. See the complete hospital rankings

The following information was provided by American Hospital Association

At a glance

Hospital type: General medical and surgical
Operated by: Not-for-profit
Total beds: 460
Administrator:
Parent system:
Selected accreditations/memberships: Accredited, Joint Commission (JC)||Member, Council of Teaching Hospitals

Services Provided

Inpatient:
  • Birthing room
  • Burn care
  • Heart catheterization—diagnostic (adult)
  • Elderly/disabled:
    • Acute long-term care
    • Skilled nursing care
  • End-of-life services:
    • Pain management
  • Heart surgery (adult)
  • Hospitalists
  • Heart catheterization—treatment (adult)
  • Neonatal intensive care
  • Cancer services
  • Psychiatric care:
    • Psychiatric emergency services
Outpatient:
  • Bariatric/weight control services
  • Breast cancer screening/mammograms
  • Cancer services
  • Heart catheterization—diagnostic (adult)
  • Genetic testing/counseling
  • Geriatric services
  • HIV-AIDS services
  • Heart catheterization—treatment (adult)
  • Kidney dialysis
  • Cancer services
  • Physical rehabilitation
  • Psychiatric services:
    • Geriatric services
  • Radiation therapy
  • Sleep center
  • Stop-smoking program
  • Sports medicine
  • Urgent-care center
  • Women's health center
  • Wound management services
Patient/family support services:
  • Help with government services
  • Chaplaincy/pastoral care services
  • Cancer services
  • Patient support groups
  • Patient representative/ombusdman
  • Transportation for elderly/handicapped
  • Translation services
Community outreach:
  • Health fairs
  • Health screenings
Radiology--diagnosis and treatment:
  • CT scanner
  • Diagnostic radioisotope facility
  • Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
  • Multislice spiral CT
  • Single photon emission CT
  • Ultrasound

By the numbers:

Admissions: 20,170
Inpatient surgeries: 5,264
Outpatient visits: 141,365
Outpatient surgeries: 3,924
Emergency room visits: 63,435
Births: 1,945
Beds: 460

Staffing (employed, on payroll):

Full-time physicians and dentists:
N/A
Part-time physicians and dentists:
0
Full-time registered nurses:
N/A
Part-time registered nurses:
98
Full-time licensed practical nurses:
N/A
Part-time licensed practical nurses:
6
Total full-time faculty:
N/A
Total part-time faculty:
N/A

Notes

* At another location in healthcare system or through arrangement with another provider.

Find out more about AHA data products at www.ahadata.com.

Data provided by American Hospital Association. Last updated June 2009.

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