Kettering Medical Center

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Kettering Medical Center
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Geography
Location United States, Kettering, Ohio, USA
Organisation
Care system Private
Hospital type Academic
Services
Standards JCAHO accreditation
Magnet[1] status
Emergency department Cath Lab 24/7, Cardiac Alert Program, L&D Services,Stroke Protocal w/ Thrombolytics, and Accredited Chest Pain Eval Center.
Beds 481
History
Founded 1964
Links
Website Kettering Medical Center home page
Lists
Other links List of hospitals in the United States

Kettering Medical Center (KMC) is located in Kettering, Ohio, United States. The Kettering Medical Center is a faith-based not-for-profit regional acute care hospital. It is affiliated with the Seventh-day Adventist Church. The hospital has 481 certified beds and has 1074 working employees.[2] The Boonshoft School of Medicine at Wright State University is the affiliated university.[3] Kettering Medical Center is the focus hospital within the Kettering Health Network. In 2009, Thomson Reuters rated the Kettering Health Network as one of the top 10 hospital networks for clinical excellence in the United States.[4]

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[edit] History

In 1964, to honor the memory of Charles F. Kettering, great American inventor and activist for quality health care for all citizens, his son, Eugene Kettering and daughter-in-law Virginia, founded Charles F. Kettering Memorial Hospital; more commonly known as Kettering Medical Center. [5]

[edit] Locations

Its network of area facilities, known as Kettering Health Network, also includes Grandview Medical Center (an osteopathic teaching hospital) located in Dayton, Ohio; Sycamore Hospital, Miamisburg, Ohio Southview Hospital near Centerville, Ohio Kettering Behavioral Medicine Center, an adult and youth psychiatric hospital also located in Kettering, Ohio, Greene Memorial Hospital in Xenia, Ohio, Mills Morgan Hospital in Beavercreek, Ohio and a number of community clinics, several of which provide needed health care to Greater Dayton residents who do not have health insurance and need a free or low cost option.[6]

[edit] Awards and recognition

In 2010, the hospital received:

  • HealthGreades Distinguished Hospital of Clinical Excellence Award [7]
  • Women's Health Excellence Award 2009/2010 also Five Star Rated in Women's Health [8]
  • Pulmonary Care Excellence Award [9]
  • Gastrointestinal Care Excellence Award [10]
  • Stroke Care Excellence Award [11]

In 2009, The hospital received:

  • One of America's safest hospitals by Forbes[12]
  • Ranked #6 in the U.S. for stroke care by HealthGrades[13]

In 2008, the hospital received the following:[14]

In 2007, the hospital received the following:[17]

[edit] Education

Main article: Kettering College of Medical Arts

[edit] Current expansions

The Kettering Health Network began construction on a new $45 million heart hospital to be connected to Kettering Memorial Hospital. The five-story building will be named the Benjamin and Marian Schuster. [18] The heart hospital will have 90-rooms, 20 labs. The plan also will allows for renovations in the hospital's main lobby. The building is expected to be complete in 2010.[19] KHN recently broke ground on a $137 million 259,000-square-foot hospital in Beavercreek, Ohio. The hospital will initially have 90 beds and 200 employees. Once the entire medical campus is complete, the hospital will have 300 beds and 3,000 employees. The hospital will be full service including an emergency department, general surgery, orthopedic care, cardiac care, a birthing center, critical care and medical imaging and diagnostic services. Construction will be completed in 2012.[20][21]

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ ANCC Magnet Recognition Program
  2. ^ "Hospital Data". http://www.hospital-data.com/hospitals/KETTERING-MEDICAL-CENTER-KETTERING.html. Retrieved 2009-03-16. 
  3. ^ "Affiliated University". http://www.med.wright.edu/about/hospitals.html. Retrieved 2009-08-07. 
  4. ^ "Thomson Reuters Top Rating". http://www.100tophospitals.com/winners/hswinners.aspx. Retrieved 2009-08-10. 
  5. ^ "Hospital History". http://www.kmcnetwork.org/kettering/history.cfm. Retrieved 2009-03-16. 
  6. ^ "Kettering Health Network Locations". http://www.kmcnetwork.org/about_us/addresses.cfm. Retrieved 2009-03-16. 
  7. ^ "Distinguished Hospital of Clinical Excellence 2010". http://www.healthgrades.com/consumer/index.cfm?fuseaction=mod&modtype=hospitals&modact=hospitals_search_results&prodtype=hosprat&state=OH&city=Kettering&maparea=&proc=&tabset=dhp. Retrieved 2010-01-25. 
  8. ^ "Women's Health Award 2010". http://www.healthgrades.com/consumer/index.cfm?fuseaction=mod&modtype=hospitals&modact=hospitals_search_results&prodtype=hosprat&state=OH&city=Kettering&maparea=&proc=&tabset=woh. Retrieved 2010-01-25. 
  9. ^ "Pulmonary Care Award 2010". http://www.healthgrades.com/consumer/index.cfm?fuseaction=mod&modtype=hospitals&modact=hospitals_search_results&prodtype=hosprat&state=OH&city=Kettering&maparea=&proc=&tabset=sea&service_line=PUL. Retrieved 2010-01-25. 
  10. ^ "Gastrointestinal Care Excellence Award 2010". http://www.healthgrades.com/consumer/index.cfm?fuseaction=mod&modtype=hospitals&modact=hospitals_search_results&prodtype=hosprat&state=OH&city=Kettering&maparea=&proc=&tabset=sea&service_line=GIO. Retrieved 2010-01-25. 
  11. ^ "Stroke Care Excellence Award 2010". http://www.healthgrades.com/consumer/index.cfm?fuseaction=mod&modtype=hospitals&modact=hospitals_search_results&prodtype=hosprat&state=OH&city=Kettering&maparea=&proc=&tabset=sea&service_line=NEU. Retrieved 2010-01-25. 
  12. ^ "Forbes America's Safest Hospitals". http://www.forbes.com/2009/01/26/safest-hospitals-health-malpractice-forbeslife-cx_rr_0127safesthospitals_chart.html?partner=relatedstoriesbox#ohio. Retrieved 2009-02-14. 
  13. ^ "Stroke Care HealthGrades". http://www.daytondailynews.com/business/healthgrades-ranks-good-samaritan-tops-for-vascular-surgery-344698.html. Retrieved 2009-10-13. 
  14. ^ "Awards and Recognition". http://www.kmcnetwork.org/kettering/awards.cfm. Retrieved 2009-03-16. 
  15. ^ "U.S. News and World Report rankings". http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2008/07/12/ddn071308hospital.html. Retrieved 2009-08-11. 
  16. ^ "U.S. News and World Report rankings". http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2008/07/12/ddn071308hospital.html. Retrieved 2009-08-11. 
  17. ^ "Awards and Recognition". http://www.kmcnetwork.org/kettering/awards.cfm. Retrieved 2009-03-16. 
  18. ^ "DBJ Heart Hospital Article 1". http://dayton.bizjournals.com/dayton/stories/2006/06/05/daily15.html. Retrieved 2009-03-16. 
  19. ^ "DBJ Heart Hospital Article 2". http://dayton.bizjournals.com/dayton/stories/2008/08/04/daily40.html. Retrieved 2009-03-16. 
  20. ^ "DBJ Beavercreek hospital". http://dayton.bizjournals.com/dayton/stories/2009/08/03/daily45.html. Retrieved 2009-08-05. 
  21. ^ "Beavercreek Hospital". http://www.daytondailynews.com/business/new-beavercreek-hospital-will-have-90-beds-birthing-center-236950.html. Retrieved 2009-08-05. 

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