Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare
Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare (TMH) is a private, not-for-profit community health care system that includes a 770-bed acute care hospital located in Tallahassee, Florida, United States. TMH is the eighth-largest hospital in Florida, with a medical staff of 500 physicians representing 50 different specialties.
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| Type | Hospital |
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| Industry | Health care |
| Founded | Tallahassee, Florida |
| Area served |
Tallahassee Metro Area & Portions of Southwest Georgia key_people = |
| Employees | 6,500 (2010) |
| Website | [1] |
Contents |
[edit] Health Centers
- Adult Day Services
- Bariatric Center
- Behavioral Health Center
- Bixler Emergency Center
- Cancer Center
- Diabetes Center
- Family Medicine Centers
- Family Medicine Residency Program
- Heart & Vascular Center
- Neuroscience Center
- Orthopedic Center
- Premier Health & Fitness Center
- Rehabilitation Center
- Surgical Services
- Trauma Center
- Urgent Care Center
- Women's & Children's Services
- Wound Healing Center
[edit] History
In a small room at a former Air Force base known as Dale Mabry Field, five men and one woman officially formed Tallahassee Memorial Hospital. The hospital was a wooden barracks used by the military during World War II. On November 4, 1949 the hospital known as Tallahassee Memorial Hospital opened its doors at its present location at Magnolia Drive and Miccosukee Road at a total cost of $1.5 million, plus $6,000 for the land. Tallahassee Memorial gained national recognition in 1954 for its effective handling of a polio-like virus that hit Florida's Big Bend and on September 10, 1958 TMH expanded with the addition of a new wing housing an emergency department, a medical floor, obstetrics service, and surgical services.
On October 19, 1964, M.T. Mustian was appointed administrator of Tallahassee Memorial. His leadership lasted for 25 years. In 1967 TMH assumed the operations of Florida A&M Hospital. In 1974 The Family Practice Residency program opened and heled alleviate the hospital's shortage of doctors. On June 30, 1976 TMH becomes Tallahassee Memorial Regional Medical Center, Inc. In 1977 Tallahassee Memorial helped establish Voluntary Hospitals of America to unify non-profit hospitals nationwide. In 1978 The TMH Auxiliary provided 40,932 hours and purchased a heart-lung machine for $24,460 and a portable image intensifier for $43,500.
During January 1988 Duncan Moore, administrator of Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany, Georgia, accepted the position as president and CEO of Tallahassee Memorial which lasted until his retirement in 2003.In 2003 Mark G. O'Bryant accepted the position of CEO and President ushering in a new era. In 1997 TMH had an on-site kindergarten and becomes one of Florida's newest partnership schools. TMRMC would become Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare in 1998.
In 2003 TMH started an improvement and expansion plan adding the Behavioral Health Center, Bixler Emergency Center, Cancer Center, Heart and Vascular Center, Medicine Services, NeuroScience and Orthopedic, Surgery Center, and Women's and Children's Services followed by a Women's Pavilion. The Women's Pavilion features the region's only Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
On January 15, 2008 TMH opened the Urgent Care Center to better improve patient flow through the Emergency Center. This new center gives patients with non emergent issues somewhere to go instead of waiting in the Emergency Center as long.
The hospital became the center of national controversy in January 2010 when it was reported that a staff physician, Jana Bures-Forsthoefel, confined a pregnant patient against her wishes in order to protect the welfare of the fetus. The patient's case, Samantha Burton v. State of Florida, was taken up by a local nurse attorney, David H. Abrams, and the American Civil Liberties Union joined the case as amicus.[1][2]
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- “About Us”, Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare Website. Retrieved on 2009-06-25
[edit] Notes
- ^ Bill Kaczor, Fla. woman fights ruling that kept her in hospital, Washington Post, January 26, 2010
- ^ Fla. Woman Fights Ruling That Kept Her in Hospital, New York Times, Jan 26, 2010
Coordinates: 30°27′27″N 84°15′41″W / 30.4573772°N 84.261461°W
