Missouri Baptist Medical Center
Missouri Baptist Medical Center, known locally as MoBap, is a hospital in St. Louis, Missouri. Its origins were in 1884 when Dr. William H. Mayfield opened his home to patients. In 1886 it opened as the Missouri Baptist Sanitarium. In 1892, it offered ambulance service via horse and carriage. A Nursing Training School opened in 1895.
As of 2006, the facility has 489 beds and 3000 employees, won several awards, and is prominent in the United States as one of nine hospitals recognized nationally for clinical trials with the American Society of Clinical Oncology. It is part of BJC HealthCare.
Hospital rating data
The HealthGrades website contains the clinical quality data for Missouri Baptist Medical Center, as of 2017. For this rating section three different types of data from HealthGrades are presented: clinical quality ratings for thirty-one inpatient conditions and procedures, thirteen patient safety indicators and the percentage of patients giving the hospital as a 9 or 10 (the two highest possible ratings).
For inpatient conditions and procedures, there are three possible ratings: worse than expected, as expected, better than expected. For this hospital the data for this category is:
- Worse than expected - 2
- As expected - 24
- Better than expected - 5
For patient safety indicators, there are the same three possible ratings. For this hospital safety indicators were rated as:
- Worse than expected - 1
- As expected - 12
- Better than expected - 0
Percentage of patients rating this hospital as a 9 or 10 - 76% Percentage of patients who on average rank hospitals as a 9 or 10 - 69%[1]
References
- Jefferson, Robin Seaton (April 19, 2000). "First meeting of organization was in St. Louis". St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
- "Missouri Baptist Medical Center: Our History". Missouri Baptist Medical Center. Retrieved August 22, 2011.
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Coordinates: 38°38′10″N 90°26′49″W / 38.63613°N 90.44691°W