Presbyterian Healthcare Services

Presbyterian
Headquarters Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
Area served
 New Mexico
Services Healthcare
Number of employees
 1,000+ physicians and practitioners, 1,500+ employees and 400 volunteers
Website www.phs.org/Pages/default.aspx Edit this on Wikidata

Presbyterian Healthcare Services is a private not-for-profit[1] health care system and health care provider in the State of New Mexico.[2] It owns and operates 8 hospitals in 7 New Mexico communities.[3] It also operates Presbyterian Health Plan.

History

The Sanitarium in 1911

In 1908, Rev. Hugh A. Cooper, a presbyterian pastor in Albuquerque founded the Southwest Presbyterian Sanatorium, a facility for the hundreds of tuberculosis patients coming to Albuquerque. By 1950, with tuberculosis under control, its future became in doubt. The board of directors hired a professional hospital administrator to help manage the institution. A new administrator brought a new focus, and a new name: The Presbyterian Hospital Center.[4]

The Presbyterian Hospital Center grew through the 1960s and 1970s: Kaseman Hospital, a satellite facility in northeastern Albuquerque opened, the state’s first HMO health plan was established, a statewide multi-hospital system was formed. The Presbyterian Hospital Center was renamed Southwestern Community Health Services, and finally the present Presbyterian Hospital [4]

Hospitals

Rust Medical Center opened in 2011
  • Presbyterian Hospital[5] Albuquerque (453 beds)
  • Presbyterian–Kaseman Hospital[6] Albuquerque
  • Plains Regional Medical Center[7] Clovis (106 beds)
  • Presbyterian–Espanola Hospital[8] Espanola (80 beds)
  • Presbyterian–Rust Medical Center[9] Rio Rancho (162 beds)
  • Lincoln County Medical Center[10] Ruidoso (39 beds)
  • Socorro General Hospital[11] Socorro (25 beds)
  • Dan C. Trigg Memorial Hospital[12] Tucumcari (25 beds)

References

  1. ↑ http://www.phs.org/PHS/about/
  2. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-08-06. Retrieved 2013-08-01.
  3. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-07-17. Retrieved 2013-08-01.
  4. 1 2 http://www.phs.org/phs/about/service/History/index.htm
  5. ↑ Presbyterian Hospital
  6. ↑ Presbyterian–Kaseman Hospital Archived 2013-03-10 at the Wayback Machine.
  7. ↑ Plains Regional Medical Center
  8. ↑ Presbyterian–Espanola Hospital
  9. ↑ Presbyterian–Rust Medical Center
  10. ↑ Lincoln County Medical Center
  11. ↑ Socorro General Hospital
  12. ↑ Dan C. Trigg Memorial Hospital
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