St. Joseph's Medical Center (Tucson, Arizona)
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| St. Josephs Medical Center (Tucson, Arizona) Carondelet Health Network |
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| Location | |
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| Place | Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, (US) |
| Organization | |
| Care System | Carondelet Health Network |
| Hospital Type | Privatly Owned |
| Affiliated University | None |
| Services | |
| Emergency Dept. | Yes |
| Beds | 476 |
| History | |
| Founded | 1962 |
| Links | |
| Website | [www.carondelet.org Homepage] |
| See also | Hospitals in Arizona |
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St. Joseph's Hospital is a private, not-for-profit, 476-bed acute-care hospital in Tucson, Arizona. St. Joseph's Hospital is part of Carondelet Health Network which includes sister hospitals St. Mary's Hospital (Tucson, Arizona) as well as Holy Cross Hospital (Nogales, Arizona). Located on Tucson's east side, St. Joseph's Hospital continues to meet the growing needs of the community. Carondelet Health Network recently acquired Tucson Heart Hospital as well.
[edit] History
Founded in 1962, St. Josephs Hospital continues to meet the needs of Tucson's growing east side. Originally to be called St. Mary's Hospital East, St. Josephs Hospital has undergone many transformations. This includes the Regional Eye Center, Women's Pavilion, and North Americas most advanced Neurological Institute.
[edit] Services
St. Joseph's Hospital is recognized for its emphasis on women's care. A whole new wing was recently added 167 beds for women and couplet as well as neuro care. This includes private birthing rooms for mothers, a new Level 2 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, C-Section birthing suites as well as Urology and Gynecology Inpatient beds and surgery beds.
Also housed in this wing is what is considered to North Americas most advanced Neuro Intensive Care Unit, which include's North America's first BrainLab ICT surgery suites. This unit will have private Neuro/Medical/Surgical beds as well as Neuro Intensive Care and Neuro Telemetry beds.
[edit] Utilization
– 17,870 Patient Discharges – 76,991 Patient Days – 4.31 Average Length of Stay in Days – 139,924 Outpatient visits (includes Emergency visits and Outpatient surgery visits) – 69,402 Emergency Room visits – 5,059 Inpatient surgerys – 12,061 Outpatient surgerys – 2,634 Deliverys
