TOP | Dr. Andrew Henderson, CEO of Lexington Clinic; Robert Parker, Market President of East Central Kentucky LifePoint Health; Tony Lewgood, Administrator of Shriner’s Hospital for Children Medical Center; William Sisson, President of Baptist Health Lexington; Bruce Tassin, CEO of KentuckyOne Health
BOTTOM | Tara Diebling, CEO of Cardinal Hill Rehabilitation Hospital; Emma Metcalf, Director of Lexington VA Medical Center; Kimberly Pennington, CEO of Select Specialty Hospital Lexington
Not Pictured | William Haugh, Market President of West Central Kentucky LifePoint; Dr. Mark Newman, Executive Vice President, Health Affairs of University of Kentucky
Cardinal Hill Rehabilitation Hospital
2050 Versailles Road, Lexington, KY 40504 | cardinalhillhealthsouth.com
Cardinal Hill Rehabilitation Hospital has been making a difference in the lives of adults and children for more than 50 years as Kentucky’s first acute inpatient rehabilitation hospital. The 158-bed hospital serves patients recovering from a variety of debilitating illnesses and injuries including stroke, spinal cord injury, brain injury, hip fracture and amputation. Through multidisciplinary care and access to advanced technologies, the hospital helps patients regain independence and return to walking, talking, performing self-care activities and returning to work.
Features of the hospital include a dedicated pediatric brain injury gym, technology for mobility and balance, an aquatic center with three pools, equine therapy, a therapeutic garden, home management room and animal assistive therapy. The hospital can also conduct onsite assessments for swallowing function and provides support groups for patients and families.
Cardinal Hill Rehabilitation Hospital is special to so many in our community, and I feel a distinct honor to serve our patients and families. We are a special hospital in how we deliver care, and the outcomes we experience as a result of that care. Patients who are admitted to Cardinal Hill have typically experienced a life-changing event – perhaps a stroke, car accident or other traumatic incident. Many times we are helping patients re-learn, as well as adapt to, their new set of circumstances. The most rewarding part of our care, though, is that a tremendous number of our patients return home. When we think about our relationship to the new hope we offer to people, that’s what sets us apart and makes us great.
Tara Diebling
Chief Executive Officer,Cardinal Hill Rehabilitation Hospital
Baptist Health Lexington
1740 Nicholasville Road, Lexington, KY 40503 | baptisthealth.com
Baptist Health Lexington, a 391-bed acute and skilled care facility, has been designated a Magnet® hospital for nursing excellence three times by the American Nurses Credentialing Center. Nationally recognized, comprehensive patient services include cancer, heart and stroke care, women’s health (including mother and baby care), orthopedics, sleep disorders and rehabilitation. Research conducted at Baptist Health allows patients to take advantage of leading-edge drugs and therapies being tested on a national level.
Recognitions include a five-star rating from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Hospital Compare program, a top rating of “A” for hospital safety from The Leapfrog Group, and the Healthgrades 2018 Outstanding Patient Experience Award.
The hospital holds American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer accreditation, Cardiovascular Center of Excellence accreditation from the American Heart Association, and Advanced Certification for Comprehensive Stroke Centers from The Joint Commission and American Heart Association/American Stroke Association.
Baptist Health will open a new urgent care clinic and a primary care practice with 11 primary care providers in the fall of 2018 at 2108 Nicholasville Road in Lexington to meet the health care needs of our community.
In the 30 years I have been president, I have come to appreciate that our employees are dedicated to providing the best clinical outcomes for patients. It’s their compassionate care and commitment to excellence that earn us our greatest rewards – the generations of families who rely on us for their health care.
William G. Sisson
President, Baptist Health Lexington
KentuckyOne Health®
Saint Joseph Hospital One Saint Joseph Drive Lexington, KY 40504
Saint Joseph east 150 N. Eagle Creek Drive Lexington, KY 40509
kentuckyonehealth.org
Saint Joseph Hospital and Saint Joseph East have long served the Lexington area with high quality care. Saint Joseph Hospital is Lexington’s heart hospital and also has been nationally recognized with Advanced Certification for Primary Stroke Centers. Saint Joseph Hospital and Saint Joseph East have been nationally accredited for cardiac catheterization and percutaneous coronary intervention, along with chest pain accreditation. Saint Joseph East has achieved the highest designation for bariatric care, gaining recognition as a Blue Distinction Center for Bariatric Surgery. Board-certified surgeons offer a full range of weight loss procedures at the facility. Together, Saint Joseph Hospital and Saint Joseph East have the largest and most comprehensive robotic surgery program in Lexington, with three da Vinci Xi robots, the most advanced technology for minimally invasive surgery. The Women’s Hospital at Saint Joseph East is unlike any women’s facility in the state. The state-of-art facility is dedicated exclusively to the health and well-being of women in central and eastern Kentucky.
KentuckyOne Health has expanded services aimed at providing a comprehensive integrated health care delivery system in Lexington. A new office building in Palomar Centre, which will open later this summer, will provide primary, express and specialty care, as well as imaging and laboratory services. KentuckyOne now offers rehabilitation care at Legacy Reserve at Fritz Farm, an independent living center. It also offers outpatient behavioral health clinics in Lexington in conjunction with Our Lady of Peace.
Partnerships with local communities are vital to bring wellness, healing and hope to all, including an innovative focus on violence prevention, with robust violence prevention programs across the state. The Saint Joseph Hospital Foundation’s Yes Mamm! 5K race each October benefits the successful Yes, Mamm! Program, which provides mammography screening and diagnostics for the underinsured.
Services within the North YMCA and Beaumont YMCA offer longstanding programs, including diabetes and nutrition education, rehabilitation and neurology services.
Building upon our proud legacy of excellence in health care across the Saint Joseph facilities and services, we are excited about our future as we reshape our footprint and improve access to care in central and eastern Kentucky. We recently celebrated our 140th anniversary of Saint Joseph Hospital’s ministry in the community, which began with the faith-based heritage embodied in the strong mission of our foundresses, the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth. Our employees and physicians continue to elevate patient care through an integrated health delivery system, and through community partnerships that strive to bring wellness, healing and hope to all. This is a time of renewal for us as we work to reconnect to our roots and Catholic heritage and move quickly into the future of care delivery.
Bruce Tassin
Chief Executive Officer, KentuckyOne Health
Lexington Clinic
More than 25 locations throughout central Kentucky | lexingtonclinic.com
Lexington Clinic is the largest and oldest multi-specialty group in the region and provides services in everything from primary care (family medicine, internal medicine, peds, OBGYN) to neurology and cardiology. They see and care for around 3,000 patients on a daily basis, more than 650,000 annually, and draw patients from an area of about 1.3 million residents. In addition to their Lexington locations, they have practices and associate practices in Woodford County, Jessamine County, Mount Sterling, Richmond and Frankfort. Lexington Clinic has always prided itself on providing personalized, compassionate care to all of their patients and really do consider them a part of their family. Providing the best possible care is personal to them.
There are always new things going on in the organization. Lexington Clinic is continually open to expanding to more locations in and around central Kentucky, whether that be new practice locations or new associate practices. In 2017 they expanded and opened their newest location in Mount Sterling. In addition, Lexington Clinic is actively recruiting new physicians and providers to expand their ability to care for more patients in primary and specialty care. Also, Lexington Clinic is proud to offer their Direct-To-Employer program. As a part of this program, Lexington Clinic partners with businesses to offer multi-year, exclusive population health and a premier provider network to that business. Lexington Clinic’s Direct-To-Employer program offers customized, premier partnership options for progressive employers in the Commonwealth, and is able to address both preventive care and chronic health conditions of employee populations to improve both employee health and the bottom line.
Both Lexington Clinic and the Lexington Clinic Foundation partner with multiple not-for-profit groups around central Kentucky and participate in multiple community events and activities that help promote and foster better community health.
Lexington Clinic is the region’s largest multi-specialty medical group and has been serving Central Kentucky since 1920. We care for nearly 3,000 patients daily with more than 200 providers in 25 locations. Lexington Clinic also continues to offer customized, premier network options for progressive employers in the Commonwealth through our population health and premier provider network agreements.
Dr. Andrew H. Henderson
Chief Executive Officer, Lexington Clinic
Shriners Hospitals for Children Medical Center Lexington
110 Conn Terrace, Lexington, KY 40508 | shrinerslexington.com
Shriners Hospitals for Children Medical Center — Lexington is a recognized leader in treating orthopedic conditions in children from birth until age 18, although in some cases, it may be extended to 21. They provide pediatric specialty care in the areas of clubfoot, hip disorders, scoliosis, hand and upper extremity disorders, limb deficiencies, spina bifida, cerebral palsy, osteogenesis imperfecta, neuromuscular disorders, sports injuries and other orthopedic related conditions with a goal to restore each child physically, emotionally and socially. All care and services are provided in a family-centered environment regardless of the families’ ability to pay.
The medical staff at Lexington Shriners Medical Center consists of board certified physicians and surgeons who are highly qualified, caring and prominent in their specialties. The doctors provide initial evaluations and ongoing care at the medical center, collaborating with other clinicians every day. Multiple services associated with orthopaedics; such as, physical therapy, occupational therapy, prosthetics, orthotics, care coordination, social services, outpatient, and ambulatory surgery care are all provided under one roof.
Lexington Shriners Medical Center launched their annual giving program at the beginning of this year in honor of Perry Cate. Cate has been a patient of the medical center since she was three weeks old. Thanks to her specialized medical team she has defied the odds, and is now 17 years old and getting ready for college. Any donation over $100 will go toward the annual giving program which enables Lexington Shriners Medical Center to provide world-class medical care for all children regardless of the family’s ability to pay. If you believe that your child has a condition treated by them, please contact them to schedule an appointment at 859-268-5675.
Shriners Hospitals for Children Medical Center — Lexington is dedicated to improving the lives of children and teens by providing specialty pediatric care in the area of orthopaedics. Lexington Shriners Medical Center offers a unique combination of three services all provided under one roof: outpatient clinic, outpatient rehabilitation and Ambulatory Surgery Center. All care and services are provided in a family-centered environment regardless of the families’ ability to pay.
Tony Lewgood
Administrator, Shriners Hospitals for Children Medical Center — Lexington
UK HealthCare
Albert B. Chandler 1000 S. Limestone, and 800 Rose Street Lexington, KY 40536
Kentucky Children’s hospital UK Chandler Hospital - Pavilion HA, 4th Floor, 800 Rose Street, Lexington, KY 40536
uk good smaritan 310 S. Limestone, Lexington, KY 40508
ukhealthcare.uky.edu
UK Albert B. Chandler Hospital is UK HealthCare’s main hospital, with central and eastern Kentucky’s only Level I trauma center and the only Level IV neonatal intensive care unit in the area to treat the sickest infants, as well as a Joint Commission-accredited comprehensive stroke center.
The experts at Chandler Hospital work together with the colleges of Medicine, Pharmacy, Nursing, Health Sciences, Dentistry and Public Health at the University of Kentucky to ensure that Kentuckians receive the highest quality health care as well as the latest health care information.
UK HealthCare specialists and staff offer a broad array of services, from primary care to the most sophisticated quaternary care. Teaching and research programs ensure their care rivals the nation’s best quarters.
Chandler Hospital Pavilion, which opened in 2011, is a state-of-the-art facility that includes dedicated cancer care and cardiovascular care floors.
Kentucky Children’s Hospital has eastern and central Kentucky’s only Level I pediatric trauma center, Level IV neonatal intensive care unit and pediatric intensive care unit. Transport service is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. KCH also has more than 30 advanced sub-specialty programs, such as pediatric oncology and pediatric surgery.
The pediatric doctors, nurses, surgeons and health care specialists are among Kentucky’s best and are dedicated to providing family-centered care for kids and their families. KCH helps families choose a doctor and find the health care resources and information they need.
This spring, KCH unveiled its new Makenna Foundation Welcome Center and Betti Ruth Robinson Taylor Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. The Welcome Center gives KCH a central lobby and registration space for the first time. The new, state-of-the-art NICU has 68 patient rooms — plus two twin rooms especially for families with twins — for a total of 70 beds.
Located in downtown Lexington, UK Good Samaritan Hospital is an acute-care facility featuring an emergency department and 302 licensed beds.
With more than 600 clinical and ancillary staff and a medical staff of more than 600 physicians, UK Good Samaritan is able to offer a broad range of health care services to meet the needs of the residents of central and eastern Kentucky.
UK HealthCare is uniquely qualified to provide care for patients that need access to the most advanced subspecialty care – the kind of complex care only major academic medical centers such as ours can provide. From our Level-1 pediatric and adult trauma centers to our new state-of-the-art neonatal intensive care unit as well as our National Cancer Institute-designated Markey Cancer Center, our physicians, nurses and health care providers are trained in the most sophisticated medical techniques so that no Kentuckian, no matter how sick they are or how rare their illness, needs to go far from home for the treatment they need.
Dr. Mark F. Newman
Executive Vice President, Health Affairs, University of Kentucky
Lexington VA Medical Center
Leestown Division 2250 Leestown Rd. Lexington, KY 40511
Cooper Division 1101 Veterans Dr. Lexington, KY 40502
lexington.va.gov
The Lexington Veterans Affairs Medical Center (Lexington VAMC) is a fully accredited, two-division, tertiary care medical center serving Veterans living in central Kentucky. It has 199 hospital beds and serves an area veteran population of 92,000 throughout 37 counties.
The Leestown Division, established in 1931, offers nursing home care, hospice and respite services, primary care, optometry, podiatry, mental health and substance abuse treatment, women’s health, blind rehabilitation and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder residential rehabilitation treatment. The Cooper Division, established in 1973, was built adjacent to the University of Kentucky and is a training site for medical residents in the College of Medicine. In addition to primary and specialty clinics, acute medical, neurological, surgical and psychiatric inpatient services are provided at this location.
Lexington VAMC is the Polytrauma Network Site for the MidSouth Healthcare Network, VISN 9, where a team of experts coordinate care and rehabilitation services across the network for severely injured soldiers.
In addition to medical students and residents, each year Lexington VAMC provides training opportunities for more than 1,000 other students representing virtually every health care occupation. This active training environment is augmented by an equally active research program.
According to a recent Rand Corporation study, VA health care performs at similar or better than non-VA systems on most measures of inpatient and outpatient care quality. Internally, VA measures all its medical centers and releases the data annually (internal numbers are released quarterly). Out of VA’s 171 medical centers, the Lexington VAMC has VA’s highest rating of five stars and current quarterly numbers have them ranked 2nd in quality.
In August, the Lexington VAMC will be renamed to the Lexington VA Health Care System. The facility will rename its two campuses after two veterans from its catchment area during a ceremony open to the public Aug. 9 at 9:30 a.m. at the Leestown Campus.
The Leestown Division will be renamed the Franklin R. Sousley Campus. Sousley was a Marine who served during World War II. He was immortalized in Joe Rosenthal’s famous photo of the flag rising at Iwo Jima. He is the second from the left. The Cooper Division will be named for Troy Bowling, also a World War II veteran who served in Iwo Jima. Bowling was critically wounded there and promised to dedicate his life to serving mankind should he survive. He volunteered more than 87,000 hours to the Lexington VA medical center and was well loved by staff, veterans and his fellow mankind. He passed away last year.
What makes the Lexington VA Medical Center unique is our mission of serving those who served. Our employees are dedicated to this noble mission and are passionate about taking care of our veterans. We recognize that our medical center belongs to our veterans and we actively engage them in helping us improve our facility. When we identify an opportunity for improvement, we seize it. We constantly look for ways to improve the experience for each veteran, and those veterans who follow.
Emma Metcalf
Director, Lexington VA Medical Center
Select Specialty Hospital Lexington
310 S. Limestone Street Lexington, KY 40508
lexington.selectspecialtyhospitals.com
Select Specialty Hospital — Lexington is part of a nationwide network of critical illness recovery hospitals owned and operated by Select Medical. Referred to as a “hospital-in-hospital”, they are located on the third floor of UK Good Samaritan Hospital in Lexington. Their patients have chronic and acute conditions, and require an extended hospital stay to treat conditions such as infectious diseases, surgical complications, and orthopedic, wound or post-trauma care. Additionally, these patients may require ongoing treatment for pulmonary conditions, neurological disorders, cardiac conditions or renal disorders. The average length of stay for their patients is 18-25 days and most are transferred to them from a short-term acute care hospital.
Patients are treated by a multi-disciplinary team that develops a coordinated care program for each patient. In addition to the physicians, the team is comprised of registered nurses, certified nursing assistants, respiratory, physical, speech and occupational therapists, dietitians and pharmacists. The medical staff is supported by case managers, clinical liaisons and admission coordinators. This team-based approach allows them to deliver an exceptional patient experience and best possible outcomes.
On a national level, Select Medical supports the American Cancer Society Relay for Life, the American Heart Association’s Heart Walk and individual charitable efforts for local communities are organized by employees in each market. Select Specialty Hospital — Lexington is a proud supporter of the Lexington Relay for Life, held in June.
As a critical illness recovery hospital, our sole focus is on managing complex medical conditions. Patients are with us, on average, 18 to 25 days, with a goal of recovering and returning home or transferring to a lower level of care. Our compassionate, physician-led team of nurses, therapists, specialists, dietitians, aides and others help patients breathe on their own again, or take their first steps following a long hospitalization. We see miracles every day and that makes what we do so special.
LifePoint Health is known for its dedication to Making Communities Healthier, and providing compassionate, high-quality care close to home. With four facilities in central Kentucky — Clark Regional Medical Center in Winchester, Georgetown Community Hospital in Georgetown, Bluegrass Community Hospital in Versailles, and Bourbon Community Hospital in Paris—LifePoint is an integral part of the region, playing an essential role in helping central Kentucky communities thrive.
Clark Regional, Georgetown, Bluegrass, and Bourbon offer a range of comprehensive services including family medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, cardiology, orthopedics, gastroenterology, urology, sleep medicine, pain management, rehabilitation, sports medicine, emergency medicine and urgent care.
Engaged members of their communities, Clark Regional, Georgetown, Bluegrass, and Bourbon donate funds and resources to regional charities, including American Heart Association, March of Dimes, Relay for Life, Autism Speaks, YMCA, Salvation Army, and United Way, and sponsor or participate in events such as Georgetown-Scott County Fire Parade & Safety Day, Walk to Remember, Twilight Festival, and McCauley Brother Annual Safety Picnic.
They also host a variety of classes and programs including childbirth and breastfeeding classes, diabetes classes, peer support specialist programs, smoking cessation classes, joint success training, cancer and bariatric support groups, living with loss grief support groups, and safe sitter babysitting classes, and partner with regional employers to improve workplace health and safety through the WellnessWorks program.
Recent hospital developments include:
Clark Regional:
175 Hospital Dr. | Winchester | clarkregional.org
• 3D Mammography
• Interventional Pain Management Clinic
• Wound Care Center
• Cardiopulmonary rehab and EMG testing
• Personal Health Transformations
Bourbon:
9 Linville Dr. | Paris | bourbonhospital.com
• Cardiopulmonary rehab services
• Behavioral health unit with a crisis intervention
mobile assessment team
Georgetown:
1140 Lexington Rd. | Georgetown | georgetowncommunityhospital.com
• 42,000-square-foot emergency department expansion
• Surgical Robotics Program
• 3D Mammography
• Congestive Heart Failure Clinic
• New full-time dermatologist and pulmonologist
Bluegrass:
360 Amsden Ave. | Versailles | bluegrasscommunityhospital.com
• Recently renovated Emergency Department with a new glidescope
• Upgraded ENT equipment and facilities
• New OR endoscopes
LifePoint’s central Kentucky hospitals work together to ensure that people across our region have access to quality care close to home. We continue to recruit new clinicians and add new services in critical areas such as behavioral health and pain management as the needs of our patients evolve, and we are constantly on the hunt for innovations like robotic surgery and teleneurology that advance our shared mission of making communities healthier.
William Haugh
Market President, West Central Kentucky LifePoint Health
Quality care is the central driving force of everything we do at LifePoint. We are committed to ensuring that the LifePoint central Kentucky hospitals foster a culture of patient safety and achieve consistent, high standards of quality care, making them places where people choose to come for health care, physicians want to practice, and employees want to work. The fact that we have some of the lowest harms and readmission rates in the state show that our focus on quality and safety works.
Robert Parker
Market President, East Central Kentucky LifePoint Health