Gulf Coast Profiles
By Staff Reporter, Mobile Register, 1998.
Each quarter, the Business Register highlights market segments
of interest to
the Gulf Coast. This quarter we profile full-service hospitals and their
affiliations.
1 MOBILE INFIRMARY MEDICAL CENTER
Location: 5 Mobile Infirmary Circle, Mobile
Founded: 1897
Number of beds: 704
Corporate affiliations: Infirmary Health System.
Percentage outpatient/inpatient care: 24/76
Source: Infirmary Health System, Marketing and Communications
2 SPRINGHILL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
Location: 3719 Dauphin St., Mobile
Founded: 1975
Number of beds: 252
Corporate affiliations: Single owner, private, for-profit
Percentage outpatient/inpatient care: 38/62
Source: Springhill Memorial Marketing Dept.
3 PROVIDENCE HOSPITAL
Location: 6801 Airport Blvd., Mobile
Founded: 1854
Number of beds: 349 and nursery beds
Corporate Affiliations: A member of the Daughters of Charity
National Health
System
Source: Marketing Department
4 USA MEDICAL CENTER
Location: 2451 Fillingim St., Mobile.
Founded: Transferred from the Mobile County Hospital Board
in 1970
Number of beds: 346
Corporate affiliations: University of South Alabama
Percentage of outpatient/inpatient care: 42/58
Source: USAMC Public Relations
5 USA KNOLLWOOD PARK HOSPITAL
Location: 5600 Girby Rd., Mobile
Founded: Purchased by USA in 1990.
Number of beds: 100
Corporate affiliations: University of South Alabama.
Percentage outpatient/inpatient care: 70/30
Source: USAMC Public Relations
6 USA KNOLLWOOD PARK LONG TERM CARE HOSPITAL
Location: 5644 Girby Rd, Mobile
Founded: Purchased by USA in 1990, became Long Term Care Hospital
in 1995.
Number of beds: 215
Corporate affiliations: University of South Alabama.
Source: USAMC Public Relations
7 USA CHILDREN'S AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL
Location: 1700 Center Dr., Mobile
Founded: Purchased by USA in 1990, officially dedicated as
USA
Children's and Women's Hospital in 1997.
Number of beds: 159 children and adults, 128 nursery.
Corporate affiliations: University of South Alabama.
Percentage outpatient/inpatient care: 62/38
Source: USAMC Public Relations
8 THOMAS HOSPITAL
Location: 750 Morphy Ave., Fairhope
Founded: 1960
Number of beds: 150
Corporate affiliations: Baldwin County Eastern Shore Health
Care Authority
Percentage outpatient/inpatient care: Surgery 64/36 Diagnostic
Services 45/55
Source: Thomas Hospital, Marketing Department
9 NORTH BALDWIN HOSPITAL
Location: Bay Minette
Founded: 1970
Number of beds: 55
Corporate Affiliation: North Baldwin County Health Authority
Inc.
Percentage of outpatient/inpatient Care: 48/52
Source: North Baldwin Hospital, Marketing Department
10 SOUTH BALDWIN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER:
Location: 1613 North McKenzie Street, Foley
Founded: 1958
Number of beds: 82
Corporate affiliations: Baldwin County Hospital Authority
Percentage outpatient/inpatient care: 45/55
Source: South Baldwin Marketing Department
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from the Mobile Register.
