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Bethesda Memorial Hospital


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Bethesda Memorial Hospital is a fully accredited, community, not-for-profit hospital offering a wide range of healthcare services through its Centers of Excellence. Counting with 500 physicians performing in more than 40 areas of specialty, this 390-bed facility, and its affiliates, offer a full array of healthcare services, including a nationally accredited vascular institute; general and specialized surgery; maternity services; a Level III neonatal intensive care unit; pediatric and pediatric intensive care services; programs for diabetes, wound care and hyperbaric medicine; the Bethesda Comprehensive Cancer Center, an Affiliate of the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute; a JCAHO-certified Primary Stroke Center; and its newest addition, the Cornell Institute for Rehabilitation Medicine which is a 28-bed, inpatient, rehabilitation facility.

Bethesda Memorial Hospital was founded in 1959 featuring 70 beds, a medical staff of 32 physicians, 65 employees and a mission to serve the community in a caring manner and overlooking the ability to pay. At that time, the Hospital's founders took the decision to establish Bethesda as a not-for-profit hospital allowing profits to be re-invested solely in the advancement of the hospital in order to respond accordingly to the community?s needs. For nearly 50 years, the dedication to preserving this status has not vacillated.

To improve patient safety and quality of care, Bethesda Memorial Hospital takes part in National Quality Reporting Initiatives through CMS-Medicare, the Institute for Healthcare Improvements 100,000 Lives Campaign, and the National Hospital Quality Alliance and Core Measures project of the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO).

A few features of some of the health care services Bethesda Memorial Hospital has available are: Bethesda Memorial Hospital's Comprehensive Cancer Care Center that provides the full complement of diagnostic and therapeutic services for cancer patients. Cardiac care services, include diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitative resources; it also offers an outpatient Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory electrocardiography, echocardiography, MRI dynamic and peripheral vascular imaging. The Cornell Institute for Rehabilitation Medicine at Bethesda Memorial Hospital features a hospital-based, comprehensive rehabilitation program that offers acute inpatient rehabilitation services and a full complement of physical, speech, respiratory, occupational and supportive therapy programs provided by licensed therapists and social workers.


 

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