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CoxHealth 
Type Non-profit organization Industry Health care Founded Springfield, Missouri, United States (1906) Founder(s) Ellen Burge Headquarters Springfield, Missouri, United States Area served North America Key people President & CEO Robert H. Bezanson Employees 9,100 Website http://www.coxhealth.com/ References: CoxHealth's Mission is to improve the health of the communities we serve through quality health care, education and research. CoxHealth is a four-hospital, 770 bed health system[1] headquartered in Springfield, Missouri. CoxHealth serves a 25 county region of southwest Missouri and Northwest Arkansas. CoxHealth is one of Springfield's largest employer, with more than 9,100 people employed throughout the system. The organization employs 537 physicians and has more than 1,400 volunteers contribute 115,000 hours each year.
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History
CoxHealth started on Thanksgiving Day in 1906 when Ellen Burge, the widow of a prominent Springfield lawyer, donated her frame duplex on Jefferson Avenue to be used as a Methodist hospital. It was named Burge Deaconess Hospital in her honor. The Burge Hospital grew due to the great need for expert healthcare in Southwest Missouri. In the late 1940’s, a Springfield business man Lester E. Cox led a series of capital campaigns for a hospital expansion and was very involved with the hospitals success. In 1968 Mr. Cox died and the hospital changed its name from Burge-Protestant Hospital to Lester E. Cox Medical Center in his honor. The hospital continued to grow and prosper thanks in part to many great leaders in the organization. In 1993, Lester E. Cox Medical Centers became CoxHealth. New technology advancements along with new medical services are continually brought to Southwest Missouri thanks to CoxHealth. The hospital continues “to be the best for those who need us.”[2]
Facilities
Cox South
Cox South is the largest facility and main campus operated by CoxHealth. Construction started in 1981 and the 10 story Cox South hospital was completed in 1985. The full-service hospital features 563 beds and houses the main service lines of the system. The Hulston Cancer Center and Wheeler Heart & Vascular Center are connected to the main Cox South hospital via the "Skywalk" enclosed walkway over National Avenue. The Turner Center is a women and children specialty center connected to Cox South. The hospital opened a new Emergency department in 2010 and a new Surgical Intensive Care Unit is scheduled to open in late 2011.
A new emergency department and level II trauma center is scheduled to open in 2010. The new ER will include 4 adult and 1 pediatric trauma bays, 57 universal exam rooms, and a 26 bed observation unit. The new facility will also include an emergency laboratory, pharmacy, and radiology department embedded within the new department.[3] CoxHealth has over 160,000 emergency, urgent care, and trauma visits each year. In June of 2007, CoxHealth purchased a new MD Helicopters MD Explorer 902 for $5.1 million. The new helicopter replaces the smaller 1989 Messerschmitt MBB Bo 105LS air ambulance. The new helicopter has a top speed of 160 m.p.h. and includes a quieter design and improved safety because of the lack of a tail rotor. Cox Air Care was one of the first in the state of Missouri to fly with night vision goggles[4] and the only one in the state to fly with blood onboard.[5]
The Martin Center is a free standing diagnostic and imaging center. The four story facility houses MRI, CT, heart and lung CT, mammogram, ultrasound, nuclear medicine and PET imaging, X-Ray, and bone density scanning equipment all under one roof. [6]
Burrell Behavioral Health with CoxHealth supply outpatient child and adult mental health services. They are located on the Cox South Campus next to Burrell Park. [7]
A Ronald McDonald House is located on the Cox South campus to provide a low cost and friendly living area for those with children in the hospital. [8]Cox North
Cox North is the site of the original Burge Hospital, which opened in 1906 and eventually became CoxHealth. Cox North currently features 72 beds. An emergency room and CoxHealth's inpatient behavioral health units are housed at Cox North. Plans call for a redevelopment of the Cox North campus into a Medical Park. The Second Century plan, announced early in CoxHealth’s centennial year of 2006, calls for the construction of new, freestanding facilities for Cox College, a behavioral health center, and a combined location for the Family Medicine Residency program and 24-hour emergency care services; all on the North campus. The project also includes upgrades to the Medical Tower building at North.[9]
Cox Walnut Lawn
Cox Walnut Lawn is located just north of the main Cox South campus, and houses Rehabilitation Services, Wound Healing and Urgent Care centers. Work began in 2009 to transform Cox Walnut Lawn into the Meyer Orthopedic Center. The Meyer Orthopedic Center is a specifically designed orthopedic specialty hospital to house all of CoxHealth’s orthopedic procedures. The new hospital will feature 35 private orthopedic patient rooms, 15 impatient rehabilitation rooms, and 35 transitional care rooms. All operating rooms will be constructed to orthopedic specific specifications. [10]
The Meyer Center for Wellness and Rehabilitation is directly connected to the Meyer Orthopedic Center. This is a 90,000-square-foot (8,400 m2) facility designed to be utilized as a rehabilitation site for orthopedic patients recovering form procedures. The Meyer Center for Wellness and Rehabilitation also offers work out facility, pools, and a gym as well to patients and to the public. [11]
The Bone and Joint Center is connected to the Meyer Center for Wellness and Rehabilitation via an overhead enclosed walkway. This center offers medical office and imaging services. [12]
The Ambulatory Surgery Center is dedicated to non-orthopedic surgeries. The two story facility which will become the main location for ear, nose, throat and plastic surgery procedures.Cox Monett
Cox Monett is a community hospital in Monett, Missouri. Cox Monett features 25 beds and serves the counties to the southwest of Springfield.
Other Facilities
CoxHealth operates a number of clinics and facilities throughout southwest Missouri. CoxHealth also operates "The Clinic at Walmart" which offer fast, affordable access to basic health care services with up front pricing. "The Clinic at Walmart" can be found at many local Walmart stores.[13]
Community Impact
CoxHealth provides over $100,000,000[14] of charity care to the community per year for uncompensated medical care.
Children's Miracle Network of CoxHealth is a non-profit organization that raises and provides resources to assist in the medical care of children under the age of 18.[15] Over a million dollars is raised with the partnering of KYTV (KY3) for donations to the Children's Miracle Network program.Notes
- ^ Cox Facts
- ^ Our History
- ^ Emergency Department
- ^ Cox Air Care enhances safety with night vision goggles
- ^ http://www.coxhealth.com/workfiles/Healthsense/hs_03winter_cover_ERTrauma.pdf
- ^ Radiology
- ^ Outpatient Care
- ^ RMHC of the Ozarks
- ^ http://www.coxhealth.com/workfiles/HealthSense/HS073SecondCentury.pdf
- ^ http://www.coxhealth.com/body.cfm?id=3221
- ^ http://www.coxhealth.com/body.cfm?id=2290
- ^ Bone & Joint
- ^ CoxHealth - The Clinic at Walmart - Cox Hospital - Springfield, Missouri (MO) - Branson - Ozark - Republic - After-hours, walk-in care for minor illnesses and injuries
- ^ Community Impact
- ^ Children's Miracle Network of CoxHealth - CMN - Springfield, Missouri (MO)
External links
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- Hospitals in Missouri
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