St. Luke's Hospital (Cedar Rapids, Iowa)

Infobox Hospital
Name = St. Luke's Hospital


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Org/Group = Iowa Health System
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Location = Cedar Rapids
State = Iowa
Country = United States
Beds = 560
Emergency = III
Founded = May 7, 1884
Website = http://www.stlukescr.org/:"See St. Luke's Hospital for other medical facilities with the St. Luke's name."

St. Luke’s is a 560-bed hospital in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. It was founded in 1884 as Cedar Rapids’ first hospital and is now one of two hospitals in Cedar Rapids, the other being Mercy Medical Center. St. Luke’s emergency department treats nearly 50,000 patients each year and the most cases of trauma in Iowa. This has led to a partnership with the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics for training future ER doctors. It is the community’s only hospital to provide open-heart surgery capabilities and the area’s only Level II Regional Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. St. Lukes provides a Level III trauma center. [cite web | title = American Trauma Society | url = http://www.amtrauma.org/tiep/index.html | accessdate=2007-12-25]

History

In 1881 a critically injured homeless man who was unable to get care in Cedar Rapids inspired a local Episcopal minister to act. The following Sunday, the Rev. Samuel Ringgold made an impassioned plea for a hospital, "a real hospital, so that citizens and strangers alike can be cared for." The next day he and his flock began soliciting donations. Within months, work began on St. Luke’s.

Accreditation

St. Luke’s is the area's only nationally accredited inpatient rehabilitation unit by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF). St. Luke’s is also the first rehab program in the state of Iowa to receive the CARF Inpatient Rehabilitation Stroke Specialty Program accreditation.

Awards

The hospital was awarded Solucient’s 100 Top Hospitals award in 2004 and 2005. St. Luke’s Hospital’s Emergency Department has received an Outstanding – Gold Standard of Care Award from the National CRUSADE Quality Initiative, which ranked St. Luke’s in the top 10 percent of 408 participating hospitals for providing the best care for cardiac patients.

2008 flooding

St. Luke's Hospital was one of the buildings in Downtown Cedar Rapids that didn't get any damage from the Iowa Flood of 2008. Some patients from Mercy Medical Center were transferred to St. Luke's Hospital when Mercy had to be evacuated because of flood damage there.

References

External links

* [http://www.stlukescr.org/ Official website]