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Missouri Baptist and Goldfarb School of Nursing to Open Nursing School
Missouri Baptist Medical Center and Goldfarb School of Nursing at Barnes-Jewish College have partnered to open a state-of-the-art nursing school in west St. Louis County that will graduate more than 100 nurses into the workforce annually.
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Doctors at Missouri Baptist are First in St. Louis to Treat A-Fib with New “Freezing” Technology
Cardiologists at Missouri Baptist Medical Center are the first in the St. Louis region to use a new balloon catheter system that freezes small sections in the heart that cause erratic and irregular heart rhythms, offering the potential to cure patients with atrial fibrillation (A-Fib), a serious heart rhythm disorder that affects millions of Americans.
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Heart of the Family Event February 4
Into its 19th year to honor American Heart Month, this event offers families free screenings, family entertainment, tastings of the latest heart-healthy products on the market and heart education.
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First in Missouri to Implant New Heart Failure Device
Cardiologists at Missouri Baptist Medical Center, one of Missouri’s leading heart centers, were the first in the state to implant a new type of cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator (CRT-D), designed to better manage patients with heart failure.
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2010 Cardiac Outcomes Report
We are pleased to again share with you our outcomes as compared to national data over a 10-year period, and report that patients undergoing cardiac surgery or percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) at Missouri Baptist have benefited from our historically greater freedom from morbidity and mortality compared to national averages.
Download our 2010 Cardiac Outcomes Report
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Joint Commission Awards Missouri Baptist Medical Center with Stroke Certification
After undergoing an on-site evaluation and demonstrating compliance with nationally developed standards for stroke treatment, Missouri Baptist Medical Center has earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval™ for certification as a Primary Stroke Center.
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U.S. News & World Report Ranks Missouri Baptist Medical Center Among “Best Hospitals in St. Louis”
Missouri Baptist Medical Center was again ranked third behind two academic hospitals in St. Louis in U.S. News & World Report's 2011-12 Best Hospitals rankings.
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Hospital Opens Arrhythmia Center
Missouri Baptist Medical Center opens a new Arrhythmia Center, within its regionally acclaimed Heart Center, to meet the needs of an increasing population of patients suffering from abnormal heart rhythms.
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Missouri Baptist Opens Clinic Devoted to Heart Valve Care
Missouri Baptist Medical Center cardiac surgeons and cardiologists are teaming up to provide better treatment options for patients with heart valve conditions.
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Missouri Baptist Medical Center Ranked “100 Top Hospital” by Thomson Reuters . . . and among “Best Hospitals in St. Louis” by U.S. News and World Report
For the third consecutive year, Missouri Baptist Medical Center has been ranked one of the nation’s 100 Top Hospitals by Thomson Reuters as part of it’s annual study. Missouri Baptist was the only St. Louis hospital to receive this award.
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MS Center Expands at Missouri Baptist Medical Center -- Brings National Leading Neurologist Home
Beginning July 29, 2011, Mark J. Tullman, MD, board-certified neurologist specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS), will join The MS Center for Innovations in Care on the campus of Missouri Baptist Medical Center.
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MoBapBaby.org: Your home for childbirth information on the web
Designed for today’s expectant parents, MoBapBaby.org, a Missouri Baptist micro-website, is launched. Colorfully animated and playful, the site is packed with all the answers to take mom and dad through their entire delivery journey and beyond.
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Faster Emergency Care
Our innovative Physician-in-Triage program is expanding hours from 8 a.m. to midnight to provide you with the best possible care. The ER at Missouri Baptist. Faster. Smarter. Better.
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Save the Date for Choose Your Shoes 2
A fundraiser to benefit The Breast HealthCare Center at Missouri Baptist Medical Center, April 11, 2012
A girls night out where the price of admission includes, hors d'oeuvres, desserts, wine, music and foot massages. For the purchase of a ticket of chance you could walk out in a pair of one of the Spring's latest shoes styles. Admission prices: $175 patron (includes special gift), $90 general admission.
Check back in February to register and pre-purchase tickets online. Proceeds go towards the purchase of a technologically-advanced breast biopsy bed for the Breast HealthCare Center at Missouri Baptist Medical Center.
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Missouri Baptist Physicians Urge Mammography Screening at 40
Screening mammograms should start at 40, say breast health specialists, since 26 percent of breast cancers are detected in women under 50.
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Here, children are seen by Washington University pediatricians and specially trained nurses. There are nine emergency beds, plus six more for longer term, in-patient care. And every room has a bright, nautical theme to put your child -- and you -- more at ease.
Learn more about Children's ER at Missouri Baptist.
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Annual Community Benefit Report
During 2009, BJC hospitals and service organizations provided more than $430 million in community benefit programming; these programs include more than $199 million in charity and unreimbursed care to ensure that patients had access to the care they needed, regardless of their ability to pay
Read BJC’s Annual Community Benefit Report
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How Can We Make Medicine Better?
Share your ideas on how we can make medicine better. There are a million ways, and we want to hear them all. Read what others are thinking and saying about health care and other topics
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