Baptist Health (Kentucky and Southern Indiana)

Baptist Health is a health system based in Louisville, Kentucky. It consists of eight hospitals, along with affiliated physician groups, urgent care centers and freestanding emergency departments, therapy and rehabilitation clinics, and various other health-related service centers. The system traces its roots to Kentucky Baptist Hospital, the first Baptist hospital in Kentucky, which opened in 1924 at Barrett Avenue and DeBarr Street, near Breckinridge Street in Louisville.[1]

The eight hospitals are located in Louisville, Lexington, Elizabethtown, La Grange, Corbin, Paducah, Richmond and New Albany, Indiana, for a total of more than 2,300 licensed beds. An additional hospital is operated in partnership with Deaconess Health System in Madisonville.[2]

Baptist Health employs more than 23,000 people in Kentucky and surrounding states. The current chief executive officer is Gerard Colman.[2]


Hospital locations

The following is a list of Baptist Health hospitals (in Kentucky, unless otherwise indicated):

Hospital County City Staffed beds[3][4] Founded
Baptist Health CorbinWhitleyCorbin2211986[5]
Baptist Health Deaconess MadisonvilleHopkinsMadisonville159
Baptist Health La GrangeOldhamLa Grange421987[6]
Baptist Health LexingtonFayetteLexington4341954[7]
Baptist Health LouisvilleJeffersonLouisville4861924[7]
Baptist Health PaducahMcCrackenPaducah1761953[7]
Baptist Health RichmondMadisonRichmond50
Baptist Health HardinHardinElizabethtown262
Baptist Health FloydFloydNew Albany, Indiana2481953[8]

Additionally, in May 2022 Baptist Health announced plans for a new hospital in Crestwood, in Oldham County, to be built in coordination with the New Urbanist planned community Clore Station.[9] While no timeline for hospital construction has been announced, construction at Clore Station is expected to begin in 2026.[10][11]

References
  1. Elson, Martha (25 Aug 2016). "1924 hospital becomes government site". Courier-Journal. Retrieved 8 Apr 2024.
  2. "Baptist Healthcare System, Inc". Dun & Bradstreet Business Directory. Dun & Bradstreet. Retrieved 8 Apr 2024.
  3. American Hospital Directory for Kentucky Retrieved 9 Apr 2024
  4. American Hospital Directory for Indiana Retrieved 9 Apr 2024
  5. "Corbin". Baptist Health. Retrieved 9 Apr 2024.
  6. "About Baptist Health La Grange". Baptist Health. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
  7. "100 Year Anniversary". Baptist Health. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
  8. "About Baptist Health Floyd". Baptist Health. Retrieved 9 Apr 2024.
  9. Álvarez Bríñez, Ana Rocío (11 May 2022). "Baptist Health opening a new health facility to serve Oldham County residents". Courier-Journal. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  10. Marnon, Christian (29 Nov 2023). "Planning commission approves Clore Station development". Oldham Era. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  11. Loosemore, Bailey (25 Apr 2024). "New Norton Commons-style development could double this Kentucky city's population". Courier-Journal. Retrieved 4 Jun 2024.


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