Baptist Medical Center Nassau

Baptist Medical Center of Nassau, Inc. (BMCN) is a highly advanced, extremely well-equipped community hospital located on Amelia Island, serving Nassau County and its surrounding area. The hospital provides a full spectrum of inpatient and outpatient services and 24-hour emergency care. The medical staff includes highly trained physicians in 26 different specialties along with a 24/7 hospitalist program. BMCN is an accredited chest pain center, acute stroke readiness hospital and has earned ANCC magnet recognition for excellence in patient care and named top general hospital by the LeapFrog Group with safety grade A. Baptist Nassau offers many advanced services and technologies not typically seen in a community hospital including a 30,000 square foot surgery/procedural center, advanced imaging (64-channel CT and MRI), breast health program with digital 3D mammography, 24/7 intensivist coverage ICU through telemedicine, non-invasive cardiology and cardiac rehabilitation center. Inpatients are cared for in a modernized building, which offers 48 private patient suites. BMCN was one of the first community hospitals in the nation to convert to an electronic medical record system. Baptist Medical Center of Nassau is fully integrated within a five hospital system of Baptist Health System, Inc. (BHS). Inpatient pediatric care is provided by Wolfson Children's Hospital in Jacksonville. During the fiscal year, there were 409 employees, 62 beds, 4,487 admissions accounting for 12,697 patient days, and 23,406 emergency room visits. As part of BHS, the region's only community-owned, faith-based healthcare system, BMCN is committed to improving the health of everyone in its community, regardless of their ability to pay. BMCN provided the following uncompensated care and community benefit for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2023: (1) charity care, $2.3 million, (2) unreimbursed Medicaid costs, $0, (3) unreimbursed Medicare costs, $12.3 million, and (4) specific community programs, $734 thousand, for a total of $15.3 million of uncompensated care and community benefit. BMCN's primary focus is addressing unmet health needs, particularly among vulnerable populations who have limited resources and access to health care. BMCN has gone beyond the delivery of essential health care to improve the lives of individuals and the overall quality of life in our region. Baptist health's community health committee guides the community health efforts. This committee provides strategic direction related to community health activities and ensures focus on key priorities that align with Baptist health's mission. A cornerstone of our commitment to the community is caring for the health of vulnerable, uninsured and underserved people among us. One of BMCN's guiding principles of community health is to collaborate with other local organizations to leverage our collective expertise and strength for the health benefits of the community. This collaborative approach helps ensure efficiency and avoids duplication of effort, resulting in enhancement of the lives of area residents at every life stage and income level. BMCN community health needs assessment includes: (1) access to care (2) mental and behavioral health (3) poverty (4) chronic disease (5) maternal and child health (6) transportation, (7) housing, (8) Cancer and (9) social determinants of health.