Program areas at Cabell Huntington Hospital
It is the mission of Cabell Huntington Hospital to promote health in the region through development and delivery of a full spectrum of services that improve the physical, mental, and spiritual dimensions of lives of those served. Therefore, the primary program service accomplishment is the inpatient and outpatient services performed. Cabell Huntington Hospital is licensed for 303 beds and staffed for over 3,400 individuals. During fiscal year 2023, in addition to its adult and pediatric units, it operates a comprehensive cancer center, a pediatric intensive care unit, a neonatal intensive care unit, a burn intensive care unit, a surgical intensive care unit, a medical intensive care unit, and a coronary care unit. The organization also operates a children's Hospital. The hoops family children's Hospital has 71 beds with 36 beds in the level iii neonatal intensive care unit, 25 beds in the general pediatrics unit, 10 beds in the pediatric intensive care unit and a neonatal therapeutic unit. The Hospital is governed by a voluntary board of independent citizens of the community. During the fiscal year 2023, the Hospital provided services to 16,359 inpatients, which resulted in providing 92,772 days of care. The organization also provided care to 567,059 outpatients. This included 45,430 patient visits to the emergency room, which is operated 24 hours and is open to all patients regardless of their ability to pay. It also included 18,200 outpatient surgical procedures and 9,922 home health visits.
Cabell Huntington Hospital is a teaching Hospital that is associated with marshall university schools of medicine, nursing, and pharmacy. The Hospital is leading the way in community health care and with that comes the responsibility of training others to continue the tradition of excellence. The Hospital residents and interns get the opportunity to train with some of the most highly qualified medical specialists in the area, sharing insight into the latest concepts in medical education and patient care. During the fiscal year 2023 , 281 interns, fellows, and residents rotated through the Hospital.
Cabell Huntington Hospital is very involved with the community it serves. During the fiscal year 2023, it held numerous events, including free or discounted health screenings, therapy, & evaluations, education outreach, health fairs, and community training. Over 30,138 people attended these events that took place between october 1, 2022 and september 30, 2023. The cost associated with these activities is $569,386. The organization also gives back to the community by participating in various programs that promote healthy and safe lifestyles for the people that live here. The Hospital gave $30,354 for the support of Huntington's kitchen program that promotes healthy eating lifestyles. We provide service to ebenezer outreach which is a clinic for citizens with low income $45,837. The amount of $10,000 was given to the Huntington museum of art for various local programs. And another $5,000 was given to the Huntington museum of art for children's museum activities. The amount of $2,500 was given to the Huntington city mission for their fighting hunger program. The amount of $7,500 was given to golden girls home that assists teenage girls who have been abused, neglected, and orphaned. The amount of $26,000 was given to support faith health appalachia whose mission is to be a conduit of transformation that connects community resources, hospitals, faith communities, health care facilities, and social service programs that is based on truth, care, and education to improve the total wellness of individuals and community. The faith health appalachia organization provides acute inpatient and outpatient care including services that are reimbursed for and noted as charity care. Additionally, chh gave $52,734 to various other community programs such as coalition for the homeless, city of Huntington foundation, coalfield development, contact Huntington, drwv foundation, education alliance, facing hunger foodbank, heritage farm foundation, river cities ministry, stepping stones, team for wv children, united way, and wv medical professional health program. $11,236,182 (which is netted against revenues) and bad debt expense was $49,263,667. The Hospital considers all of this a community service.