Program areas at St Luke's Regional Medical Center
Medical & Surgical:St. Luke's Regional Medical Center is comprised of three hospital campuses (Boise, Meridian, and Mountain Home), two urgent care centers (Eagle and Fruitland), a free-standing emergency department in Fruitland, and physician clinics throughout the Treasure Valley. St. Luke's Boise/Meridian: Founded in 1902, St. Luke's Boise Medical Center in downtown Boise is our main tertiary hospital and the home of St. Luke's Children's Hospital. St. Luke's Meridian Medical Center is a full-service community hospital with the busiest emergency department in the state. St. Luke's Boise and Meridian Medical Centers, St. Luke's cancer centers, and all St. Luke's physician clinics in the Treasure Valley have received Magnet recognition, the gold standard for nursing excellence.St. Luke's Elmore:St. Luke's Elmore Medical Center became integrated with St. Luke's Health System in 2013. The former Elmore Medical Center is a 25-bed critical access hospital founded in 1955 to serve the city of Mountain Home and the surrounding communities. The hospital provides 24-hour emergency services, lab and imaging services, family birthing suites, inpatient acute care, outpatient clinics and services, respiratory therapy, and a long-term care unit. During FY2023, St. Luke's hospital locations in the Treasure Valley provided inpatient care for 24,388 admissions, covering 113,931 patient days. Also, the hospitals provided patient care associated with 375,349 outpatient visits. In addition to hospital patient care, the various physician clinics located in the Treasure Valley provided patient care associated with 1,432,940 visits.St. Luke's Heart: More cardiovascular procedures are performed at St. Luke's than at any other hospital in Idaho. In 1968, the first open heart surgery in Idaho was performed at St. Luke's Boise, and for decades, specially trained doctors, nurses, technicians, pharmacists, and respiratory therapists have been providing care for heart and vascular patients throughout the region. Patient outcomes at St. Luke's are in the top 5% in the U.S., a testament to the skill and dedication of our physicians and heart and vascular teams as well as our state-of-the-art technology, advanced research, and commitment to prevention, education, recovery and rehabilitation. St. Luke's Children's Hospital/Specialty Center:St. Luke's Children's Services and Children's Hospital serve more than 104,000 babies, kids, and teens each year. St. Luke's is Idaho's only children's hospital. Patients are routinely referred to St. Luke's from a multi-state region for a variety of services including cardiology care, cancer treatment, surgery, orthopedics, neurology, neurosurgery, newborn intensive care, pediatric intensive care and rare infectious diseases. More than 140 skilled pediatricians and pediatric specialists work with referring physicians from around the region to provide high quality care for our young patients. They are joined in this effort by a staff of over 400 nurses, therapists, and other dedicated pediatric caregivers.During FY2023 the Children's Hospital experienced the following patient volumes:Pediatrics:- Admissions 5,357- Patient Days 14,781Pediatric Intensive Care Unit:- Admissions 440- Patient Days 16,414
Oncology:St. Luke's Cancer InstituteIdaho's first cancer center opened at St. Luke's in 1969. Then called Mountain States Tumor Institute (MSTI), it moved into its own building in 1971 and served patients for 50 years before changing its name to St. Luke's Cancer Institute in 2019. As the region's largest provider of cancer services, St. Luke's brings advanced care to thousands of patients every year from five cancer centers in Boise, Fruitland, Meridian, Nampa, and Twin Falls. It also provides infusion and other cancer-related services at rural hospitals and clinics in its service area and offers mammography and breast care services at 13 centers and a mobile mammography coach. St. Luke's Cancer Institute is a nationally recognized leader in cancer research and home to Idaho's only children's cancer treatment center, only federally sponsored center for hemophilia and only blood cancer center.
Pharmacy:St. Luke's Regional Medical Center provides retail pharmacy in Boise and Meridan, as well as specialty pharmacy. The St. Luke's outpatient pharmacies have experienced significant growth in recent years. St. Luke's also offers curbside pickup options at the Boise and Meridian hospitals. In recent years, St. Luke's partnered with regional grocery retailer WinCo Foods to offer 24/7 prescription lockers for community members. St. Luke's also offers the "Meds to Beds" program where St. Luke's team members provide outpatient prescriptions to patients at the Boise and Meridian hospitals before they discharge, allowing more after-hours prescriptions to be filled immediately instead of the next day.
Other services including (but not limited to):primary care, ortho/neuro, heart, emergency services, rehab, lab, acute care, women's, children's, home care, behavorial health, hospice, research and telehealth.Overall, program service dollars reported in Fiscal Year 2023 did not change from prior years. However, methodology was refined in Fiscal Year 2023 to provide more specific information related to the programs that the entity is providing. Other program services include all other services that would have previously been reported in lines 4a, b & c.