The Miriam Hospital in Providence, R.I., is part of Providence-based Lifespan, an academic health system.
Here are 10 things to know about The Miriam Hospital.
1. Arthur J. Sampson serves as president.
2. Mamie Wakefield serves as executive vice president and CFO.
3. The Miriam Hospital has 247 beds.
4. There are 2,528 employees and 1,006 affiliated physicians working at The Miriam Hospital.
5. In 2011, the hospital had 14,614 patient discharges, 54,804 emergency department visits, 50,240 outpatient visits, 6,298 outpatient surgeries and 3,788 inpatient surgeries, according to its website.
6. In 2011, the hospital recorded $1.23 billion in gross charges and $9.25 million in net income, according to the American Hospital Directory.
7. The hospital was founded in 1926.
8. The Miriam Hospital's Stroke Center received a 2012 Gold Plus Performance Achievement Award from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association. This is the association's highest honor for stroke care.
9. The Miriam Hospital earned the elite Gold Seal of Approval from The Joint Commission for Primary Stroke Centers, a national honor awarded to the country's top stroke programs. The Miriam, which was the first hospital in Rhode Island to be certified as a Primary Stroke Center, holds the distinction as the only facility in the state to be certified four times.
10. The hospital is one of 51 hospitals with the lowest 30-day mortality rates from July 2008 to June 2011 for heart attack patients, according to data from CMS' Hospital Compare database.
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Here are 10 things to know about The Miriam Hospital.
1. Arthur J. Sampson serves as president.
2. Mamie Wakefield serves as executive vice president and CFO.
3. The Miriam Hospital has 247 beds.
4. There are 2,528 employees and 1,006 affiliated physicians working at The Miriam Hospital.
5. In 2011, the hospital had 14,614 patient discharges, 54,804 emergency department visits, 50,240 outpatient visits, 6,298 outpatient surgeries and 3,788 inpatient surgeries, according to its website.
6. In 2011, the hospital recorded $1.23 billion in gross charges and $9.25 million in net income, according to the American Hospital Directory.
7. The hospital was founded in 1926.
8. The Miriam Hospital's Stroke Center received a 2012 Gold Plus Performance Achievement Award from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association. This is the association's highest honor for stroke care.
9. The Miriam Hospital earned the elite Gold Seal of Approval from The Joint Commission for Primary Stroke Centers, a national honor awarded to the country's top stroke programs. The Miriam, which was the first hospital in Rhode Island to be certified as a Primary Stroke Center, holds the distinction as the only facility in the state to be certified four times.
10. The hospital is one of 51 hospitals with the lowest 30-day mortality rates from July 2008 to June 2011 for heart attack patients, according to data from CMS' Hospital Compare database.
If you have additional information you'd like included on the hospital featured above, or would like to recommend a hospital to be profiled in the future, please contact Lindsey Dunn, editor in chief, Becker's Hospital Review at ldunn@beckershealthcare.com.
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