Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis (formerly known as Baptist East) is a 706-bed
a general hospital in
Memphis, Tennessee. This hospital, built in 1979, is now the flagship of Baptist Memorial Health Care since the closure of the
Madison Campus in the
Medical District, Memphis
The Memphis Medical District is an area which was created to provide a central location for medical care, serving both Memphis and the Mid-South.
Geography
Relatively small in area, the district is located in Midtown. The Medical District overl ...
in 2000, which dated from 1912. Baptist Memorial Health Care operates 22 Hospitals and numerous clinics in the three states surrounding the Memphis area. The former Madison Campus has been redeveloped by the
University of Tennessee Health Science Center.
Facilities
The hospital has full emergency room services.
Baptist Memorial Health Care operates a University
Baptist Health Sciences University centered on Health Professions nearby the site of the former Madison Campus. The school offers bachelor's degrees in
Health care management
Health administration, healthcare administration, healthcare management or hospital management is the field relating to leadership, management, and administration of public health systems, health care systems, hospitals, and hospital networks ...
,
Nursing,
Nuclear Medicine
Nuclear medicine or nucleology is a medical specialty involving the application of radioactive substances in the diagnosis and treatment of disease. Nuclear imaging, in a sense, is "radiology done inside out" because it records radiation emitting ...
,
Radiation Therapy,
Radiography
Radiography is an imaging technique using X-rays, gamma rays, or similar ionizing radiation and non-ionizing radiation to view the internal form of an object. Applications of radiography include medical radiography ("diagnostic" and "therapeu ...
,
Respiratory Care
A respiratory therapist is a specialized healthcare practitioner trained in critical care and cardio-pulmonary medicine in order to work therapeutically with people who have acute critical conditions, cardiac and pulmonary disease. Respirator ...
, and
Sonography
Medical ultrasound includes diagnostic techniques (mainly medical imaging, imaging techniques) using ultrasound, as well as therapeutic ultrasound, therapeutic applications of ultrasound. In diagnosis, it is used to create an image of internal ...
.
See also
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List of hospitals in Tennessee
List of hospitals in Tennessee (U.S. state), sorted alphabetically.
Operating
*Ashland City Medical Center
*Baptist Memorial Hospital for Women
*St. Johns & Mary Specialist Children Hospital
* Baptist Memorial Hospital for Women (Memphis)
* Bapt ...
References
External links
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1979 establishments in Tennessee
Hospital buildings completed in 1979
Hospitals in Memphis, Tennessee
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