BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
BAPTIST MEMORIAL
Hospital
INSIDE OXFORD
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ver the past four years, Baptist Memorial Hospital in North Mississippi has made strides to grow and improve healthcare in the region, even through the challenges of a global pandemic. Baptist has received numerous awards, accommodations and acclaim for its efforts and excellent health care service. In September 2020, Baptist was among six Baptist Memorial hospitals chosen as finalists in the High Value Healthcare category. The category recognizes hospitals that consistently provide outstanding patient care and set a high standard in clinical excellence. Baptist was included in Fortune/IBM Watson Health’s 2021 Top 100 Hospitals list as one of the top performing hospitals in a medium-sized community. The hospital gained top ratings in clinical outcomes, operation efficiency, patient experience and financial health. In July 2021, Premier Inc. awarded Baptist with the 2021 Premier QUEST Hero Award for its exemplary efforts to act nimbly and quickly evolve care and operation in the face of extraordinary circumstances presented by the COVID-19 pandemic.
By Maya Martin Baptist accepted confirmed COVID-19 patients from Lafayette County and surrounding counties when other hospitals did not have the appropriate technology or level of healthcare that the North Mississippi location was able to provide. “This recognition is truly an honor. The entire team at Baptist North Mississippi showed exemplary leadership during the COVID-19 global crisis,” said Bill Henning, CEO and administrator of Baptist North Mississippi. “There were many challenging days during the pandemic, but our team demonstrated innovation, commitment to safe quality patient care during the most unprecedented time in the healthcare industry.” Baptist places emphasis on improvements in healthcare, servicing patients and introducing more providers to Mississippi. The introduction of the Internal Medicine Residency Program, its first and permanent residency program in July 2021 is to help accomplish this mission. The three-year program offers residents a wellrounded and unique training experience for physicians in a high volume setting with
advanced technology, innovative techniques, and experienced and accessible faculty. There will be 12 residents approved for each year of the program, culminating in a total of 36 residents by the end of the program. “Continuous improvement is critical for innovation in healthcare, and the next generation of physicians must have the tools to lead care teams and drive innovation from the bedside to the boardroom and beyond,” said Dr. Seger D. Morris, director of the Internal Medicine Residency Program. “BMH-NM resident physicians will learn and apply continuous improvement through many resources including the Baptist Management System as well as the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI).” Baptist North Mississippi is a 217-bed hospital in Oxford, Mississippi, that offers a variety of services including cardiovascular surgery, neurosurgery, home care and hospice and a 24-hour emergency room. In November 2017, the hospital moved into a new, five-story, 600,000-square-foot facility. The new hospital building offers a larger emergency department,
