The hospital is a joint venture between
Baptist Health and Encompass Health.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., and LOUISVILLE, Ky., June 25,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Baptist Health and
Encompass Health (NYSE: EHC), the nation's largest owner and
operator of inpatient rehabilitation hospitals, announce the
opening of Baptist Health Rehabilitation Hospital, a 40-bed
inpatient rehabilitation hospital located at 11800 Bluegrass
Parkway in Louisville,
Kentucky.
The hospital provides essential rehabilitative services that
help patients recovering from strokes, brain injuries, spinal cord
injuries, amputations and complex orthopedic conditions regain
function and independence. Patients receive a minimum of three
hours of intensive therapy for five days each week, frequent
physician visits and 24-hour nursing care.
"We are excited to celebrate the opening of our joint venture
hospital with Baptist Health, with the unified goal of providing
high-quality patient care to patients of the Louisville community," said Troy Dedecker, president of Encompass Health's
Central region. "With our patients at the forefront of our minds,
we have designed the hospital to accommodate all of their needs as
they regain strength, function, hope and independence. The
hospital's one-story building design provides patients with greater
accessibility as they are transferred to different treatment and
non-treatment areas of the hospital, and more convenient access for
families and visitors."
"Baptist Health Louisville has provided award-winning inpatient
rehabilitation services for more than four decades," said
Jonathan Velez, MD, hospital
president. "This conveniently located, stand-alone facility is an
expansion of those services. We are pleased that many of our staff
are continuing to serve patients in this new joint-venture
location."
"It's been 33 years since Baptist Health cut the ribbon on a
newly constructed hospital," said Gerard
Colman, Baptist Health CEO. "This project is a sterling
example of meeting strategic goals by marrying next-generation
healthcare with improving access to care to meet the needs of our
communities."
Hospital amenities include private patient rooms, a spacious
therapy gym featuring advanced rehabilitation technologies, an
activities of daily living suite, a therapy courtyard, a dining
room, an in-house pharmacy and a dayroom area. An interdisciplinary
team of highly specialized nurses, therapists and physicians
provides physical, occupational and speech therapies to restore
functional ability and quality of life.
To learn more, visit encompasshealth.com/louisvillerehab.
About Baptist Health
Opening its doors in 1924 in
Louisville, Kentucky, Baptist
Health is a full-spectrum health system dedicated to improving the
health of the communities it serves. The Baptist Health family
consists of nine hospitals, employed and independent physicians,
and more than 450 points of care, including outpatient facilities,
physician practices and services, urgent care clinics, outpatient
diagnostic and surgery centers, home care, fitness centers, and
occupational medicine and physical therapy clinics.
Baptist Health's eight owned hospitals include more than 2,300
licensed beds in Corbin,
Elizabethtown, La Grange, Lexington, Louisville, Paducah, Richmond and New
Albany, Indiana. Baptist Health also operates the 410-bed
Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville in Madisonville, Kentucky in a joint venture with
Deaconess Health System based in Evansville, Indiana. Baptist Health employs
more than 24,000 people in Kentucky and surrounding states.
Baptist Health is the first health system in the U.S. to have
all of its hospitals recognized by the American Nursing
Credentialing Center with either a Magnet® or Pathway to
Excellence® designation for nursing excellence.
Baptist Health's employed provider network, Baptist Health
Medical Group, has more than 1,775 providers, including
approximately 820 physicians and 955 advanced practice clinicians.
Baptist Health's physician network also includes more than 2,000
independent physicians.
Learn more at BaptistHealth.com.
About Encompass Health
Encompass Health (NYSE: EHC)
is the largest owner and operator of rehabilitation hospitals in
the United States. With a national
footprint that includes 163 hospitals in 37 states and Puerto Rico, the Company provides
high-quality, compassionate rehabilitative care for patients
recovering from a major injury or illness, using advanced
technology and innovative treatments to maximize recovery.
Encompass Health is ranked as one of Fortune's World's Most Admired
Companies and Modern Healthcare's Best Places to Work in
Healthcare. For more information, visit encompasshealth.com, or
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Facebook.
Encompass Health media contact:
Polly Manuel |
205.970.5912
polly.manuel@encompasshealth.com
Baptist Health media contact:
Julie Garrison |
502.897.8375
julie.garrison@BHSI.com
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