Hospitals
The Greater Cincinnati CMSA has 7,668 beds among the 30+ community hospitals, eight of which are approved for physician residency programs by the American Medical Association. The Greater Cincinnati area is a national leader in health care. The area is served by more than 30 hospitals and more than 20 general acute-care facilities supplemented by institutions with specialized services. These include:
- St. Elizabeth Healthcare recognized by US News & World Report as among the best in the United States for respiratory and neurology/neurosurgery,
- the world-renowned Children’s Hospital Medical Center, and the Shriners Pediatric Burn Center is located in Cincinnati,
- and the highly regarded University of Cincinnati Medical Center with the College of Medicine graduating approximately 200 physicians each year.
The University of Cincinnati Medical Center is ranked among the top 10 nationally in funding for molecular genetics, environmental health, obstetrics and gynecology, and pediatrics.
Other care services are provided by nursing homes, home health care, mental health centers, freestanding emergency care clinics, outpatient centers, sports medicine clinics, physical therapy services, trauma centers, hospice programs for the terminally ill, and a hospital-based helicopter air care service for emergency care.
St. Elizabeth Healthcare
St. Elizabeth Healthcare, with hospitals in Covington, Edgewood, Ft. Thomas, Florence, Williamstown and Falmouth, Kentucky has been serving the health care needs of Northern Kentucky since its founding in 1861 and is one of the largest and most respected medical centers in Greater Cincinnati and Kentucky. HealthGrades has named St. Elizabeth a Distinguished Hospital for Clinical Excellence. St. Elizabeth is in the top 5% of hospitals in the nation for quality of care, for three consecutive years and for patient safety in 2005. St. Elizabeth is among an elite group of only 14 teaching hospitals in the nation to achieve that level of distinction. St. Elizabeth is nationally recognized for heart, stroke, cancer, neurology and respiratory care, as well as one of only five hospitals in the nation profiled by the Advisory Board as an outstanding work environment for nurses.
St. Elizabeth Healthcare and HealthPoint Family Care recently opened a new base of operations near Interstate 75 and 12th Street in Covington. For additional information about the services provided by HealthPoint Family Care visit their web site: http://www.healthpointfc.org/
Sponsored by the Diocese of Covington, St. Elizabeth fulfills a healing mission, providing over $27 million in uncompensated care and benefits to the community annually.
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