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Earl K. Long Medical Center
Fiscal Year 2007


Resources

• 1,226 employees
• Total collections $129.4 million (state general fund $9.3 million, commercial/private pay $2.9 million, miscellaneous self generated $7.9 million, Medicare $6.9 million, Medicaid $35.6 million, Medicaid Uncompensated Care $66.8 million)

Estimated economic impact

• $258.5 million in overall business activity (Factor of 2.12 based on a July 2007 report "Hospitals and the Louisiana Economy," prepared for the Louisiana Hospital Association by Dr. James A. Richardson, Alumni Professor of Economics at Louisiana State University)

Patient Population

• Approximately 82,188 (between 7/1/05 - 6/30/07)

Capacity

• 91 adult/pediatric staffed beds
• 48 psychiatric staffed beds
• 161 licensed beds
• 11 nursery bassinets

Inpatient Admissions

• 5,206 adult/pediatric admissions
• 1,033 psychiatric admissions
• 103 neonatal ICU admissions
• 601 nursery admissions

Inpatient Days

• 25,607 adult pediatric inpatient days
• 15,897 psychaiatric inpatient days
• 1,945 neonatal ICU inpatient days
• 1,837 nursery inpatient days

Outpatients

• 164,948 clinic visits
• 40,151 emergency visits

Live Births

• 662 births

Residency Programs: 199 Medical Residents and Fellows

• Emergency Medicine
• General Surgery
• OB-GYN
• Orthopedics
• Oral Surgery
• Pediatrics
• Internal Medicine
• Ophthalmology

• Dermatology
• Internal Medicine/Pediatrics
• Neurology
• Neurosurgery
• Otolaryngology
• Family Medicine
• Pathology
• Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

• Psychiatry
• Radiology
• General Dentistry
• Internal Medicine Subspecialties
(Cardiology, Endocrinology, Hematology/Oncology, Gastroenterology)

Nursing and Allied Health Training
Approximately 414 students

RN Practitioner and/or CRNA
     • University of Mississippi
     • Alcorn State University
     • LSUHSC in New Orleans
     • Loyola University
     • McNeese State University
     • University of Louisiana at Lafayette
     • Northwestern State University
     • Southern University
     • Baton Rouge General School of Nursing
     • Louisiana Technical College, Lafayette
     • University of South Alabama
     • Southeastern Louisiana University
     • MedVance Institute Surgical Technology Program
     • Our Lady of the Lake School of Nursing Services

LPN
     • Ascension College
     • Delta Junior College
     • Louisiana Technical College Hammond
     • Baton Rouge Regional Technical Institute
     • Westside Vocational Technical
     • OLOL College of Nursing Services
     • LSUHSC — School of Allied Health Professions (Medical Technology Program

EMT, Paramedic
     • Acadian Ambulance, Lafayette
     • Avoyelles Technical Institute, Cottonport
     • Baton Rouge Fire Department
     • Folkes Technical Institute, Jackson
     • Louisiana Technical Institute, Jackson
     • Louisiana State Penitentiary, Angola
     • Emergency Medical Services
     • Our Lady of the Lake
     • Chevron/Texaco Emergency Responders

• Southern University - RN, Social and Nutritional Services
• LSU Allied Health - Physical Therapy, Lab
• North Oaks Health Systems Hospital - Nutritional Srv.
• Glen Oaks High School - High School Students
• Live Oak and Denham Springs
• Our Lady of the Lake Medical Center
Registered Nurs, Radiology Department
• California College of Allied Health

Partnerships

• East Baton Rouge Parish School Board - 3 school-based clinics
• Greater Baton Rouge Community Clinic - hospital referral of patients to clinic for outpatient services, particularly dental care
• Health Care Forum - assessing and planning community needs

EKL holds health screenings annually at the state capitol. One of its mission goals is to support the community through health education and preventive services.


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