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Earl K. Long Medical Center
Fiscal Year 2008

Resources

1266 FTEs (Full Time Equivalents)

Total Collections: $145.6 million
State General Fund: $18.236 million
Medicaid: $40.735 million
Uncompensated Care: $69.640 million
Medicare: $7.838 million
Medicare Cost Reports: $-.277 million
Commercial/Private Pay: $3.347 million
Misc. Self Generated $6.104 million

Estimated economic impact

$298.1 million in overall business activity (Factor of 2.12 based on a Jul 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 79,168 (between 7/1/06 – 6/30/08)

Capacity

175 licensed beds
100 adult/pediatric staffed beds (including ICU)
26 psychiatric staffed beds 9 neonatal ICU staffed beds
11 nursery bassinets

Inpatient Admissions

5,791 adult/pediatric admissions
514 psychiatric admissions
176 neonatal ICU admissions
627 nursery admissions

Inpatient Days

27,571 adult/pediatric inpatient days (including ICU)
8,422 psychiatric inpatient days
2,479 neonatal ICU inpatient days
1,864 nursery inpatient days

Outpatients

162,285 outpatient encounters
39,974 ED encounters
104,930 outpatient clinic visits

Live Births

727 births

Residency Programs

Approximately 83 residents and fellows in the following programs:
 
Emergency medicine
Internal medicine
Ophthalmology Fellow
Dentistry
Dermatology
Ophthalmology
Oral Surgery
Orthopedic surgery
Otolaryngology
Surgery

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 @ 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
Baton Rouge Community College
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, Southern University—Social and Nutritional Services;  North Oaks Health systems Hospital—Nutritional Services;  Glen Oaks High School –High School Students;  Live Oaks and Denham Springs; MedVance Institute—Pharmacy Techs
EMT, Paramedic
Acadian Ambulance, Lafayette
Avoyelles Technical Institute, Cottonport
Baton Rouge Fire Department
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 Nurse, 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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