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Earl K. Long Medical Center
Fiscal Year 2010

Resources

1186 FTEs (Full Time Equivalents)


Estimated economic impact

$336.3 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     

88 adult/pediatric staffed beds (including ICU)

0 psychiatric staffed beds
7 neonatal ICU staffed beds

9 nursery bassinets
Inpatient Admissions

5,450 adult/pediatric admissions

0 psychiatric admissions

113 neonatal ICU admissions


537 nursery admissions
Inpatient Days

22,519adult/pediatric inpatient days (including ICU)

0 psychiatric inpatient days

1,950 neonatal ICU inpatient days

1,655 nursery inpatient days

Outpatients

196,927 outpatient encounters

44,369 ED encounters

117,751 outpatient clinic visits


Live Births

612 births

Residency Programs

 Approximately 146 residents and fellows in the following programs:
Emergency Medicine
ENT
Internal Medicine
Dentistry
Dermatology
OB/GYN
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 at Lafayette
Northwestern State University
Southern University
Baton Rouge General School of Nursing
Louisiana Technical College, Lafayette
University of South Alabama
Southeastern Louisiana University
Our Lady of the Lake School of Nursing Services
Baton Rouge Community College
LPN
Delta Junior College
Louisiana Technical College Hammond
Baton Rouge Regional Technical Institute
Westside Vocational Technical
Our Lady of the Lake College of Nursing Services
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
Other Programs
Southern University – Social and Nutritional Services
North Oaks Health Systems Hospital– Nutritional Services
Glen Oaks, Live Oak, and Denham Springs – High School Students
MedVance Institute – Pharmacy Techs, Surgical Techs
MedVance Institute Surgical
Technology Program
LSUHSC – School of Allied Health Professions (Medical Technology Program)

 

Partnerships

East Baton Rouge Parish School Board– six school-based health 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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