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Caring for the Community
Reporting & Tracking Community Benefits
As a Catholic hospital, we recognize that we have a responsibility to meet important community needs – over and above our ability to provide excellent patient care.
This commitment has always been a
key part of who we are, and an integral
part of our mission and values.
To track our role of service to the
community, St. Anthony’s follows
guidelines adopted by the Catholic Health Association. To provide for
consistent measurement, the CHA
has established a standard called the
Community Benefit Inventory for
Social Accountability (CBISA). St. Anthony’s
Medical Center uses CBISA methodologies to gauge
our activities throughout the year. We have acquired
CBISA reporting tools from Lyon Software to assist
in this effort. In addition, we have established a
cross-functional team of managers from our finance,
community outreach and communications departments
to provide ongoing leadership and oversight for our
community benefit activities.
This report details our 2007 activities in the six specific categories of the CBISA survey:
- Community Health Services
- Health Professions Education
- Subsidized Health Services
- Research
- Donations
- Community Building Activities
Categories
Community Health Services
As the leading health care provider in South St. Louis County and Jefferson County as well as St. Clair and Monroe Counties in Illinois, St. Anthony’s Medical Center provides a wide spectrum of services to help improve the overall health of our served communities. These include a variety of health education activities (e.g., lectures, presentations, pre-natal/childbirth classes); community clinics; support groups; self-help programs (e.g., diet/weight management, smoking cessation); and pastoral outreach and social service programs. While some of these efforts are provided for a nominal patient fee, all are subsidized in part or in whole by St. Anthony’s.
Health Professions Education
Throughout our history, St. Anthony’s Medical Center has provided an
important community
benefit by offering a setting where future health care professionals can learn
their skills under the
expert guidance of our physicians, nurses and staff. In particular, we provide
a clinical setting
for medical students and residents; nursing students; and a number of other
health care professions,
such as dietitians, technicians, physical therapists and social workers. Our
professional education activities are provided in collaboration
with several local universities.
Subsidized Health Services
In the Franciscan tradition of compassionate care, St. Anthony’s Medical Center provides many health care services that are expected to produce a financial loss. We offer these services because they meet needs that would otherwise not be addressed within the community – services that might include uncompensated (or under-compensated) emergency and trauma services; women’s and children’s services; and hospice/end-of-life care.
Research
St. Anthony’s Medical Center works in cooperation with local universities and health care organizations to advance the science of medicine by providing a clinical setting where innovative treatments and new therapeutic protocols can be developed and studied. Recent research at St. Anthony’s includes important work in areas such as the treatment of cancer, and diabetes education and prevention.
Donations
St. Anthony’s commitment to south St. Louis County and the surrounding
areas is demonstrated,
in part, by the things we do to help strengthen the fabric of our community.
Simply
put, we want to be a good neighbor – and we honor that commitment by
providing both
donations and in-kind services throughout the year. These activities include
contributions made to not-forprofits; support for toy drives; scholarships
for students; participation
in community events; and many other charitable initiatives sponsored by the
hospital or by
local community organizations.
Community Building Activities
Along with treating illness and disease, St. Anthony’s Medical Center works to support programs that may address the root causes of many health problems – such as poverty, and lack of education. While not directly related to health care, our support for activities such as neighborhood revitalization; local economic development; community health advocacy; and similar efforts all contribute to a brighter future for the people we serve throughout the region.
For information or a physician referral, please call 800-554-9550 or visit our online physician referral.
At St. Anthony's, our vision is to be the area's premier health care organization — and your first choice for health care services.