Baptist Medical Center Beaches Jacksonville Beach, FL 100117

1.  
In 1961 Beaches Hospital was established in Jacksonville Beach, Florida. However, it was
changed into First Coast Medical Center in 1988. Finally, in 1992 Baptist Health enhanced it
and gave it the name of Baptist Medical Centre Beaches.

2.  
Mission:
At Baptist Beaches Hospital, their mission is to provide excellent health care while keeping the
values of respect, quality and compassion in high esteem.
Goals:
Following are the goals about which Baptist Health Center cares about:
 Community advocacy
 Respect
 Excellence
 Stewardship

3.  
 Organization Structure:
The Hospital is under a Hospital President Mr. Michael Mayo, and then there is Assistant
Administrator for the hospital. Furthermore, the Vice Presidents of the Patient Care Services
and Operations report to the Hospital President.

Corporate Culture of the Organization:

The corporate culture of the Baptist Health System is based on following key elements:
 Faith based culture
They focus on a person's health whether physical or spiritual, as done by Christ.
 Mission following attitude
Their attitude is driven by their mission of providing excellent health care while keeping
the values of respect, quality and compassion in high esteem.
 Community centric approach
They want to serve the whole community of northeast Florida.
 With local management
They are led by a group of 85 volunteer community leaders.

4. 

 FINANCIAL DATA
Revenues and Expenses( Monetary Year Ending September 30, 2014 )
REVENUE
People's Contributions $0
Grants by government $0
Services provided by the program $105,508,768
Received investments $394,797
Specially organized events $0
Hospital sales $0
Other services $534,764
Net Revenue $106,438,329

EXPENSES
In services of the program $93,398,646
By the Administration $7,199,222
Other expenses $0
Net Expenses $100,597,868
Ref: https://www.guidestar.org/PartnerReport.aspx?ein=59-2980620&Partner=Demo
OPERATIONAL DATA

Total Admissions 18,887

Observation Encounters 2,734
Total Patient Days 87,660
Total Surgical Cases 10,081
Emergency Room Visits 66,799
Outpatient Registrations 337,269
Ref: https://www.dacbond.com/GetContent?id=0900bbc7801e39ee

5.  
The excellent record of improvements and the current year’s performance has made it possible
for the Baptist Beaches Hospital to become one of the Top 100 hospitals. Furthermore,
following strengths have helped it in going so:
 Strengths:
1. Favorable Real Estate value
2. Financial Leverage
3. Cost Advantages
4. Customer Loyalty
5. Economies of Scale

 Weaknesses:
1. High Debt
2. High Staff Turnover
3. Bad Acquisitions
4. Work Inefficiencies

 Opportunities:
 1. New Technology
2. Loosening Regulations
3. International Expansion

 Challenges:
1. Volatile Currencies
2. Volatile Costs
3. Volatile Revenue
4. Dwindling overall Economy

6.  
The organization “Baptist Medical Centre Beaches” is a "501(c)(3) Public Charity organization."
Furthermore, it is managed by a board of directors that work on voluntary basis. It is comprised
of business as well as civic leadership of the community.
In other words, it may be said that this hospital is a not-for-profit organization managed and
owned by the community, and not any kind of shareholders.

7.  

Baptist Medical Centre Beaches is primarily a research-based hospital, whose research wing
comes under Baptist Health Research Institute (BHRI). BHRI is currently overseeing more than
50 clinical research studies in a wide range of areas.

8.

The management system of Baptist Hospital Beaches provides a secure, strong platform for
transactions within all wings of the facility; furthermore, it provides the facility to remotely access
the medical records of the patients, by physicians and other hospital staff members concerned.
Their HMIS enhances the "operational efficiency" of the hospital, making it one of the most
popular hospitals in the world.

Furthermore, Baptist Medical Centre Beaches uses the CPOE system to provide the healthcare
professionals with a facility, to access and alter the medication and patient records of the
hospital, as per the local, state and international healthcare laws.

However, the Baptist Beaches hospital does not make it to the list of Most Wired Hospitals.