Brookwood Baptist Health
Tenet Healthcare
Geography
LocationCentral Alabama, United States
Organization
Religious affiliationBaptist
Services
Beds more than 1,700 system-wide
History
OpenedOctober 2, 2015
Links
Websitebrookwoodbaptisthealth.com

Brookwood Baptist Health is a network of hospitals, outpatient centers and clinics headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama.[1] It is owned by Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare. The system is the result of a merger between Brookwood Medical Center and Baptist Health System.

As Baptist Health System

Baptist Health System was founded in 1922[2] by the Birmingham Baptist Association. The nonprofit organization's first hospital was Birmingham Baptist Hospital, now known as Princeton Baptist Medical Center. The hospital merged with Montclair Hospital to form Baptist Health System. It was one of the largest healthcare providers in Alabama since the 1950s through the mid-2000s. Economic factors required the system to sell many of its small properties and ultimately forced the system to sell a majority stake of Montclair Baptist Medical Center to Plano, Texas-based Triad Hospitals.[3] The majority stake was spun-off again in 2008 to Community Health Systems of Brentwood, Tennessee, and the property was renamed Trinity Medical Center. Trinity eventually closed the Montclair location after purchasing and renovating the unfinished Healthsouth Digital Hospital, now called Grandview Medical Center in Birmingham.[4]

Brookwood Medical Center merger

In late 2014, Tenet Healthcare announced it was interested in merging its 600-bed acute care hospital in Birmingham, Brookwood Medical Center, with Baptist Health System.[5] On October 2, 2015, Tenet announced it had finalized the merger. The combined system has more than 1,700 beds across its five acute care hospitals and employs more than 7,000 people.[6] The new system was renamed Brookwood Baptist Health, and unveiled a new logo in 2016.[2]

Acute Care Properties

NameCityArea ServedTrauma CenterBeds
Brookwood Baptist Medical CenterHomewoodGreater BirminghamLevel III633
Citizens Baptist Medical CenterTalladegaTalladega, SylacaugaLevel III122
Shelby Baptist Medical CenterAlabasterShelby, Chilton and surrounding countiesLevel III192
Princeton Baptist Medical CenterBirminghamGreater BirminghamLevel III~500
Walker Baptist Medical CenterJasperWalker, Winston and Blount countiesLevel III267

References

  1. ↑ Tomberlin, Michael. "Baptist Health System relocating Birmingham corporate headquarters". al.com. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  2. 1 2 Yurkanin, Amy. "Brookwood and Baptist merged system unveils new name, logo". al.com. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  3. ↑ Dugan, Kelli. "Baptist Health's 35% stake yields 50% control". Birmingham Business Journal. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  4. ↑ Good, Ana. "Grandview Medical Center opens Oct. 10 on U.S. 280". otmj.com. Over the Mountain Journal. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  5. ↑ "Baptist Health System signs letter of intent with Tenet Healthcare". abc3340.com. Sinclair Broadcast Group. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  6. ↑ White, Linda. "Brookwood, Baptist hospitals to merge". wvtm.com. Hearst Television. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
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