St. Luke's Boise Medical Center

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St. Luke's Boise Medical Center
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St. Luke's Boise Medical Center
Geography
Location190 E Bannock St
Boise, Idaho, USA
Coordinates 43°36′46″N116°11′33″W / 43.612685°N 116.192500°W / 43.612685; -116.192500 Coordinates: 43°36′46″N116°11′33″W / 43.612685°N 116.192500°W / 43.612685; -116.192500
Organisation
Care system Private
Services
Emergency department Level II pediatric trauma center
Beds437
History
Opened1902
Links
Website www.stlukesonline.org

St. Luke's Boise Medical Center in Boise, Idaho, is a 437-bed hospital founded in 1902 by James Bowen Funsten, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Idaho. [1] The hospital is part of St. Luke's, a regional healthcare system with six hospitals and more than 200 clinics staffed by roughly 14,000 employees. In 2017 the system received over 55,000 hospital admissions. [2] [3]

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History

The hospital is named for Luke the Evangelist and was dedicated by Bishop Funsten on October 18, 1902, marking St. Luke's Day. [4] Originally a 6-bed facility in a converted 2-story house at the corner of 1st and Bannock Streets, the hospital immediately began to expand with construction of a contagious disease annex. [5] The hospital opened December 8, 1902, and it featured a dining room/office, a private room, a dispensary, and a bathroom on the main floor with an operating room, a ward, and a bathroom on the second floor. [6]

In 1903 plans for a new, larger hospital were drawn by the architecture firm of Tourtellotte & Co. [7] Completed and opened late in 1903, the new St. Luke's was a 3-story, brick and stone building capable of treating 25 patients, with sleeping quarters for nurses and a nurses training school. [8] Wayland & Fennell designed a 3-story wing addition in 1906, with plans for a future second wing. The hospital also made plans to demolish its original building, the converted house, [9] and St. Luke's graduated its first class of nurses at the training school. [10]

A 9-bed children's hospital was constructed adjacent to the main buildings in 1910. [11]

Patients numbered 541 in 1909, and by 1926 the hospital cared for 2005 patients within facilities constructed in 1906. [12] Construction began on a new main hospital building, and in 1928 St. Luke's opened its 4-story building at the corner of 1st and Bannock Streets, adding 67 beds. [13] [14]

In 1947 the hospital again faced overcrowding, partly because of an increase in patients with polio. St. Luke's and its neighbor hospital, St. Alphonsus, initiated the United Hospital Fund Campaign with a goal of constructing new, 100-bed facilities at both hospitals. [15] "Campaign for Hospital Expansion Gets Started". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. November 5, 1947. p. 1. The funding drive raised over $300,000 for each hospital, but by the end of 1949 the funds remained in escrow, unable to cover costs of new construction. [16] Finally in 1950 the hospital broke ground for construction of a new wing. [17]

By 1970 a shortage of hospital beds and crowded facilities prompted St. Luke's to consider another expansion. [18] St. Luke's and St. Alphonsus also were urged to consolidate emergency rooms into one facility and obstetrics into another. [19] Later that year, St. Luke's increased its number of hospital beds to 206. [20] In 1977 St. Luke's expanded again with a 5-level building, bringing its number of hospital beds to 300. The hospital became St. Luke's Regional Medical Center in 1980. [21]

In 1993 St. Luke's opened the first 4-stories of its 10-story tower that now defines the hospital skyline at N 1st and Bannock Sts. [21] In 1999 a new children's hospital was dedicated in existing buildings at the site. [22] The hospital also opened a large parking garage at the site. [23]

The hospital expanded its emergency department in 2001. [24] In 2009 a medical office building was approved by city planners. The building would be connected by skybridge to the east wing of the hospital along Avenue B. [25] The project proposal became part of a larger expansion plan in 2014 that includes a new building with 60 beds, laboratory space, and cardiac care facilities north of E Jefferson St., directly behind the existing hospital. [26] By 2015 the expansion plan had grown to a 4-phase proposal to occur over several decades. [27] Groundbreaking for phase one, a children's hospital pavilion at Avenue B and E Jefferson St., began in 2016. [28]

In 2017 a 98-foot giant sequoia, planted in 1912, was moved from the hospital grounds to provide space for construction. [29] St. Luke's began moving historic homes away from its second E Jefferson St. construction site in 2018. [30]

The hospital is considered a 578-bed hospital when combined with its affiliate hospital in Meridian. [31]

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References

  1. ↑ "St. Luke's Boise Medical Center". American Hospital Directory. Archived from the original on February 22, 2019. Retrieved February 22, 2019.
  2. ↑ Patty Bowen (December 3, 2018). "St. Luke's shifts focus from hospital-centric care in move that affects hundreds". Idaho Press. Nampa, Idaho. Archived from the original on December 4, 2018.
  3. ↑ "St. Luke's Boise Medical Center: 100 great hospitals in America 2016". Becker's Hospital Review. Archived from the original on November 9, 2018. Retrieved February 22, 2019.
  4. ↑ "St. Luke's Hospital". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. October 19, 1902. p. 7.
  5. ↑ "Annex to St. Luke's Hospital". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. November 28, 1902. p. 5.
  6. ↑ "St. Luke's Hospital". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. December 8, 1902. p. 3.
  7. ↑ "St. Luke's to Be Enlarged". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. April 15, 1903. p. 5.
  8. ↑ "Another Magnificent Hospital for This City". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. November 6, 1903. p. 5.
  9. ↑ "Add to Hospital". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. February 12, 1906. p. 8.
  10. ↑ "Nurses to Receive Diplomas". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. December 27, 1906. p. 3.
  11. ↑ "Hospital for Children". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. July 24, 1910. p. 5.
  12. ↑ "Launch St. Luke's $125,000 Drive for Hospital Building". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. April 26, 1927. p. 5.
  13. ↑ George Gilmore (April 8, 1928). "Masonic Ritual to Mark Services at New Hospital". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. p. 7.
  14. ↑ "This is the architect's drawing...". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. May 1, 1927. p. 1.
  15. ↑ "$600,000 Hospital Fund Drive Begins This Week (sketches)". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. November 2, 1947. p. 1.
  16. ↑ "Approval of Plans for St. Alphonsus Expansion Sought". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. December 16, 1949. p. 15.
  17. ↑ "Ground Broken for New Wing at St. Luke's". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. April 5, 1950. p. 11.
  18. ↑ Margaret Bailey (January 4, 1970). "Study Says Boise Faces Hospital Bed Shortage". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. p. 37.
  19. ↑ Margaret Bailey (January 9, 1970). "Study Advises Hospitals to Unite Some Services". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. p. 5.
  20. ↑ "St. Luke's to Occupy New Floor". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. June 17, 1970. p. 3.
  21. 1 2 David C. Pate (October 31, 2014). "St. Luke's Health System's Boise, Idaho Facility" (PDF). City of Boise. Retrieved February 23, 2019.
  22. ↑ Steve Bard (March 1, 1999). "St. Luke's dedicates children's hospital". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho.
  23. ↑ John Tucker (March 7, 1999). "The changing face of Treasure Valley". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho.
  24. ↑ Ken Dey (September 30, 2001). "Hospitals' expansions help them keep pace with growing populace". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho.
  25. ↑ Cynthia Sewell (April 16, 2011). "5-story medical building proposed near St. Luke's in Boise - A skybridge would cross a street near Broadway and Warm Springs". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho.
  26. ↑ Audrey Dutton (May 7, 2014). "St. Luke's plans major expansion in Downtown Boise". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho.
  27. ↑ Cynthia Sewell (January 19, 2015). "St. Luke's seeks approval of major Boise expansion - Public will have several chances to weigh in". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho.
  28. ↑ Audrey Dutton (October 14, 2016). "St. Luke's gets started on Downtown Boise expansion". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho.
  29. ↑ Katy Moeller (June 25, 2018). "Idaho's largest sequoia was uprooted, moved in Boise last June. It likes its new home". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho.
  30. ↑ John Sowell (August 16, 2018). "Old houses on St. Luke's Downtown Boise campus are being moved. Here's what we know". Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho.
  31. ↑ "American Hospital Directory".

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