Enhance Patient Care

Enhance Patient Care
The Transplant Center at Jewish Hospital
GOAL: $2-3 million

The numbers are well-known and alarming–more than 85,000 people are currently on the waiting list for an organ. More than 6,000 people die each year while waiting, and according to the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, their numbers will only continue to climb. With more than 600 Kentuckians alone currently on the waiting list for an organ transplant, Jewish Hospital has made growth and expansion of The Transplant Center a top priority for the community and surrounding region.

Currently, Jewish Hospital performs all five solid organ transplants. The volume of patients served places the hospital among the top 50 nationally. Our goal is to double the number of life-saving procedures performed here, placing the hospital among the top 25. The Foundation has begun a three-year process of raising $6-8 million to support this cutting-edge science by creating an endowment to support the clinical team and by significantly expanding our facilities. This will create a self-contained transplant unit with the full array of services for evaluation, treatment and follow-up available to patients and families in one convenient location. 

Emergency Department at Jewish Hospital Shelbyville Col. Harland Sanders Campus
GOAL: $1.9 million

Jewish Hospital Shelbyville is located in one of the fastest growing areas of this region. A fully-accredited, non-profit, 76-bed community hospital, our Shelbyville campus employs 420 people and treats 62,000 patients annually from three rural Kentucky counties.  The site has evolved from a primary care facility to a full-service, acute-care community hospital.

Burgeoning population growth in Shelby, Spencer and Henry counties has led JHSMH to make the expansion of the Emergency Department a top priority. According to the Kentucky Data Center, by 2010, Jewish Hospital Shelbyville will be called upon to serve over 77,500 people annually. Last year alone the hospital had more than 19,000 emergency visits in a space built to accommodate about 15,000.

To meet the needs of the community, the hospital is planning a multi-phased expansion and renovation. Phase I is a $1.9 million project to grow the E.R. from 7 beds and 3,200 square feet to 13 beds and 6,900 square feet.. This effort has been launched with a $1 million gift from the Col. Harland Sanders Foundation which was founded by the Kentucky legend. The Foundation is seeking the remaining $900,000 from the community to support this most important initiative.

Phase II will add another 1,700 square feet to the hospital at a cost of $695,000, and another $1.2 million will be needed in Phase III to completely renovate the existing E.R. space for better flow and efficiency in caring for patients.

Our Lady of Peace Psychiatric Treatment Center for Children & Teens
GOAL: $1.9 million

Our Lady of Peace has a long tradition of serving the psychiatric needs of the people in the Kentuckiana region.  With 246 beds in operation, it is one of the largest non-profit, private psychiatric hospitals in the United States and is unique on both the volume of patients it serves and the range of programs it provides.

Last year alone Our Lady of Peace served more than 2,250 children and adolescents. About 90% were victims of abuse or neglect, and two-thirds were medically indigent with virtually no financial resources of their own.

To meet a critical need for a step-down level of care for kids with severe developmental disabilities (mental retardation, autism, fetal alcohol syndrome) and a co-existing psychiatric problem, JHSMH is seeking to build two freestanding treatment centers in a residential setting at an estimated cost of $1.9 million. Each “home” will be approximately 5,000 square feet and care for up to nine residents, ages 11 to 17, connected by a shared playground.  A staff of 10 health professionals will provide around-the-clock supervision and community integration activities to include ensuring the children attend school during the day.

This unique facility meets a critical need in Kentucky as the state’s only facility providing this level of care for this population.

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