Saint Joseph Berea

About Us

Saint Joseph Berea, formerly Berea Hospital, began in 1898, as an eight-bed cottage on the Berea College campus in Berea, Kentucky.  Now, Saint Joseph Berea is a 25-bed critical access hospital, which serves over 19,000 families.  The hospital is known for providing excellence of care while utilizing advanced medical technology in a friendly, family-like atmosphere. The hospital includes Berea Family Medicine, Breast Center, Berea Specialty Clinic, Diabetes and Nutrition Center, Cardiovascular Services, Senior Renewal Center, Sleep Wellness Center, Surgical Services, and Wound Care Center.

Saint Joseph Berea is part of CHI Saint Joseph Health. An 18-member volunteer board of directors governs CHI Saint Joseph Health, its facilities and operations, including Saint Joseph Berea, with this purpose:

Our mission

The mission of Catholic Health Initiatives is to nurture the healing ministry of the Church, supported by education and research. Fidelity to the Gospel urges us to emphasize human dignity and social justice as we create healthier communities.

 

Our vision

As a ministry of the Catholic Church, we will lead the transformation of health care to achieve optimal health and well-being for the individuals and communities we serve, especially those that are poor and vulnerable.

Our core values

Nearly 700 employees, physicians, participating congregation members and board members from throughout Catholic Health Initiatives participated in the process of naming our core values. These values define CHI and serve as our guiding principles. They are the roots from which all of our activities, decisions and behaviors grow.

 

Reverence

Profound respect and awe for all of creation, the foundation that shapes spirituality, our relationships with others and our journey to God.

 

Integrity

Moral wholeness, soundness, fidelity, trust, truthfulness in all we do.

 

Compassion

Solidarity with one another, capacity to enter into another’s joy and sorrow.

 

Excellence

Demonstrating preeminent performance, becoming the benchmark, putting forth our personal and professional best.​

Community Health Needs Assessment

During 2015-2016, Saint Joseph Berea conducted a community health needs assessment (CHNA) to support its mission to enhance the health of people in the communities it serves by identifying health needs in these communities and prioritizing the allocation of hospital resources to meet those needs.  Additionally, the completion of this report and subsequent approval and adoption by the CHI Saint Joseph Health Board of Directors complies with CHNA requirements mandated by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 and federal tax-exemption requirements.  This report will be made public and widely-available on or before June 30, 2016 and will cover July 1, 2016-June 30, 2019. 

To easily share the information in this CHNA, we have created a one-page infographic to communicate the needs we identified.  Please see the links below for the full report and the infographic flier.

  

Implementation Strategies

Saint Joseph Berea will use the findings in the community health needs assessment to guide the coordinated efforts in addressing the identified health priorities.  The efforts to address these identified health priorities will be described in an accompaniment to this document known as Saint Joseph Berea’s Implementation Strategies.  This will be made public and widely available no later than November 15, 2016 and will guide work through June 30, 2019. 

 Learn More:
– Saint-Joseph-Berea-Community-Health-Needs-Assessment

– SJB_CHNA_Infographic_8.5x11_TP.pdf

– FY2017-19 Saint Joseph Berea Implementation Strategies.pdf

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