Marshall Browning Hospital Association

Programs: As a non-for-profit community hospital, marshall browning hospital is a charitable organization that exists to advance the health of the residents of duquoin and the surrounding communities. Marshall browning hospital provides quality medical healthcare regardless of race, creed, sex, national origin, handicap, age or ability to pay. Although reimbursement for services rendered is critical to the operation and stability of marshall browning hospital, it is recognized that not all individuals possess the ability to purchase essential medical services and healthcare education. Therefore, in keeping with this corporation's commitment to serve all members of the community, free care and/or subsidized care, are provided to persons covered by governmental programs at below cost, and health activities and programs to support the community will be considered where the need and/or individual's inability to pay coexists. The community benefits can be measured in many ways including: direct patient care, screenings, education, fundraising and community service efforts of our colleagues. Marshall browning hospital recorded 2,947 patient days. 2,154 of those days were medicare patient days, while 149 consisted of medicaid days. During fy 2017 the hospital admitted 613 patients and discharged 615. The average length of stay for a patient is 5 days. The hospital provided 125,532 outpatient occasions of service which included 5,665 emergency room visits. The hospital provides care to persons covered by governmental programs, providing services to both medicare and medicaid patients. Financial assistance is also provided through the hospital's internal policy and in fy 2017 this amounted to 107,000 at cost. Marshall browning hospital offers various programs and services that support the health of our community. Here are a few examples: as part of our mission, the hospital annually provides athletic training services to duquoin high school athletes. Services are provided at practices as well as at school sporting events at no cost to the school. The hospital also provides random drug testing services at cost-only to the local high school. Hospitial managers are frequently guest speakers at schools on various health topics and healthcare careers. High school students partcipate in job shadowing and cooperative education programs at the hospital. Marshall browning hospital annually provides two sports physical clinincs to area junior high and high school students at a cost of 10. The fee is then returned to the schools. The hospital also serves as a clinical site for john a. Logan college nursing students. Marshall browning hospital provides a variety of community services to citizens and employees for which we receive no reimbursement such as health fairs, first aid stations, and classes for automatic electronic defibulator's (aed) and basic life support (bls). Additionally, colleagues from mbh reach hundreds of people with presentations on a wide variety of topics including heart health, nutrition, asthma, diabetes, alzheimer's disease, sleep apnea, healthly grieving, arthritus, breast cancer, excercise and diet, smoking cessation, pneumonia vaccine, circuit breaker, and il care rx to name a few. The hospital annually provides a four-year 1,000 scholarship to a local high school senior entering the healthcare field. We also sponser a 5k run/walk, golf tournament, speakers for camping conventions and screenings for local manufacturing companies. The hospital hosts six american red cross blood drives each year. Mbh employees continue to grow their tradition of supporting the community through participation in a variety of fundraising walks for american heart assocaition and american cancer society. They also frequently raise funds for the local food pantry and humane shelter.