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Progress West HealthCare Center opens in southern St.
Charles County.
St. Louis Children’s Hospital partners
with both
Missouri Baptist Medical Center and
Progress
West HealthCare
Center to provide pediatric services.
Parkland Health
Center combines two clinical programs to become the new
Diabetes and Wound Care Center.
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HealthGrades, a leading health care ratings
organization, ranks
Missouri Baptist Medical Center in
the top 5 percent of the country’s 4,971 non-federal
hospitals for overall clinical excellence.
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Steven Lipstein, BJC president and chief executive
officer, is named a 2007 Grassroots Champion by the
American Hospital Association for his leadership in
educating lawmakers about the effects of state and
federal policies on hospitals and the health care
system.
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St. Louis Children’s Hospital will
exceed a $125 million goal in one of the largest
fundraising campaigns ever undertaken in the St. Louis
region. The Building for Care, Searching for Cures
campaign will fund efforts to help the hospital expand
its capabilities to continue to provide world-class care
for children. The money raised also establishes the
Children’s Discovery Institute, a research center
partnership with Washington University School of
Medicine, to use new tools and techniques to discover
cures for major congenital childhood diseases. BJC
HealthCare receives the 2007 Corporate Citizenship Award
from the St. Louis Regional Chamber and Growth
Association for demonstrating the highest corporate
standards, citizenship and commitment to the region.
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