Brookwood Baptist Health

Brookwood Baptist Health is a network of hospitals, outpatient centers and clinics headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama.[1] It is owned by Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare. The system is the result of a merger between Brookwood Medical Center and Baptist Health System.

Brookwood Baptist Health
Tenet Healthcare
Geography
Location	Central Alabama, United States
Organization
Religious affiliation	Baptist
Services
Beds	more than 1,700 system-wide
History
Opened	October 2, 2015
Links
Website	brookwoodbaptisthealth.com

As Baptist Health System

Baptist Health System was founded in 1922[2] by the Birmingham Baptist Association. The nonprofit organization's first hospital was Birmingham Baptist Hospital, now known as Princeton Baptist Medical Center. The hospital merged with Montclair Hospital to form Baptist Health System. It was one of the largest healthcare providers in Alabama since the 1950s through the mid-2000s. Economic factors required the system to sell many of its small properties and ultimately forced the system to sell a majority stake of Montclair Baptist Medical Center to Plano, Texas-based Triad Hospitals.[3] The majority stake was spun-off again in 2008 to Community Health Systems of Brentwood, Tennessee, and the property was renamed Trinity Medical Center. Trinity eventually closed the Montclair location after purchasing and renovating the unfinished Healthsouth Digital Hospital, now called Grandview Medical Center in Birmingham.[4]

Brookwood Medical Center merger

In late 2014, Tenet Healthcare announced it was interested in merging its 600 bed acute care hospital in Birmingham, Brookwood Medical Center, with Baptist Health System.[5] On October 2, 2015, Tenet announced it had finalized the merger. The combined system has more than 1,700 beds across its five acute care hospitals and employs more than 7,000 people.[6] The new system was renamed Brookwood Baptist Health, and unveiled a new logo in 2016.[2]

Acute Care Properties

Name	City	Area Served	Trauma Center	Beds
Brookwood Baptist Medical Center	Homewood	Greater Birmingham	Level III	633
Citizens Baptist Medical Center	Talladega	Talladega, Sylacauga	Level III	122
Shelby Baptist Medical Center	Alabaster	Shelby, Chilton and surrounding counties	Level III	192
Princeton Baptist Medical Center	Birmingham	Greater Birmingham	Level III	~500
Walker Baptist Medical Center	Jasper	Walker, Winston and Blount counties	Level III	267

References

1. Tomberlin, Michael. "Baptist Health System relocating Birmingham corporate headquarters". al.com. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
2. Yurkanin, Amy. "Brookwood and Baptist merged system unveils new name, logo". al.com. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
3. Dugan, Kelli. "Baptist Health's 35% stake yields 50% control". Birmingham Business Journal. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
4. Good, Ana. "Grandview Medical Center opens Oct. 10 on U.S. 280". otmj.com. Over the Mountain Journal. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
5. "Baptist Health System signs letter of intent with Tenet Healthcare". abc3340.com. Sinclair Broadcast Group. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
6. White, Linda. "Brookwood, Baptist hospitals to merge". wvtm.com. Hearst Television. Retrieved 29 July 2018.