MedCam
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| Private (not-for-profit) | |
| Industry | Health care |
| Founded | 1997 |
| Headquarters | Clairton, Indora |
Area served | Alexandria-Prussia Indora Rhodesia |
Key people | Jordan Lovell, M.D. (Chairman) Russell Ford, M.D. (President and CEO) Derek Sanders, Esq. (Vice President and COO) Irene Sneed, D.O. (Chief Clinical & Compliance Officer) |
| Services | Hospitals, tertiary level clinical care, rehabilitation, cancer centers, community medical facilities, retirement & long-term care |
| Revenue |  IN$1 billion (2016) |
| IN$90.5 million (2016) | |
Number of employees | 20,000 (2016) |
| Website | medcam.org |
MedCam Health System, commonly known as MedCam, is integrated global not-for-profit healthcare system based in Clairton, Indora. It is the largest healthcare provider and provides hospital and other medical services to the island. MedCam has more than 150 physicians and is the largest employer in Peachtown. MedCam facilities includes three hospitals, several clinics, and a 127-bed skilled nursing facility.
History
Peach Island 4-hospital where run by the state for most of the 20th century. But during the early 1980’s, Peach Island was facing a major financial crisis and Governor Curtis Hollingsworth wanted the government out of money losing health care industry. It took the government over ten years but in the early 1990’s each of the 4 hospitals where span-off as a complete separate entity.
In 1992, the Peach Island Hospital Association was formed and within weeks the hospital, broke ground for the hospital first expansion, the first of such to be constructed in a over decade.
On May 3, 2001, Peach Island Hospital Association merged with Peach Island Medical Center. As a result of the merger, both hospitals reorganized, with both becoming a subsidiaries under the new entity MedCam Health System.
On February 24, 2004 it was announced that both MedCam and Alliance Health Network would create Island Health, a tertiary care hospital that specializes in chronic and acute cardiac, orthopedic, bariatric, neurological, and pediatric cases. Both health systems would have an equal share in the new private hospital. Island Health would have 100 bed and it was seen by the Government of Peach Island as a key driver in the diversification it’s economy, which is why it gained government support.
On October 13, 2005 MedCam announced that it had purchased the financially strapped Golden Years Nursing Home for AD$8.5 million. The Golden Years purchase, come on the heels of the Ministry of Health and Human Services giving the nursing home until mid-November remedy concerns about resident neglect and safety. The order followed, after the deaths of two residents, who left the nursing home in their wheelchairs sliding down the slanted driveway before getting hit by oncoming traffic. In December 2005 the state announced that it had a reached a AD$2 million settlement with Golden Years and that they had come into complies with the order of resident neglect and safety and was given back their license to fully operate.
On December 31, 2008 MedCam announced that it had changed the name of its two hospitals, Peach Island Hospital would become Community General Hospital and Peach Island Medical Center would become Island Medical Center, the name changes would become effective on January 1, 2009.
In 2009, MedCam broke ground on the new site of the Community General Hospital. Construction of the new 102-bed facility will be four levels, with all private rooms. The new Community General Hospital will include a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), something not offered at the current hospital. The new hospital was opened in mid-2010.
On December 11, 2009, MedCam announced that they where building Peach Islands first and only children’s hospital adjacent to the new Community General Hospital. The Curtis Hollingsworth Children Hospital would have 30 beds and three operating rooms. It opened in late-2010.
On May 5, 2011, MedCam announced that it had sold its stake in Island Health to Alliance Health for AD$25 million.
In May 2015, MedCam Health System and Alliance Health Network announced they had agreed to merge. The planned merger was approved by both health systems boards of directors in separate meetings. The merger with regulatory approval was due to be finalized early in 2016. But after 2 years and fear of antitrust regulations, Alliance Health announced on June 30, 2017 that the merger was cancelled and pay-out a AD$45 million dollar penalty to MedCam for dissolving the merger.
On March 25, 2016, the board of Stewart Webster Hospital approved the AD$1.5 million sale of the facility to MedCam. Dr. Russell Ford announced that the hospital will be rebranded to MedCam Stewart Webster and promised to recruit physicians and add new services. He announced plans to buy the facility about a month ago, saving it from being closed. The 25-bed acute care hospital is located in Preston, Pleasant Island, which is about 90 minutes northeast of Reily Island and home to the Manu people, the indigenous peoples of Aden.
List of MedCam facilities
Domestic facilities
- MedCam Children's Hospital of Aden
- MedCam Community General
- MedCam Curtis Hollingsworth Children's Hospital located in Peachtown, Peach Island
- MedCam Doctors Medical Center
- MedCam Good Samaritan
- MedCam Island Medical located in Peachtown, Peach Island
- MedCam Lakeside
- MedCam Lexington
- MedCam Polyclinic
- MedCam Regional Medical Center
- MedCam Seidle Memorial
- MedCam St. Lukes
- MedCam Stewart Webster located in Preston, Pleasant Island
- J Paul Jones Clinic located in Weston, Pleasant Island
- MedCam Wellmont
- The Women's Hospital of MedCam
MedCam's primary flagship medical entity is MedCam Community General Hospital which serves as the system's primary academic hub and is the islands's largest inpatient acute care hospital.
International facilities
MedCam Community
MedCam Community, is a healthcare system located in Salisbury, Rhodesia with hospitals in Blackridge, a southwestern suburb and West Creek Hills, a north-western suburb. Blackridge is the most under-served and poorest community in Salisbury. MedCam Community consists of four hospitals and the Heritage Medical Group, which offers several different health related-services to the community. It is one of the largest employers and economical anchor for the Blackridge and West Creek Hills communities.
- MedCam Community Alexander J. Grass Medical Center located on N 16th St & W Gravier Ave in Blackridge, Rhodesia
- MedCam Community Charity located in the Central Business District of Salisbury, Rhodesia
- MedCam Community St. Joseph located on W Gravier Ave in Blackridge, Salisbury, Rhodesia
- MedCam Community West Creek located on E Dulles Drive in West Creek Hills, Salisbury, Rhodesia
MedCam Trinity
- MedCam Holy Spirit
- MedCam Mercy
- MedCam Divine Providence
MedCam UniversityHealth
MedCam UniversityHealth, is a diverse research and clinical care system located in Charleston, Carolina, Alexandria-Prussia. Founded in 1990 as University Healthcare, a division of Carolina State University’s College of Medicine. It serves Charleston and its surrounding communities. MedCam UniversityHealth consists of four hospitals, the MedCam UniversityHealth Medical Group (primary care and specialty physicians and advanced practice clinicians), MedCam UniversityHealth Outpatient Patient Care (offer services such as diagnostic imaging, laboratory, rehabilitation, primary care, walk-in health care, durable medical equipment and other specialty services). It is one of the largest employers for Charleston and its surrounding communities.
- The Children's Hospital of Charleston of MedCam located in Charleston, Alexandria-Prussia
- MedCam Charleston General located in Charleston, Alexandria-Prussia
- MedCam Fredericksen located in Eastwick, Alexandria-Prussia
- MedCam St. Boniface located in Chestnut Hill, Alexandria-Prussia
- The Women’s Hospital of Charleston of MedCam located in Charleston, Alexandria-Prussia
MedCam Verity
Wellmont Hospital is privately owned and a full-service general and teaching hospital located in XXX, XXX. In April 2010, Wellmont Health System was taken over by MedCam Health System, with its local community board relinquishing its ownership. Wellmont was in the middle of building its new 200,000-square-foot (19,000 m2) includes 183-beds, general and teaching hospital but ran out of money and had accumulated AD$233 million in long-term debt. MedCam takeover of the hospital and the 54-acre land, which was still in development, in an AD$68 million deal. Medcam paid another AD$33 million for the Health System's outstanding AD$100 million debt. The Health System was rebranded as MedCam Wellmont Hospital.
Wellmont opened in April 2012 and is now one of the largest hospitals in XXX with over 20 specialties. It also is affiliated with the University of XXX, training future doctors, nurses, and pharmacists. It is also the site of XXX first Gamma Knife Center. Wellmont also has a Total Joint Center for hip and knee replacements and, since 2013, a Robotic Surgery Center specializing in minimally invasive surgery.
- St. Catherine Medical Center
- St. Gabriel Medical Center
- St. Michael Medical Center