Baptist Health is a health system based in Louisville, Kentucky. It consists of eight hospitals, along with affiliated physician groups, urgent care centers and freestanding emergency departments, therapy and rehabilitation clinics, and various other health-related service centers. The system traces its roots to Kentucky Baptist Hospital, the first Baptist hospital in Kentucky, which opened in 1924 at Barrett Avenue and DeBarr Street, near Breckinridge Street in Louisville.[1]
The eight hospitals are located in Louisville, Lexington, Elizabethtown, La Grange, Corbin, Paducah, Richmond and New Albany, Indiana, for a total of more than 2,300 licensed beds. An additional hospital is operated in partnership with Deaconess Health System in Madisonville.[2]
Baptist Health employs more than 23,000 people in Kentucky and surrounding states. The current chief executive officer is Gerard Colman.
The following is a list of Baptist Health hospitals (in Kentucky, unless otherwise indicated):
| Hospital | County | City | data-sort-type="number" | Staffed beds[3] [4] | Founded |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baptist Health Corbin | Whitley | Corbin | 221 | 1986[5] | |
| Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville | Hopkins | Madisonville | 159 | ||
| Baptist Health La Grange | Oldham | La Grange | 42 | 1987[6] | |
| Baptist Health Lexington | Fayette | Lexington | 434 | 1954[7] | |
| Baptist Health Louisville | Jefferson | Louisville | 486 | 1924 | |
| Baptist Health Paducah | McCracken | Paducah | 176 | 1953 | |
| Baptist Health Richmond | Madison | Richmond | 50 | ||
| Baptist Health Hardin | Hardin | Elizabethtown | 262 | ||
| Baptist Health Floyd | Floyd | New Albany, Indiana | 248 | 1953[8] |
Additionally, in May 2022 Baptist Health announced plans for a new hospital in Crestwood, in Oldham County, to be built in coordination with the New Urbanist planned community Clore Station.[9] While no timeline for hospital construction has been announced, construction at Clore Station is expected to begin in 2026.[10] [11]