Donor Funded Projects

Our history is a legacy of caring & support

In past years, foundation donors funded projects that span the many needs of the medical center and the patients we serve. These include:

• Building the Community Center for Health & Education
• Renovation of the Intensive Care Unit
• Renovation/expansion of Emergency Department & Pain Clinic
• Equipment for neurosurgery
• MRI guided breast biopsy system for the Breast Center
• Cardiac monitoring system for the ICU
• Isolettes and monitors for the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
• 64-slice CT scanner for cardiac imaging and other needs
• Support for the Carondelet Heart Institute and Vascular Center

Current Needs: Quality Healthcare and Community Service

The foundation is currently seeking funds for projects that include:

• St. Joseph Stroke Center -St. Joseph Medical Center is a certified stroke center that features education, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation for acute stroke patients. A multidisciplinary team of neurologists, neurosurgeons, radiologists, emergency physicians and nurses work together under the direction of a Stroke Center Coordinator and are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. To enhance St. Joseph's stroke program, the foundation is helping to fund a bi-plane room that will provide more detailed imaging that will allow our interventional radiologists to locate and treat aneurysms and blood clots in the brain and restore normal blood flow.
• Carondelet Heart Institute -To expand and improve cardiac services with two new electrophysiology labs (to treat abnormal heart rhythm) and equipment updates including a PACS digital radiology system. Visit the Carondelet Heart Institute.
• St. Joseph Maternity Center - The foundation is funding a full renovation of the labor & delivery and mother-baby units to create a family-centered environment.
• Breast Center - Ensuring the latest technology is available to provide diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer, increasing survival rates and other programs to assist breast cancer patients. Visit the Breast Center.
• Healthy Beginnings - This program provides counseling for socially at-risk pregnant women. Through one-to-one relationships with OB nurses, patients are encouraged to adopt healthy lifestyle choices including good nutrition, cessation of smoking and alcohol, and learn about parenting and child safety.
• Seniors Clinic - The Seniors Clinic provides free wheelchair transportation to and from our clinic for more than 1,700 patient visits per year. Homebound and nursing home patients, who find it very difficult to get to doctor appointments, can see their physician at the Seniors Clinic. Convenient appointments can mean that illnesses and chronic conditions are treated before they need emergency or inpatient care.
• Mission Fund - Contributions help St. Joseph patients who have financial needs - those who are uninsured, cannot afford their medications or home health equipment. We are called to provide healthcare that leaves no one behind.
• Education - Funding to support opportunities for continuing education for our nurses and other associates ensuring that the highest quality healthcare is available to our patients.

For more information about the St. Joseph Medical Center Foundation, how to make a donation or ways to get involved call 816-943-2671.