Beebe Medical Center Fact Sheet

The Beebe Medical Staff consists of over 300 providers representing 45 specialties. In 2007 Beebe began its Open-Heart Surgery program in affiliation with the highly rated Cardiac Department of Christiana Care Health Systems, near Wilmington. Beebe's primary service area is experiencing record population growth, bringing increased demand for advanced, quality, and convenient healthcare services. Beebe is in the process of a continuing expansion program to meet the growing healthcare needs of the community.

Beebe Medical Center Fast Facts

• 210 beds
• More than 300 providers
• More than 1,400 staff members
• 120,000 year-round population and growing; nearly 500,000 in the summer
• 50,000+ Emergency visits yearly
• Strong service lines: cardiovascular services, including cardiac surgery and interventional cardiology; orthopaedic services; OB/GYN and women's health; cancer care
• Facilities include: free-standing surgery center; cancer center with medical, surgical, and radiation oncology; 256-slide CT scanner; 3.0T MRI; PET scan, imaging and lab centers; two outpatient health campuses with third planned; school of nursing
• Strong community health program
• Financially solid

Awards and Recognition

• Premier Award for Quality (AFQ) awarded by Premier Healthcare Alliance—one of 21 hospitals and three health systems, and top 1% nationwide.
• 2010–2011 HealthGrades® Distinguished Hospital Awards for Clinical Excellence™—top 5% of all hospitals in the nation for overall quality
• Rated by HealthGrades as No. 1 in Delaware for Overall Orthopedics and Best on the Delmarva Peninsula for Overall Orthopedics
• Five-star rating and No. 1 in Delaware for coronary interventional procedures by HealthGrades
• Highest quality rating for Cardiac Surgery program from The Society of Thoracic Surgeons, part of a unique partnership with the Center for Heart & Vascular Health at Christiana Care Health System, which also received the top rating.

Beebe as a Hub of Its Service Area Community

Southern Delaware is a collection of small- and medium-sized communities with no single dominant municipality. Beebe Medical Center has become the central cohesive institution in the county, serving as the "glue" that bonds its service community into a single whole. Beebe's fundraising events are the social highlights of the year. Its free community magazine, the Beacon, wins national awards annually and has high readership rates. Beebe offers a vibrant community outreach program and takes pride in reducing health disparities. It has numerous satellite facilities, serves as a key source of citizen health information, and provides diagnostic health services to residents and visitors regardless of ability to pay.

Where Physicians Make a Difference

Beebe Medical Center plays an important role as a regional nucleus helping to guide the health and well-being of the people of southern Delaware. The Beebe service area, including its large retirement-age population, is health conscious. It is a community that cares very much about healthcare. It is a place where physicians are highly valued—where doctors make a difference.

Physician-Friendly Administration and Team Members

The Senior Leadership Team meets regularly with hospital physicians and their representatives to receive input and guidance for all aspects of hospital planning and development. Physicians are recognized as the core of Beebe's success story.