St. Luke's Boise Medical Center

Name :

St. Luke's Boise Medical Center

Address  :

190 East Bannock St

Town  :

Boise

State  :

Idaho

Country  :

USA

Post Code:

83712

Phone  :

208 381 2222

Web URL  :

St Lukes Boise Medical Center
Specialization
  • Anaesthesiology
  • Cancer Surgery
  • Cardiology
  • Family Practice
  • General Medicine
  • Internal Medicine
  • Neurologist
  • Obestetrician/Gynecologist
  • Orthopedics
  • Pediatrics
  • Plastic Surgery
  • Urology
Facilities

Total Number Of Beds : 579


Description

About Us
For more than 100 years St Lukes Boise Medical Center has been committed to serving the needs of a growing region Founded in 1902 as a sixbed frontier hospital St Lukes Boise is now Idahos largest health care provider and the flagship hospital of St Lukes Health System

St Lukes Boise is known for its centers of excellence in cancer heart and womens and childrens care Among our many services we are home to St Lukes Heart St Lukes Mountain States Tumor Institutes largest clinic St Lukes Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery and St Lukes Childrens Hospital the only childrens hospital in Idaho

Known for its clinical excellence St Lukes Boise has been nationally recognized for quality and patient safety and is proud to be designated a Magnet hospital the gold standard for nursing care


History

A Brief History
Since its founding in 1902 by the Rt Rev James B Funsten St Lukes has been committed to serving the needs of a growing region Over the years the community has responded with a strong local commitment to the medical center As the demand for health care has grown so has the scope of St Lukes services Once a simple sixbed hospital St Lukes Health System is now Idahos largest health care provider with four fullservice hospitals and more than 25 outpatient treatment facilities and clinics With 970 physicians on its medical staff and 7400 employees we serve more than 500000 patients each year from throughout Idaho and the six adjoining states

To help enhance medical services for people in our outlying communities St Lukes has forged a variety of partnerships and affiliations with other health care facilities in our region From McCall to Challis St Lukes provides assistance with everything from administrative duties to onsite clinical care
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