Our Mission
Our explicit purpose is to continually reduce the burden of illness, injury and disability and to improve the health and functioning of the people of our communities.
** OUR VISION **
We have arrived at a state of being having raised the quality of care to unprecedented levels. Our health care service product is safe, effective, patient-centered, timely, efficient and equitable.
* Safe - We avoid injuries to patients from the care that is intended to help them.
* Effective - We provide services based on scientific knowledge to all who could benefit and refrain from providing services to those not likely to benefit.
* Patient-Centered - We provide care that is respectful of and responsive to individual patient preferences, needs and values and ensure that patient values guide all clinical decisions.
* Timely - We reduce waits and sometimes harmful delays for both those who receive and those who give care.
* Efficient - We avoid waste, including waste of equipment, supplies, ideas and energy.
* Equitable - We provide care that does not vary in quality because of personal characteristics such as gender, ethnicity, geographic location and socioeconomic status.
** VALUES **
*Respect for every individual
*Delivery of quality service
*Constant pursuit of excellence
*Commitment to integrity
** COMPANY PROFILE **
In 2002 Breckinridge Memorial Hospital, Inc. became Breckinridge Health, Inc. in order to encompass all of our subsidiaries. Breckinridge Health, Inc. includes Breckinridge Memorial Hospital, Breckinridge Memorial Home Health, Breckinridge Memorial Nursing Facility, the Cloverport Health Clinic, Dr. Ben Smith and Dr. Shannon Elliott at the Family Care Center and our Outpatient Clinic Building located behind the hospital.
Breckinridge Health is accredited by Joint Commission for Healthcare organizations, Certified for Medicare and Medicaid, Licensed by the Kentucky Division of Licensing and Regulation.
Breckinridge Health is also a member of the following organizations:
* American Hospital Association
* Kentucky Hospital Association
* Kentucky Home Health Association
* Kentucky Association of Not-for-Profit Homes and Services for the Aging.
