Health Care - Health Care And Wellness
The St. Louis area is home to more than 50 hospitals, and its health-care facilities are among the best in the nation. Both Washington and Saint Louis universities have medical schools—which makes St. Louis one of only a few cities in the country that has two major medical schools. Two outstanding pediatric hospitals, St. Louis Children’s and Cardinal Glennon Children’s, take care of the region’s tiniest patients.
Many patients from outside the metropolitan area as well as from other countries look to St. Louis for medical care, making St. Louis’s facilities competitive with the likes of such prestigious medical institutions as the Mayo Clinic and the Sloan-Kettering Institute. In 2000 BJC International Health Services (IHS) was formed to help attract international patients to St. Louis and assist them through the health care process, and the medical schools of Washington and Saint Louis universities have also helped to promote St. Louis as a major health center.
1. City Of St. Louis Department Of Health
City: St. Louis, MO
Category: Health Care
Telephone: (314) 612-5100
Address: 634 North Grand Boulevard
Description: The city health department provides a number of health- and safety-related services for St. Louis residents, including implementation of mosquito spraying (an absolute necessity in St. Louis) and school immunizations to AIDS/HIV testing and information on lead poisoning. The city health department also oversees the local restaurant industry to make sure that eating and drinking establishments maintain healthy cooking and dining environments, enforces laws and regulations that protect public health and ensure safety, and evaluates the effectiveness, accessibility, and quality of personal and community health services.
2. St. Louis Connectcare–Smiley Urgent Care Center
City: St. Louis, MO
Category: Health Care
Telephone: (314) 879-6300
Address: 5535 Delmar Boulevard
City: St. Louis, MO
Category: Health Care
Address: 1 Barnes-Jewish Hospital Plaza at South
4. Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital
City: St. Louis, MO
Category: Health Care
Telephone: (314) 996-8410
Address: 12634 Olive Boulevard
Description: Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital is a 113-bed facility in west St. Louis County that offers a full range of health care services and medical and surgical specialties. Barnes-Jewish West is noted for excellence in orthopedics and sports medicine, cosmetic surgery, urology, dermatology, general medicine, and diagnostic services. The radiology department is equipped with the latest technology and specialized equipment, such as high-speed MRI and spiral CT capable of 3D imaging, and it also offers complete noninvasive cardiac and diagnostic procedures.
City: St. Louis, MO
Category: Health Care
Address: 1465 South Grand Boulevard
6. Christian Hospital Northeast Division
City: St. Louis, MO
Category: Health Care
Telephone: (314) 653-5000
Address: 11133 Dunn Road
Description: Christian Hospital, a member of the BJC Health Care network, is a 493-bed acute-care facility located in north St. Louis County. It offers a full range of health care services and an array of medical and surgical specialties. Noted for its cardiology services, the nonprofit hospital’s medical staff comprises more than 600 physicians and more than 2,500 health care professionals. It’s also known for outstanding cancer care, psychiatric care, diabetes treatment, and substance-abuse programs.
7. Missouri Baptist Medical Center
City: St. Louis, MO
Category: Health Care
Telephone: (314) 996-5000
Address: 3015 North Ballas Road
Description: Missouri Baptist is a 489-bed acute-care hospital located in west St. Louis County that offers a variety of medical and surgical services. The facility specializes in women’s health, heart services, cancer services, and orthopedics, and the hospital’s Cardiac and Vascular Center offers a comprehensive list of services focused on prevention, diagnosis, intervention, and rehabilitation, along with a range of wellness programs and activities. Missouri Baptist is an affiliate of BJC Health Care.
City: St. Louis, MO
Category: Health Care
Address: 1635 Vista Avenue
City: St. Louis, MO
Category: Health Care
Address: 1 Children’s Place at South Kingshighway
10. Physician Referral Services
City: St. Louis, MO
Category: Health Care
Description: The following is a list of referral services for area physicians. All participating doctors are affiliated with specific hospital systems within the metropolitan area, and many are affiliated with area teaching hospitals, including Washington and St. Louis Universities.
11. Mental Health America Of Eastern Missouri.
City: St. Louis, MO
Category: Health Care
Telephone: (314) 773-1399
Address: 1905 South Grand Boulevard
Description: The Mental Health America of Eastern Missouri is a not-for-profit, nongovernmental, charitable corporation that deals with the entire spectrum of mental health and mental illness. The organization is affiliated with Mental Health America, the oldest and largest volunteer movement in the country devoted to mental health and mental illness. MHAEM serves citizens in St. Louis City and St. Louis County, as well as residents of St. Charles, Lincoln, Warren, Franklin, and Jefferson counties
12. Missouri Department Of Mental Health
City: St. Louis, MO
Category: Health Care
Telephone: (314) 877-0370
Address: 5400 Arsenal Street
Description: This organization combats the stigma associated with mental illness, developmental disabilities, and substance addiction and provides services to the community such as suicide prevention, counseling, and comprehensive psychiatric services for children and adults throughout the state.
13. Provident Counseling Administrative Office (For Information And First Appointments)
City: St. Louis, MO
Category: Health Care
Telephone: (314) 533-8200, (800) 782-1008
Address: 2650 Olive Street
Description: Provident, with locations in St. Louis City, West County, South County, Jefferson County, and Belleville, Illinois, offers counseling for addiction, domestic abuse, life crisis, and victims of sexual, physical, and emotional abuse. Their community services involvement includes youth-focused programs, skills development, and assistance with child custody and supervised visitation agreements.
14. Bjc Hospice
City: St. Louis, MO
Category: Health Care
Telephone: (314) 872-5050
Address: 9890 Clayton Road
Description: BJC offers a holistic and multidisciplinary approach to patients who have a physician-determined six-month prognosis. Treatment and care are provided by a skilled team of health care professionals sensitive to the emotional and spiritual needs of both adult and pediatric patients. The facility has locations in Illinois (618) 463-7100, Sullivan, Missouri (573) 468-3630 and Parkland, Missouri (573) 760-8550.
15. Ssm Hospice
City: St. Louis, MO
Category: Health Care
Telephone: (314) 989-2700
Address: 10143 Paget Drive
Description: SSM Hospice, part of the SSM Health Care system, provides home care services throughout the bi-state region as well as hospice care at its Paget Drive location. SSM serves clients in the city of St. Louis and St. Louis County, as well as St. Charles, Jefferson, Franklin, Warren, Lincoln, and eastern Montgomery counties.