Carondelet Health Network is southern Arizona’s leading provider of health care services, serving a four-county region of 1.5 million
people. As the area’s largest Catholic, not-for-profit health care system, it is Carondelet’s vision to transform health care by offering
advanced quality in a faith-based healing environment, excellent service and accessible services for life. Carondelet Health Network is
part of Ascension Health, the nation’s largest Catholic health system.
James K. Beckmann, President/Chief Executive Officer
HOSPITALS AND FACILITIES:
Tucson, Arizona
Carondelet St. Joseph’s Hospital
Carondelet St. Mary’s Hospital
Carondelet Heart & Vascular Institute
Carondelet Neurological Institute
Carondelet Foothills Surgery Center
Carondelet Imaging Centers
Carondelet St. Mary’s Imaging Center
Carondelet Hospice and Palliative Care
Carondelet Foundation
Carondelet Medical Group (10 locations)
Carondelet Heart & Vascular Institute Physicians (4 locations)
Carondelet Specialist Group – Vein Solutions
Primeros Pasos Prenatal Clinic
Nogales, Arizona
Carondelet Holy Cross Hospital
Green Valley, Arizona
Carondelet Medical Mall at Green Valley
Carondelet Green Valley Express Care
Sahuarita, Arizona
Carondelet Medical Group at Sahuarita
UTILIZATION:
Births: 3,263
Discharges: 29,290
Outpatient visits: 369,483
Inpatient surgeries: 8,881
Outpatient surgeries: 15,286
Patient days (not including CMG/CSG visits): 134,849
CMG Patient Visits: 279,198
Total Emergency Room visits: 118,252
AVERAGE LENGTH OF STAY (DAYS): 4.6
Carondelet St. Joseph’s Hospital: 4.8
Carondelet St. Mary’s Hospital: 4.6
Carondelet Heart & Vascular Institute: 3.6
Carondelet Holy Cross Hospital: 2.2
STAFF:
Total Carondelet Health Network
Active Medical Staff: 772
Allied Health Professionals: 73
Advanced Practice Providers: 104
Associates: 4,079
Volunteers: 563 (including Hospice and Centurions)
Carondelet St. Joseph’s Hospital:
Active physicians: 418
Allied health professionals: 28
Advanced Practice Providers: 54
Associates: 1,745
Volunteers: 145
Carondelet St. Mary’s Hospital:
Active physicians: 286
Allied health professionals: 32
Advanced Practice Providers: 37
Associates: 1,343
Volunteers: 100
Carondelet Holy Cross Hospital:
Active physicians: 74
Allied health professionals: 8
Advanced Practice Providers: 11
Associates: 175
Volunteers: 23
EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISITS:
Carondelet St. Joseph’s Hospital: 51,647
Carondelet St. Mary’s Hospital: 50,640
Carondelet Heart & Vascular Institute: 2,526
Carondelet Holy Cross Hospital: 13,439
LICENSED BEDS:
Carondelet St. Joseph’s Hospital: 486
Carondelet St. Mary’s Hospital: 401
Carondelet Holy Cross Hospital: 25
FY 2013
SPECIAL HONORS AND RECOGNITION:
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Carondelet’s Tucson hospitals received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association Get With The Guidelines®Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award, the highest honor any hospital can earn for stroke care in the US. Both were also
placed on the Target: Stroke Honor Roll. (2013)
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Carondelet St. Mary’s Hospital designated by HealthGrades, a leading independent healthcare ratings organization, as a
Distinguished Hospital for Clinical Excellence™, placing it among the top five percent of hospitals nationwide for clinical
performance. It also placed among the top 10 percent of hospitals nationwide for critical care. (2012)
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Carondelet St. Mary’s Hospital was selected by the Joint Commission as one of the top performing hospitals in the nation for
quality and safety in their care of the following: heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia, stroke and surgical care. (2012)
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The Carondelet Neurological Institute at Carondelet St. Joseph’s Hospital has been placed on AHA/ASA’s Target: Stroke Honor Roll
for their treatment and care of acute stroke patients. (2012, 2011)
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Carondelet St. Mary’s Hospital received AHA/ASA’s “Get with the Guidelines Gold Achievement Award” for compliance in the
treatment of heart failure. (2011)
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Carondelet St. Mary’s Hospital and Carondelet St. Joseph’s Hospital was certified by the Joint Commission as an Advanced Primary
Stroke Center. (2011)
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Carondelet St. Joseph’s Hospital has North America’s first BrainSUITE iCT neurological surgical suites.
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Carondelet St. Joseph’s Hospital received the Center of Excellence designation for neurological care by NeuStrategy.
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Carondelet St. Mary’s Hospital, Carondelet St. Joseph’s Hospital and Carondelet Heart & Vascular Institute received national
accreditation as Chest Pain Centers from the Society of Chest Pain Centers. (2011)
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Carondelet St. Joseph’s Hospital, Carondelet St. Mary’s Hospital and Carondelet Heart & Vascular Institutes are the first hospitals
in Southern Arizona to receive national accreditation as Chest Pain Centers from the Society of Chest Pain Centers (July 2008).
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Carondelet St. Joseph’s, Carondelet St. Mary’s and Carondelet Heart & Vascular Institute are designated by the Arizona
Department of Health Services, Bureau of EMS and Trauma System, as Cardiac Arrest Centers (December 2009).
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The Cardiac and Pulmonary Rehabilitation programs at St. Joseph’s Hospital are the only ones in Arizona nationally certified by the
American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation.
CORPORATE AWARDS AND RECOGNITION:
• Carondelet Health Network named Corporation of the Year by the Tucson Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. (2012)
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Recognized and honored as a “Well Workplace” by the Wellness Council of Arizona.
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Selected by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to be one of eight case studies on innovative strategies to retain experienced
workers (2008).
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Finalist for the 2011 Annual Workplace Excellence Award for Excellence in Innovation by the Society of Human Resource
Management of Greater Tucson.
SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY AND COMMUNITY:
During fiscal year 2012, Carondelet Health Network provided more than $65 million, or about 14 percent of net revenue, in
community benefit and charity care, to the residents of southern Arizona. Each year, Carondelet Health Network provides community
education and outreach, free immunization clinics for children, health screenings and community spiritual care and outreach services
for the poor and vulnerable.
As a Catholic, faith-based healing ministry, Carondelet Health Network is deeply committed to transforming health care through active
collaboration with community organizations and nonprofit organizations to identify and address community need to improve health
and well-being, for life.
CARONDELET HEALTH NETWORK – Recent Updates
Population Health Management
• Carondelet Health Network is moving toward a model of care that focuses on population health management.
• Population health management, as defined by Carondelet, is the ability to keep healthy people well, identify and
“course correct” those who may be at risk, better manage those who are chronically ill, and work to eliminate
gaps in care.
• This effort would enable Carondelet to help lower the ever-rising cost of healthcare and create a overall healthier
community at the same time.
• To make this happen, Carondelet is collaborating with Healthways, the largest global provider of well-being
improvement solutions—serving 40 million people across four continents.
Carondelet Heart & Vascular Institute
• In 2013, Carondelet is investing $17 million to build the Carondelet Heart & Vascular Institute (CHVI) on the
campus of St. Mary’s Hospital.
• The vision for the Institute is to become nationally recognized as a premier destination for modern cardiovascular
care through clinical excellence, research, and physician education.
• The work of CHVI will not only be evident to patients at St. Mary’s. Many of CHVI’s state-of-the-art cardiology
capabilities will also be available to patients on the campus of Carondelet St. Joseph’s Hospital as well.
Sahuarita Wellness Pavilion
• Carondelet Health Network and the Rancho Sahuarita Company proudly announced in December plans to develop
a health and wellness pavilion for residents in Sahuarita, Green Valley and other growing communities along
Interstate 19.
• This health pavilion concept is the result of several years of collaboration between Carondelet leadership,
physician partners, local community leaders, residents in Sahuarita and Green Valley, Carondelet’s Board of
Directors and Rancho Sahuarita.
• The health and wellness pavilion will initially offer residents along I-19 a wide array of primary and specialty care
services. The size of the initial complex will allow Carondelet to double the number of primary care physicians
serving the Sahuarita area.
• Additionally, the pavilion will also serve as a satellite location for cardiovascular specialists from Carondelet Heart
& Vascular Institute and neurologists from the Carondelet Neurological Institute.
• Carondelet’s plan will allow for convenient access to these specialists and many other medical specialties in
Sahuarita. This will ensure patients receive preventive, diagnostic and follow-up care close to home.
Chronic Pain Management Program (CPMP)
• Concerned about a dramatic increase in the abuse of narcotic prescription drugs in the Tucson area, Carondelet
has instituted a new program in its Emergency Departments (ED) designed to address the problem.
• It’s an intensive program designed to tackle the reported 37 percent increase in deaths in Arizona in the past few
years from abuse of narcotic prescription drugs.
• In his annual report for 2012, Dr. Gregory Hess, Chief Medical Examiner for Pima County, points to a 12 percent
increase in overdose deaths in comparison to 2011. Many of those overdose deaths are the result of prescription
opiate drugs.
• When a patient appears at a Carondelet ED complaining of pain, he or she will receive an appropriate medical
evaluation to rule out an emergent medical condition. If the patient repeatedly presents with chronic pain issues,
they will be enrolled in the program and each time they come in seeking pain medications for non-emergent
conditions, their dosage of narcotics will become more limited and they will be provided support to identify a
primary care physician to management their chronic pain.
• In reaction to the rising number of deaths in the community from narcotic drug abuse, this program and
commitment by Carondelet will also help to reduce the number of narcotics on the street and make our
community safer.
CARONDELET ST. JOSEPH’S HOSPITAL
Tony Fonze, President and CEO
Donald Denmark, M.D., Senior Vice President, Chief Medical Officer for
St. Joseph’s Hospital and Chief Medical Officer for Carondelet Health
Network
As of FY 13:
Active physicians: 418
Allied health professionals: 28
Advanced Practice Providers: 54
Associates: 1,745
Volunteers: 145
The Carondelet Joint Replacement Center at St. Joseph’s Hospital is our new premier center, emphasizing a program of
joint care that is comprehensive, reliable, and standardized.
• The Center is housed on the fourth floor of the hospital’s medical pavilion in a 42-bed dedicated patient care unit
with private rooms and an on-site physical therapy gym, with a pool.
• Prior to their surgery, patients receive a thorough clinical assessment and attend Joint Camp – a one-hour
workshop with information on what they can expect before, during and after their joint replacement surgery.
• The Carondelet Joint Replacement Center is the only facility of its kind in Southern Arizona offering inpatient
aquatic therapy.
The Chapel at St. Joseph’s Hospital is truly the centerpiece of the recently completed Fred & Olga Pace Spiritual Center,
which includes an all-faith meditation room and healing gardens.
• More than 300 individuals, including Carondelet associates, local business and civic leaders, and organizations,
donated toward the development of the new chapel after the previous site was razed to make way for the
construction of the hospital’s new medical pavilion.
• Much of the custom, stained glass windows from the earlier chapel were restored and used in the new chapel,
while a new, 8-foot window was commissioned from the same artist to adorn the meditation room.
High-Definition, Low-Dose CT System
• The world’s first high-definition, low-dose CT system in now at Carondelet St. Joseph’s Hospital
• The Discovery CT750 HD dramatically cuts radiation exposure by up to 50% compared to other existing CT
technology, while giving extraordinary high-definition images
Intensive Outpatient Chemical Dependency Program
• Hospital-based intenstive outpatient chemical dependency program at O’Rielly Care Center at St. Joseph’s
Hospital
• O’Rielly Transitions, the 8-week, 24-session program is designed to provide tools needed to maintain sobriety and
integrate patients back into their regular lives
CARONDELET ST. MARY’S HOSPITAL
Amy Beiter, M.D., President and Chief Executive Officer
Location:
1601 West St. Mary’s Road (southwest corner of the intersection of
Silverbell and St. Mary’s; one mile from Interstate 10)
As of FY 13:
Active physicians: 286
Allied health professionals: 32
Advanced Practice Providers: 37
Associates: 1,343
Volunteers: 100
Healthgrades Clinical Excellence
• For the third year in a row, Carondelet St. Mary’s Hospital has been honored as one of the top 5% of hospitals in
the nation from Healthgrades.
• Healthgrades examines thousands of hospitals on mortality and medical complication rates in up to 27 areas,
including critical care, heart failure, surgeries and joint replacement.
• Out of the more than 5,000 hospitals reviewed, only 262 received this prestigious award.
• Carondelet St. Mary’s was one of only eight Arizona hospitals, and the only one in Tucson, to receive the
designation of 2013 Healthgrades’ Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence™.
The Breast Center
• St. Mary’s equipped its Breast Center surgeons with a leading-industry tool – an intra-operative digital specimen
radiography system called the Trident.
• The Trident allows surgeons to confirm if an entire lesion was excised by immediately viewing x-ray images of
breast specimens.
• The technology: Improves patient safety by reducing the amount of time the patient is under anesthesia, reduces
procedure time and costs to patients, complies with new accreditation guidelines from the College of American
Pathology and the American Society of Clinical Oncology, and decreases the turnaround time for surgeons to
visualize the tissue.
Healthgrades Patient Safety
• Carondelet St. Mary’s Hospital achieved the Healthgrades® 2013 Patient Safety Excellence Award™. The distinction
places St. Mary’s among the top 10 percent of all hospitals nationwide for its excellent performance in safeguarding
patients from serious, potentially preventable complications during their hospital stays.
• On average, patients treated in a hospital recognized with a Patient Safety Excellence Award were:
 81% less likely to experience hip fractures following surgery compared to hospitals ranked in the bottom 5% in the
nation 1
 80% less likely to experience pressure sores or bed sores acquired in the hospital compared to hospitals ranked in
the bottom 5% in the nation1
 70% less likely to experience a catheter-related bloodstream infection acquired in the hospital compared to
hospitals ranked in the bottom 5% in the nation1
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Statistics are based on Healthgrades application of QI Windows® Software (version 4.4), developed by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
Renovation
• In 2012, Carondelet St. Mary’s underwent a $2 million dollar external renovation
CARONDELET HOLY CROSS HOSPITAL
Debbie Knapheide, Vice President, Site Administrator/Chief Nursing
Officer/Chief Operating Officer
Roy Farrell, M.D., Vice President, Chief Medical Officer
As of FY 13:
Active physicians: 74
Allied health professionals: 8
Advanced Practice Providers: 11
Associates: 175
Volunteers: 23
A 25-bed critical access hospital, Holy Cross Hospital provides general medical/surgical services, 24-hour emergency
care, birthing service, rehabilitation, mammography, ultrasound, and home health. We also offer advanced technology
such as teleradiology and lithotripsy programs.
Renovations
• The operating and obstetrics rooms have been renovated. Recently held open houses for members of the public
to tour the facility.
Emergency Department
• The hospital’s “Left Without Being Seen” statistic in the ED – for the last 12 month period is less than .2%
Adverse Events
• Ascension ZERO Award – Having ZERO reportable adverse events in 12 consecutive months in 6 categories