ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL OF DULUTH

St. Luke's is a not-for-profit, community-based, non-denominational hospital, governed by a volunteer board of directors. Our medical staff is open to all qualified physicians and allied health professionals. St. Luke's emergency department serves patients regardless of ability to pay. St. Luke's research department, the whiteside institute for clinical research, participates in investigational drug protocols that are non-funded or under-funded. St. Luke's is a clinical training site for many healthcare students. In addition to medical students and residents, we provide clinical training for students in nursing, physical medicine, radiology, respiratory, lab, medical assistant, occupational therapy, physician assistant, dietetics, social work, medical record coding, paramedic, health unit coordinator, surgical technology, anesthesia, and pharmacy. We contributed to scholarship funds for medical students at the university of minnesota, duluth school of medicine and nursing students at the college of st. Scholastica and lake superior college. Other education activities reach tens of thousands of people through community education and outreach, health screenings, support groups, and other community services. Our speakers bureau offered programs at no charge to thousands more. Topics presented included men's health, women and breast cancer, children's nutrition, mental health issues, cardiac issues, fall prevention, first aid, diabetes, eye and lung issues, and infection control. We also offered tours to dozens of community and school groups, made medical supplies/equipment donations to community and medical relief organizations, donated newspaper advertising space for the junior league of duluth, participated in the community coalition for fall prevention and offered brochure printing services to a local medical professional group. Annually, we provide rent-free, hundreds of hours of free meeting space for community groups, such as lyme disease support group, mothers of multiples and the ostomy club, and organizations such as the minnesota homecare association, the boy scouts, and the college of st. Scholastica. We offer support groups to the community, including heart-to-heart support group, parkinson's disease, look good feel good group (through the american cancer society), cancer information and support group, ostomy club, breast cancer support group, diabetes support group (sponsored by st. Luke's, duluth diabetes center and the duluth family practice center), insulin pump support group (sponsored by st. Luke's duluth diabetes center, and the duluth family practice center), and celiac support group (sponsored by st. Luke's and st. Mary's/duluth clinic). We participate in medicaid, medicare, champus, tricare, and other government-sponsored health care programs.