Memorial Hospital

Be Treated, Not Seated

Why get stuck in an ER waiting room?

The Memorial Emergency Care Center Julington Creek is a full-service hospital ER, which makes it different from an Urgent Care Center. We are ready to take care of all your family’s emergency medical needs.

The Memorial Emergency Care Center Julington Creek posts its average ER wait time on the web, or you can text ER to 23000. Visit here to take a virtual tour or to let us know you are on your way.

Memorial Emergency Care Center Julington Creek Helps Local Charity

The Memorial Emergency Care Center joined forces with JCP Cares, a local non-profit group that raises money and supplies for homeless kids in St. Johns County. We hosted an all day drive, where neighbors could drop off money or school supplies. The event was shows throughout the day on Channel 4. To learn more, check out this story on Channel 4's website.

Celebrating Hospital Week

Memorial Hospital is celebrating Hospital Week 2013! It's a way to say thank you to our fantastic team. We hosted a night out at the ballpark and numerous meals for our employees. Look for more pics to be posted on our facebook page. Thanks to all our fantastic employees! 

Memorial Employees of the Quarter

Please congratulate the following winners of the  2013 1st Quarter Employees of the Quarter:                  

• Christine Dolby , RN, 2 Central
• Robert Hurst, Facilities
• Cicely Brown, Respiratory Therapy
• Greg Trinidad, PCT, Cath Lab
• Rhonda Zimmerman, RN, Surgical Services

Each winner received a recognition plaque and a check for $200.  At the end of the year they will be eligible for 2013 Employee of the Year, who will receive a plaque and a check for $1,000.

This program was initiated and is funded by the Medical Staff of Memorial Hospital in their desire to recognize employees who have demonstrated an exemplary act of skill and caring.  Each quarter, a hospital employee selection committee names recipients in five categories.  All employees are eligible and nominations may be submitted by hospital employees and physicians.

Thank you to our Medical Staff for sponsoring this wonderful program to recognize our employees.

From left to right; Christine Dolby, RN, Dr. Chris Rathburn, Medical Staff President, Cicely Brown, Robert Hurst, Greg Trinidad (Not pictured: Rhonda Zimmerman, RN)

Cardiac Surgery Excels at Memorial Hospital

After an analysis of national data from all of 2012, The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) awarded Memorial Hospital its highest possible rating of 3-Stars. To put that in perspective, this score is earned by only about 15% of all eligible hospitals.

STS has established a comprehensive rating system that compares the quality of heart surgery among hospitals across the county by using a combination of 11 measures of quality.  Medical professionals widely regard the rating as the gold standard by which to evaluate heart surgery programs.

“The STS Database is the oldest and most established registry measuring quality in healthcare,” said Dr. Vasant Jayasankar of Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgical Associates, and the medical director of the Memorial Heart Center.  “Patients needing heart surgery should ask their surgeon and the hospital if they participate in the STS database and what their results are.”

“The rating reflected in the STS data is the result of a team effort,” said Bobby McCullough, Memorial Hospital’s Chief Operating Officer. “Everyone involved in patient care – the cardiovascular team in the OR, the intensive care unit and other nursing units, the cardiac catheterization lab, the Memorial medical staff, the blood bank – all are part of the team that provides quality outcomes.”