Healthcare Connection

Your health is important! Finding quality, easily accessible health care is probably near the top of your to-do list when moving to a new area. The River Region is home to some of the most advanced medical facilities in the South. Check out what we have to offer!

Baptist Health

Baptist Health is the largest healthcare provider in a 12-county service area and the largest private employer in Central Alabama employing nearly 6,000 team members and over 650 area physicians affiliated with the health system. Baptist Health also offers numerous outpatient services, extensive health education, counseling, screening, and treatment programs.  

Baptist Health is comprised of three acute care hospitals and over 40 additional healthcare locations:  

• Baptist Medical Center South 
• Baptist Medical Center East 
• Prattville Baptist Hospital  

Baptist Medical Center East

Baptist Medical Center East is a 176-bed acute care hospital providing high-quality healthcare, specializing in women’s and children’s services. Baptist Medical Center East was recently named a 2023 Women’s Choice Award for Women’s Services, Obstetrics, Outpatient Experience and Minimally Invasive Surgery. 

In addition to general medical and surgical services, Baptist Medical Center East offers:  

• Emergency services 
• Labor and Delivery Center 
• Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) 
• Medical/Surgical Intensive Care Unit 
• Radiology 
• Therapy Center  
• The State of Alabama’s only Maternal Fetal Medicine Telehealth Clinic 
• Baptist Breast Health Center 
• The Sleep Disorders Center 
• The Endoscopy Center 

Baptist Medical Center South

Baptist Medical Center South is a licensed 492-bed, not-for-profit, faith-based acute care regional referral center. Fully accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (TJC), Baptist Medical Center South has grown to become Montgomery’s largest medical facility and Baptist Health’s tertiary care center. In addition to being names a 2023 Women’s Choice Award recipient for Women’s Services and Mammography, Baptist South is known for outstanding cardiovascular, orthopaedic, neurology, and surgical services. 

Additionally, the hospital offers: 

• Behavioral Health 
• Chest Pain 
• Family-Centered Maternity Care 
• Regional Level III NICU 
• Sleep Disorders 
• Hospice Care 
• Crossbridge Behavioral Health 
• Baptist Behavioral Health Clinic 
• Montgomery Cancer Center 
• The UAB Medicine Multispecialty Clinic

Jackson Hospital 

 Jackson Hospital’s history is integral to the history of medicine in Central Alabama. The hospital’s origin dates to 1894 when Watkins Infirmary received its first patients at the hospital’s present location. On September 16, 1946, Jackson Hospital opened with 37 patient beds and 5 attending physicians. 

 Today, licensed for 344 beds, Jackson Hospital is a community not-for-profit hospital serving Montgomery and the Alabama River Region. Comprehensive healthcare services include: Jackson Surgery Center, Jackson Imaging Center, Jackson Wellness Center, Jackson Apothecary (Montgomery & Prattville), Bariatric surgery, Cancer care, Emergency care, Maternity care, Heart center, Hospice and palliative care, Orthopedics, Physical therapy, Robotic surgery, Sleep disorders, Spine surgery, Stroke center, Vascular surgery, and Wound care.

 As the largest multi-specialty clinic in the River Region, The Jackson Clinic offers services such as cardiology, cardiothoracic surgery, ear, nose and throat, endocrinology, facial plastics, family medicine, gastroenterology, general surgery, hearing services, infectious disease, internal medicine, neurology, OB/GYN, pediatrics, rheumatology, urogynecology, urology and vascular surgery.