Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital history

Beginning in 1996, BJC HomeCare began the process of consolidating 11 certified home care agencies, five hospices, one home medical equipment service and three private duty agencies.

In 1999, Siteman Cancer Center was established by the generous donation of Alvin and Ruth Siteman at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine.

BJC breaks ground on Progress West HealthCare Center, a new 72-bed hospital in southern St Charles County scheduled to be completed in 2007.

In 2008, Siteman Cancer Center and Washington University physicians expanded its care at Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital by increasing chemotherapy services, radiation oncology therapy and adding additional surgical services.

In June 2010, Boone Hospital Center babies got a new home with the opening of the Labor and Delivery Unit at the Boone Family Birthplace.

The Christian Hospital/Northwest HealthCare Emergency Department received the 2012 Emergency Medicine Award from HealthGrades for excellence across the board, based on patient outcomes, and ranked among the top 263 hospitals out of 5,000 nationally.

St Louis Children’s Hospital was named a 2013 St Louis Post-Dispatch Top Workplace, ranking 10th among large employers in the metropolitan area.

BJC is featured in the “Leading Practices on Disability Inclusion” report, published in conjunction with the 2015 Corporate Disability Employment Summit in Washington, DC.

By 2016, the Signorelli family was operating 16 schools in both St Louis and Colorado.