When UnityPoint Health – Trinity built a hospital in Bettendorf 20 years ago, its goal was to grow with the community, filling medical needs as they evolved.
Today, UnityPoint Health – Trinity offers a wide variety of specialties and clinics as it celebrates the 20th anniversary of its Bettendorf campus.
The hospital opened on Feb. 18, 2004, as Bettendorf’s first and only full-service hospital. Since 2004, the hospital has seen a 144% increase in its number of patient days, while doubling hospital admissions.
Surgical visits have more than tripled. There were about 2,000 surgical visits in 2004 and more than 6,000 by the end of 2023.
To help celebrate the hospital’s 20-year anniversary, Bettendorf Mayor Bob Gallagher has proclaimed Sunday, Feb. 18, as “Trinity Bettendorf Day.”
“It’s been 20 incredible years. I’m so proud of our team’s passion and am immensely honored to work among individuals eager to serve their community,” UnityPoint Health – Quad Cities President Shawn Morrow said in a news release.
The 139-bed Trinity Bettendorf hospital specializes in orthopedics and robotic surgery, emergency services, obstetric and gynecological services including a Trinity BirthPlace location with a level II neonatal intensive care unit, cardiac catheterization and peripheral vascular services, medical and surgical intensive care, pain, wound and diagnostic services.
Trinity Bettendorf continues to provide Bettendorf’s only emergency department located within a full-service hospital, meaning you have immediate on-site access to lifesaving equipment and technology, such as heart catheterization labs and operating rooms. Visits to the emergency department have nearly doubled from 2004 to 2024.
“Trinity Bettendorf has truly become a valuable resource for many patients’ most hard-hitting illnesses,” Mr. Morrow said. “Throughout all these years if there’s anything patients and their families have learned it’s that we take their care and journey to wellness seriously because the minute they step in through our doors, they’re our top priority.”
Trinity-employed providers also work at Terrace Park Professional Center, a 60,000 square-foot outpatient medical office building adjacent to the hospital.
Some facts about the hospital include:
- Number of babies delivered at Trinity Bettendorf BirthPlace increased from 131 in 2004 to 1,005 in 2023.
- Number of visits to the Trinity Bettendorf emergency department nearly doubled from just over 9,600 in 2004 to more than 21,000 in 2023.
- Trinity Bettendorf earned the American Cardiology’s NCDR Chest Pain — MI Registry Platinum Performance Achievement Award.
- Trinity Bettendorf is certified as a Primary Stroke Center.
- Trinity Bettendorf BirthPlace is nationally recognized for outstanding maternity care by Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield
“We are proud of the tremendous growth at Trinity Bettendorf over the last two decades and we’re truly honored to reach such an exciting milestone,” Dana Wilkinson, UnityPoint
Health – Trinity Board Chair, said in the release. “With ongoing investments in services and by recruiting talented team members, we continue to strengthen our commitment to provide high-quality health care for the community.”
For more information visit unitypoint.org.
