The Christ Hospital sits up high in the Pill Hill neighborhood at 2139 Auburn Avenue, so it gets a wide view of the Cincinnati basin, and it's a big hospital with 555 beds where you'll find a mix of health services all in one place, including a busy emergency room that stays open all day and night, a large cancer center, urgent care locations in Fort Wright, Green Township, and Red Bank, and plenty of specialty care like heart and vascular, orthopedics and spine, women's health, kidney transplant, wound healing, behavioral medicine, and even a diabetes and endocrine center, and they've got an imaging center for tests and screenings too. They run as a not-for-profit hospital through Bethesda Inc., with TriHealth and Bon Secours Mercy Health working with them, and they don't sue patients who can't pay their bill, which is something, and they help people set up payment plans or investigate billing problems if needed, and if you ask, they'll walk you through what you're being charged for and what you owe, which can help a lot.
There's a hospice inpatient unit on the fifth floor called 5 West, and you enter through the emergency room after hours if you visit-well-marked signs point the way, and regular visiting hours run from 5:00 in the morning till 9:00 at night, with parking for visitors in the garages nearby. That hospice unit has about 6,000 square feet and holds 10 private rooms, and it's open day and night, all week, so anyone needing hospice care can get it around the clock, and their offerings include things like Hospice of Cincinnati, PalliaCare® Cincinnati, short-term stays to ease symptoms, and even programs for family support like the Goldstein Family Grief Center, Fernside for grief counseling, and Conversations of a Lifetime®. They'll also offer short-term respite care-up to five days-if a family caregiver needs a break, with coverage available under Medicare and Medicaid Hospice benefits, which is good for families who need some time to rest. They keep chapels open for families and loved ones to use for quiet time or prayer.
The hospital is recognized by U.S. News & World Report as one of the nation's top 50 in some areas, and they've got a helipad for air medical transport which is handy in emergencies, and the building known as "CHRIST" covers a lot of ground for patient care, so almost everything you need is on this campus. For patient safety, they use the teach-back method to confirm people understand what doctors explain, and medical interpreters will help if there's a language barrier, and doctors take time during informed consent to lay out recovery times and possible difficulties, and they're expected to take questions from patients. You'll also find online resources like the MyChart system and mobile app for appointments, health records, and medication tracking, plus online scheduling for primary care, internal medicine, family medicine, specialty appointments, and more, which is something people find helpful these days. There are outdoor seating areas, valet parking, wheelchair access, public restrooms, air conditioning, WiFi, and even a patient and family caregiver rapid response team for sudden health concerns. Social work, psychiatric assessment, audiology, pelvic floor care, and breast health are all part of their services, along with both inpatient and outpatient care, so if you or someone you know needs acute care, specialty treatment, or just routine care, you'll probably find a department that can help, all under one roof, with staff that's trained in doing things clearly and in a way people can understand.
