Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

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Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Geography
Location Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Organization
Care system Private
Hospital type Teaching
Affiliated university Harvard University
Services
Emergency department Level I trauma center
Beds 621
History
Founded Deaconess - 1896, Beth Israel - 1916; Merged 1996
Links
Website home page
Lists Hospitals in the United States

Both an international and regional referral center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) in Boston, Massachusetts is a major teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School. It was formed out of the 1996 merger of Beth Israel Hospital (founded in 1916) and New England Deaconess Hospital (founded in 1896). Among independent teaching hospitals, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center is the third-largest recipient of biomedical research funding from the National Institutes of Health. Research funding totals nearly $150 million annually. BIDMC researchers run more than 1,000 active sponsored projects and 200 clinical trials. The Harvard-Thorndike General Clinical Research Center, the nation's oldest clinical research laboratory, has been located on this site since 1973. BIDMC is equally known for its outstanding, compassionate patient care, through a multidisciplinary effort from outstanding physicians, nurses, physical therapists, pharmacists and social workers. It is considered a national leader in multiple clinical and research areas, including cardiovascular, renal, liver, pancreas, gastric motility, infectious disease, women's health, diabetes, cancer and minimally invasive surgery. The information technology services are among the best in the nation, from the cutting edge emergency room electronic dashboard to the integrated Web Online Medical Record. The surgical and procedural simulation center is a national model of excellence.

Located in the Longwood Medical and Academic Area, BIDMC is the flagship hospital of the Caregroup Healthcare System of Massachusetts and is consistently ranked as one of the best hospitals in the US in by U.S. News & World Report. It is one of the largest hospitals in New England, surpassed only by Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital, both also in Boston.

The President and CEO of BIDMC is Paul F. Levy, who assumed the role in early January 2002. He is one of very few hospital CEOs to write a blog, called Running a Hospital (runningahospital.blogspot.com), on which he has become a strong advocate for quality and safety improvement and transparency of clinical outcomes.

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[edit] History

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[edit] Structure

Since the merger, the hospital consists of two campuses, the East (former Beth Israel) and the West (former Deaconess). The East Campus retained most primary care, inpatient, clinical and administrative functions, while the emergency department, inpatient care, the department of human resources, and many specialists are located on the West Campus.

The merger coincided with the completion of the ten-story Clinical Center (at the corner of Brookline and Longwood Avenues, in space formerly occupied by the Massachusetts College of Art), which houses most of the hospital's outpatient services. The East Campus is located at 330 Brookline Avenue in the Longwood Medical Area.

The West Campus is nearly diagonally across the street, at 1 Deaconess Road. A number of other non-clinical, administrative offices (e.g. payroll, accounts payable, telecommunications) are located offsite in offices scattered throughout the area.

[edit] Research

In addition to its clinical services, BIDMC supports a significant amount of clinical and bench research which takes place in labs throughout its two campuses, as well as research buildings of Harvard Medical School. Research investigators receive a substantial amount of funding from both NIH and private industry to support their work. The hospital ranks third in NIH funding in the United States for independent hospitals.

[edit] Senior Volunteer Workshop

The BIDMC Senior Volunteer Workshop is a weekly volunteer group of women over 25 who provide a variety of services to the Medical Center.The program began at Beth Israel Hospital many years ago. Started over 25 years ago by group supervisor Trudy Agress, the Workshop is an indispensable assett to a variety of departments, including Labor and Delivery, NICU, Anesthesia, Central Sterile Processing, Development, and Communications. Members of the Workshop enjoy monthly celebrations for a variety of occasions, such as Hanukkah/Christmas, Valentine's Day, and annual recognitions by the hospital.

[edit] Notable faculty and alumni

[edit] Trivia

 Lists of miscellaneous information should be avoided. Please relocate any relevant information into appropriate sections or articles. (January 2009)
  • Beth Israel is the real name for the hospital called the "House of God" in Samuel Shem's novel House of God
  • Beth Israel was the first hospital to institute primary nursing
  • The Deaconess Hospital was founded by Methodist women full-time church workers, called deaconesses, who in 1896 erected a 15-bed hospital next to the home in which they lived.
  • Beth Israel Hospital was founded in 1916 by a group of Jewish doctors due to employment and treatment discrimination in other area hospitals.
  • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center has a small branch inside Fenway Park

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[edit] External links

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