Monday, November 23, 2009

Hospitals

Cambridge Health Alliance, Cambridge, Mass.

1493 Cambridge Street
Cambridge, MA 02139
(617) 665-1000
www.challiance.org
This hospital is one of nearly 5,000 that U.S.News evaluated for the latest America's Best Hospitals rankings. See the complete hospital rankings

The following information was provided by American Hospital Association

At a glance

Hospital type: General medical and surgical
Operated by: Hospital district or authority
Total beds: 349
Administrator:
Parent system:
Selected accreditations/memberships: Accredited, Joint Commission (JC)||Member, Council of Teaching Hospitals

Services Provided

Inpatient:
  • Birthing room
  • Burn care
  • Elderly/disabled:
    • Acute long-term care
    • Skilled nursing care
    • Intermediate nursing care
  • End-of-life services:
    • Pain management
  • Hospitalists
  • Neonatal intensive care
  • Neonatal intermediate care
  • Cancer services
  • Psychiatric care:
    • Partial hospitalization
    • Psychiatric emergency services
Outpatient:
  • Arthritis center
  • Breast cancer screening/mammograms
  • Certified trauma center
  • Cancer services
  • Chiropractic services
  • Complementary/alternative medicine
  • Dental services
  • Extracorporeal shock lithotripter
  • Genetic testing/counseling
  • Geriatric services
  • HIV-AIDS services
  • Cancer services
  • Physical rehabilitation
  • Psychiatric services:
    • Child/adolescent services
    • Consultation
    • Geriatric services
    • Outpatient care
  • Radiation therapy
  • Sleep center
  • Stop-smoking program
  • Sports medicine
  • Substance-abuse programs
  • Urgent-care center
  • Women's health center
Patient/family support services:
  • Ambulance services
  • Help with government services
  • Chaplaincy/pastoral care services
  • Cancer services
  • Patient support groups
  • Patient representative/ombusdman
  • Transportation for elderly/handicapped
  • Translation services
Community outreach:
  • Health fairs
  • Health screenings
Radiology--diagnosis and treatment:
  • CT scanner
  • Diagnostic radioisotope facility
  • Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
  • Multislice spiral CT
  • Ultrasound

By the numbers:

Admissions: 16,415
Inpatient surgeries: 2,307
Outpatient visits: 634,650
Outpatient surgeries: 8,153
Emergency room visits: 87,758
Births: 1,415
Beds: 349

Staffing (employed, on payroll):

Full-time physicians and dentists:
N/A
Part-time physicians and dentists:
108
Full-time registered nurses:
N/A
Part-time registered nurses:
316
Full-time licensed practical nurses:
N/A
Part-time licensed practical nurses:
14
Total full-time faculty:
N/A
Total part-time faculty:
N/A

Notes

* At another location in healthcare system or through arrangement with another provider.

Find out more about AHA data products at www.ahadata.com.

Data provided by American Hospital Association. Last updated June 2009.

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