Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Hospitals Directory

Brigham and Women's Hospital

75 Francis Street
Boston, MA 02115-6195
(617) 732-5500

For more information on this hospital, visit the Brigham and Women's Hospital

Detailed Information

At a glance

Hospital type: General medical and surgical
Operated by: Not-for-profit
Total beds: 746
Administrator: GARY L GOTTLIEB, PRES
Parent system: Partners HealthCare System
Selected accreditations/memberships: Accredited, Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations (JCAHO); Member, Council of Teaching Hospitals

Services Provided Glossary

Key services:
  • General medical and surgical care
  • General intensive care
  • Cardiac intensive care
  • Neurology department
  • Obstetrics
  • Orthopedics department
  • Emergency department
  • Trauma Center

Specialized services

Inpatient:
  • Birthing room
  • Burn care
  • Elderly/disabled:(Acute long-term care, Skilled nursing care, Intermediate nursing care)
  • End-of-life services:(Hospice, Pain management, Palliative care)
  • Infection isolation room
  • Neonatal intensive care
  • Neonatal intermediate care
  • Oncology services
  • Psychiatric care:(Partial hospitalization, Psychiatric emergency services)
Outpatient
  • Birthing room
  • Burn care
  • Elderly/disabled:(Acute long-term care, Skilled nursing care, Intermediate nursing care)
  • End-of-life services:(Hospice, Pain management, Palliative care)
  • Infection isolation room
  • Neonatal intensive care
  • Neonatal intermediate care
  • Oncology services
  • Psychiatric care:(Partial hospitalization, Psychiatric emergency services)
Patient/family support services:
  • Alzheimer center
  • Ambulance services
  • Assistance with government services
  • Chaplaincy/pastoral care services
  • Oncology services
  • Patient support groups
  • Patient representative/ombusdman
  • Transportation for elderly/handicapped
  • Translation services
Community outreach:
  • Health fairs
  • Health screenings
Imaging services (diagnostic and therapeutic)
  • CT scanner
  • Diagnostic radioisotope facility
  • Electron beam computed tomography (EBCT)
  • Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
  • Multislice spiral computer tomography (MSCT)
  • Single photon emission computerized tomography (SpedCT)
  • Ultrasound

By the numbers:

Admissions: 45,051
Inpatient surgeries: 18,373
Outpatient visits: 655,789
Outpatient surgeries: 12,423
Emergency room visits: 56,151
Births: 8,309
Number of beds: 746

Staffing(employed, on payroll):

Full-time registered nurses: 1,492
Part-time registered nurses: 1,371
Full-time licensed practical nurses: 22
Part-time licensed practical nurses: 6
Total full-time faculty personnel: 8,925
Total part-time faculty personnel: 3,735

Notes

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

Data provided by American Hospital Association. Last updated December 2007.

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