Brigham & Women's Hospital
| Brigham and Women's Hospital | |
|---|---|
| Partners HealthCare | |
 |
|
 |
|
| Geography | |
| Location | 75 Francis Street, Boston, Massachusetts, United States |
| Coordinates | 42°20′10″N 71°06′25″W / 42.336152°N 71.106834°W |
| Organization | |
| Hospital type | Teaching |
| Affiliated university | Harvard Medical School |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Level I trauma center |
| Helipad | FAA LID: MA39 |
| Beds | 793 |
| History | |
| Founded | 1980 |
| Links | |
| Website | brighamandwomens |
| Lists | Hospitals in Massachusetts |
Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH, "The Brigham") is located adjacent to Harvard Medical School, of which it is the second largest teaching affiliate. It is the largest hospital of the Longwood Medical and Academic Area in Boston, Massachusetts, US. With Massachusetts General Hospital, it is one of the two founding members of Partners HealthCare, the largest healthcare provider in Massachusetts. Brigham and Women's Hospital conducts the second largest hospital-based research program in the world, with an annual research budget of more than $630 million. Pioneering milestones include the world's first successful heart valve operation and the world's first organ transplant. In 2013, U.S. News & World Report ranked Brigham and Women's Hospital as the #6 hospital in the United States.
In the early 1990s, BWH pioneered Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE) to prevent medication errors. BWH has received patient safety awards for its electronic Medication Administration Record (eMAR) and bar-coding system, which places barcodes on patients' medications, name bands and nurses' badges. A nurse scans all three barcodes before administering a medication to ensure that each patient receives the correct medication and dosage at the correct time.
The orthopedic surgery department focused on patients' satisfaction for those who received knee and hip replacements. Leaders in the department included John Wright, Mary Anne Kenyon, and Carolyn Beagan, but they gave little attention to holding costs down.
In 2013 the BWH Biomedical Research Institute (BRI) received $630 million in research support from all sources. For over a decade, it has been one of the two hospitals receiving the most National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding among independent hospitals in the United States. It employs over 3,300 researchers.
BRI has worked on regenerative medicine, designing nanoparticles to attack different types of cancer, and starting a clinical trial for a type of Alzheimer’s disease vaccine. BWH research also includes population studies including the Nurses’ Health Study and Physicians’ Health Study.
...
Wikipedia