Mount Auburn Hospital
Mount Auburn Hospital (MAH) is a community hospital with a patient capacity of about 200 beds in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It has become an affiliated teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School.[1][3] It was founded by Civil War nurse and administrator Emily Elizabeth Parsons as the first hospital in Cambridge in 1866.[2] It was reopened[4] in 1886 and until 1947 was known as Cambridge Hospital.[3]
| Mount Auburn Hospital[1][2] | |
|---|---|
| Beth Israel Lahey Health | |
Main Entrance from Mount Auburn Street | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States |
| Coordinates | 42°22′28″N 71°08′02″W / 42.374414°N 71.133776°W |
| Organization | |
| Type | Teaching |
| Affiliated university | Harvard Medical School |
| Services | |
| Beds | 213 Occupancy Rate = 76% |
| History | |
| Opened | 1886 |
| Links | |
| Website | http://www.mountauburnhospital.org/ |
| Lists | Hospitals in Massachusetts |
In 1996 MAH agreed to merge with Beth Israel Deaconess and Lahey[5][6]
In November 2008 the hospital opened the $80 million six-floor, 274,000 s/f Frank Stanton Building expansion project at its campus 330 Mount Auburn Campus.[7][8]
In 2017 Mount Auburn Hospital announced that it would form a part of Beth Israel & Lahey Clinic when it underwent a 5-way hospital merger along with: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Lahey Health Medial Center, New England Baptist Hospital, and Anna Jaques Hospital.[9][10] It was completed March 1, 2019.
CareGroup, Inc. is the parent non-profit holding company for Mount Auburn Hospital, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital-Milton, Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital-Needham, and New England Baptist Hospital.[4]
In 2018 it was ranked as the 22nd largest hospital in facility in Massachusetts.[11] It employs roughly 1500 people,[12] and has an estimated 600 affiliated doctors and admits more than 10,300 patients annually.[13] Up from 28,000 (2015)[14]
King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the former King of Thailand, was born at Mount Auburn Hospital.
MAH is an affiliate also of the Harvard University Health Services (HUHS)[15]
The hospital has been ranked well by U.S. News & World Report.[16]
Notable births edit
- King Bhumibol Adulyadej, former King of Thailand. His father, Prince Mahidol Adulyadej of Siam, Prince of Songkla, was attending Harvard as a public health and medical student.
- Steven Wright, award-winning comedian
Radiology Department edit
The Department of Radiology was founded by Dr. Richard Schatzki. He was the first to describe the most common cause of difficulty swallowing, now known as the Schatzki ring. The department has an active radiology residency program.
Further reading edit
- https://www.bbb.org/us/ma/cambridge/profile/hospital/mount-auburn-hospital-0021-40093
- https://www.healthgrades.com/hospital-directory/massachusetts-ma-boston/mount-auburn-hospital-hgst0dc52386220002
- https://www.dnb.com/business-directory/company-profiles.mount_auburn_hospital.8b9123faaff009293e076241d8ccd7e1.html
- https://www.cbinsights.com/company/mount-auburn-hospital
- https://www.hospitalsafetygrade.org/h/mount-auburn-hospital
- https://www.newswise.com/articles/mount-auburn-hospital-receives-top-quality-and-safety-rating-from-centers-for-medicare-and-medicaid-services
- https://store.hbr.org/product/jeanette-clough-at-mount-auburn-hospital/406068
- https://www.hospitalstats.org/hospital-ratings/mount-auburn-hospital-cambridge-ma.htm
References edit
- ^ "About Us". Mount Auburn Hospital. Retrieved January 3, 2013.
- ^ . cambridgehistory.org. Archived from the original on 2016-06-11. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
- ^ "A Legacy of Excellence - A History OF Mount Auburn Hospital" (PDF). Mount Auburn Hospital. Retrieved July 25, 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "CareGroup: Parent Company". Retrieved 2017-01-30.
External links edit
- Official website