Brigham And Women's Hospital

Description

About Brigham and Womens Hospital
Brigham and Womens Hospital is worldrenowned in virtually every area of adult medicine As a teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School our leadership in patient quality and safety development of stateoftheart treatments and technologies and robust research programs have improved the health of people around the world

Mission
Brigham and Womens Hospital is dedicated to
serving the needs of our local and global community

providing the highest quality health care to patients and their families

expanding the boundaries of medicine through research

educating the next generation of health care professionals

Vision
Brigham and Womens Hospital aspires to tranform the future of healthcare through science education and compassionate care locally and globally

Values
Quality Patient Care Delivering quality patient care is the center of
everything we do

Teaching Excellence We seek to uphold the highest standards in training
health care professionals

Research Leadership We continuously seek new ways to demonstrate our
leadership role in research

Customer Focus Our focus is to serve our customers

Respect for the Individual We recognize and value the contributions of every
individual

Teamwork We work toward a unified approach to developing health care
solutions

Embracing Change Embracing change will help us to be successful

Operational Efficiency We strive for efficient and effective delivery of
services

History

Recognized internationally for its excellence in patient care its outstanding reputation in biomedical research and its commitment to educating and training physicians research scientists and other health care professionals Brigham and Womens Hospital BWH is a 793bed teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School located in the heart of Bostons renowned Longwood Medical Area Along with its modern inpatient facilities BWH boasts extensive outpatient services and clinics neighborhood primary care health centers stateofthe art diagnostic and treatment technologies and research laboratories

Brigham and Womens Hospital has deep and rich roots in medicine that date back to 1832 BWH formed in 1980 with the unprecedented merger of three of Bostons oldest and most prestigious Harvard teaching hospitals the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital the Robert Breck Brigham Hospital and the Boston Hospital for Women BWHs strength as an academic medical center continually evolves but stays true to its mission of the highest quality patient care and service teaching the next generation of caregivers and cuttingedge research and discovery Throughout BWH innovation is encouraged and its history and traditions are cherished BWH is a founding member of Partners HealthCare System the largest integrated health care delivery network in New England A top recipient of research grants from the National Institutes of Health with an annual research budget of more than 537 million BWH is internationally known for its clinical translational bench and populationbased research studies including the landmark Nurses Health Study Physicians Health Studies and the Womens Health Initiative

BWH continues to build on the legacy of its predecessors It has been ranked on US News and World Reports Honor Roll of Americas best hospitals for 18 consecutive years and in 2010 ranked 11th BWH was also recently recognized by the University HealthSystem Consortium UHC for being one of five top performing academic medical centers in the country in a special quality and safety benchmarking study