Boston Medical Center

Boston Medical Center (BMC) is a non-profit 514-bed academic medical center and safety-net hospital in the South End neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.[1] As part of the Boston Medical Center Health System, the hospital provides primary and specialty care to residents of the Greater Boston area. It is also the principal teaching hospital of Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine and home to 66 residency and fellowship training programs.[2][3]

Boston Medical Center
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Boston City Hospital, 1903; one of two institutions merged in 1996 to form Boston Medical Center
Geography
LocationBoston, Massachusetts, United States
Coordinates42.3349°N 71.0735°W / 42.3349; -71.0735
Organization
Care systemPrivate, Medicare, Medicaid
TypeTeaching
Affiliated universityBoston University School of Medicine
Services
Emergency department1
Beds514
History
Opened1855
Links
Websitewww.bmc.org
ListsHospitals in Massachusetts

History

Boston City Hospital was the first municipal hospital in the United States, opening in 1864.[4] From 2015 through 2018, BMC undertook a campus redesign project to update clinical spaces, improve efficiencies, and better serve patients. This project included the closure of the Newton Pavilion and the relocation of the services previously in the building to other parts of the hospital campus.[5]

Patient care and programs

BMC offers care in four primary care practices (Adult Primary Care, Family Medicine, Pediatrics, and Geriatrics) and more than 70 specialties and subspecialties, including seven areas that have been named US News high performers.[6] As a Level I Trauma Center, the hospital is the busiest center for trauma and emergency services in New England, and the 11th busiest emergency department in the U.S.[7]

Center for Transgender Medicine and Surgery

In 2016, Boston Medical Center became the first hospital in the northeast United States to open a transgender health center and the first hospital in Massachusetts to offer gender reassignment surgery.[8][9]

Grayken Center for Addiction

In 2017, Boston Medical Center announced that it had received a $25 million gift, the largest in its history and the largest gift for substance use disorders for any hospital, from Eilene and John Grayken. The donation created the Grayken Center for Addiction Medicine at BMC.[10][11][12] In 2018, the Grayken created an online resource library for employers to assist their employees impacted by addiction.[13] In 2019, the Grayken published a study about the "link between the marketing of opioids by pharmaceutical companies and overdose deaths."[14]

Moakley Building from Harrison Avenue

Roundhouse clinic

In February 2022, BMC opened a low barrier clinic for patients with mental illness and substance use disorders and "an observation and stabilization unit where patients could stay for up to 24 hours for management of substance-related symptoms" in the Roundhouse Hotel. Part of the clinic's purpose was to decrease patient overflow in local emergency departments.[15][16] The program was discontinued in the summer of 2023 due to a lack of funding.[16][17][18][19]

Brockton Behavioral Health Center

On September 14, 2022, Boston Medical Center unveiled a mental healthcare center in Brockton, Massachusetts. The 82-bed facility opened on October 1, 2022. The hospital was created to address a statewide mental health crisis.[20][21][22]

Curbside Care Mobile Unit

In 2023, Boston Medical Center partnered with the Boston Celtics to create a mobile care program for at home medical visits to new low-income mothers and babies in Boston. Patients enrolled in the program are visited by providers in a Celtics-themed ambulance to perform medical care within the first six weeks postpartum. The program is "...fully funded for three years and will provide up to 2,100 patient visits a year."[23][24]

Rooftop Farm

Boston Medical Center has a rooftop farm, which grows produce for its patients and their food pantry program. In 2022, the farm was recognized by the White House.[25] The farm yields some 5,600 pounds of produce each year.[26] According to Greenroofs, "the rooftop farm has 2,658 square feet of growing space and harvests about 25 different crops".[27]

References
  1. "BMC is making a healthier Boston". Boston Medical Center. Retrieved 2023-02-02.
  2. "Residency and Fellowship Programs". Boston Medical Center.
  3. "Boston University Medical Campus". Boston University Medical Campus. Retrieved 2023-02-02.
  4. "Boston Medical Center History". Boston Children’s Hospital. Retrieved 2023-02-02.
  5. Dayal McCluskey, Priyanka (March 12, 2015). "Boston Medical Center expands redesign of its campus". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 2023-02-02.
  6. "Boston Medical Center in Boston, MA - Rankings, Ratings & Photos". US News. 2023.
  7. "State of Emergency". NiceRx. 2022-11-22. Retrieved 2023-02-02.
  8. "BMC to offer gender reassignment surgery - The Boston Globe". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 2023-08-25.
  9. "Boston Medical Center Opens New Center Devoted Exclusively to Transgender Transition-Related Care". The Rainbow Times | New England's Largest LGBTQ Newspaper | Boston. 2016-05-24. Retrieved 2023-08-25.
  10. Levitz, Jennifer (6 March 2017). "Boston Medical Center Receives $25 Million Gift for Addiction Treatment". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2023-02-02.
  11. "With $25 Million Gift, Boston Medical Center Creates Hub For Addiction Medicine". WBUR. Retrieved 2023-08-25.
  12. "$25m gift to Boston Medical Center will help launch opioid center - The Boston Globe". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 2023-08-25.
  13. "Addiction Center At Boston Medical Unveils New Tool To Help Employers Struggling In The Opioid Epidemic". WBUR. Retrieved 2023-08-25.
  14. "New Boston Medical Center Study Links Pharma Marketing With Opioid Overdose Deaths". WGBH. 2019-01-18. Retrieved 2023-08-25.
  15. Dwyer, Dialynn. "BMC ending clinical services at Roundhouse Hotel over lack of funding". Boston.com. Retrieved 2023-08-25.
  16. "Funding dries up for homeless clinic at Mass. and Cass Roundhouse Hotel". WGBH. 2023-02-23. Retrieved 2023-08-25.
  17. "At Mass. and Cass, BMC shutting down Roundhouse clinical programs - The Boston Globe". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 2023-08-25.
  18. Dwyer, Dialynn. "State steps in to fund clinical services at Roundhouse through July". Boston.com. Retrieved 2023-08-25.
  19. "Stabbing at the Mass and Cass Roundhouse, victim suffered life-threatening injuries". Boston Herald. 2023-08-09. Retrieved 2023-08-25.
  20. "Boston Medical Center to open new treatment facility for substance use, other behavioral health issues - The Boston Globe". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 2023-08-25.
  21. Butler, Christopher. "Brockton nursing home transformed into mental health center. Here's what you need to know". Enterprise News. Retrieved 2023-08-25.
  22. "A look inside Brockton's new mental health center with Gov. Charlie Baker". Enterprise News. Retrieved 2023-08-25.
  23. "Boston Medical Center, Celtics launch new mobile curbside care unit for mothers and babies". CBS Boston. Retrieved 2023-08-25.
  24. Thompson, Khari. "Celtics, Boston Medical Center are partnering on a mobile healthcare unit". Boston.com. Retrieved 2023-08-25.
  25. "Boston Medical Center's rooftop farm recognized by the White House". CBS Boston. 2022-11-10. Retrieved 2023-08-25.
  26. "Hospitals put climate change on the menu". Association of American Medical Colleges. Retrieved 2023-08-25.
  27. Velazquez, Linda (2019-03-04). "Featured Project: Boston Medical Center Rooftop Farm". Greenroofs. Retrieved 2023-08-25.
  • Boston Medical Center Documentary By Rachel Gotbaum. WBUR. 2006 audio documentary on the 10th anniversary of the merger, describing history and innovative programs of BMC. (RealAudio)
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