# Boston Medical Center
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{{Infobox hospital
| name = Boston Medical Center
| org_group = '''[Boston University](/source/Boston_University) '''
| image = Boston City Hospital 1903.jpg
| caption = Boston City Hospital, 1903; one of two institutions merged in 1996 to form Boston Medical Center
| logo =
| location = [Boston](/source/Boston)
| state = [Massachusetts](/source/Massachusetts)
| country = US
| coordinates = {{Coord|42.3349|N|71.0735|W|type:edu|display=inline,title}}
| healthcare = Private, Medicare, Medicaid
| type = [Teaching](/source/Teaching_hospital)
| emergency = [Level I Adult Trauma Center](/source/Trauma_center) /
[Level I Pediatric Trauma Center](/source/Trauma_center)[{{cite web |title=Trauma Hospital Destinations |url=https://www.mass.gov/info-details/trauma-hospital-destinations}}]
| affiliation = [Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine](/source/Boston_University_Chobanian_%26_Avedisian_School_of_Medicine)
| beds = 514
| helipad = {{Airport codes|||0MA4}}
| founded = 1855
| website = [https://www.bmc.org/ www.bmc.org]
| h1-number = H1
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'''Boston Medical Center''' ('''BMC''') is a non-profit 514-bed [academic medical center](/source/Academic_medical_centre) and [safety-net hospital](/source/Safety_net_hospital) in the [South End](/source/South_End%2C_Boston) neighborhood of [Boston](/source/Boston).[{{Cite web |title=BMC is making a healthier Boston |url=https://www.bmc.org/about-bmc |access-date=2023-02-02 |website=Boston Medical Center |language=en}}] As part of the '''Boston Medical Center Health System''', the hospital provides primary and specialty care to residents of the [Greater Boston](/source/Greater_Boston) area. It is also the principal [teaching hospital](/source/teaching_hospital) of [Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine](/source/Boston_University_Chobanian_%26_Avedisian_School_of_Medicine) and home to 66 [residency](/source/Residency_(medicine)) and [fellowship](/source/Fellowship_(medicine)) training programs.[{{cite web |title=Residency and Fellowship Programs |url=https://www.bmc.org/medical-professionals/graduate-medical-education-gme/resident-and-fellowship-programs |website=Boston Medical Center |publisher=}}][{{Cite web |title=Boston University Medical Campus |url=https://www.bumc.bu.edu/ |access-date=2023-02-02 |website=Boston University Medical Campus}}]
== History ==
[Boston City Hospital](/source/Boston_City_Hospital) was the first [municipal hospital](/source/municipal_hospital) in the United States, opening in 1864.[{{Cite web |title=Boston Medical Center History |url=https://bcrp.childrenshospital.org/history/boston-medical-center/ |access-date=2023-02-02 |website=Boston Children’s Hospital |language=en-US}}] In 1960 Boston University's Medical School founded the Boston University Medical Center in the South End neighborhood to provide residency programs and research opportunities for students and faculty.[{{cite news |title=Studies for Doctors Cut 2 Years by B.U. |url=https://bostonglobe.newspapers.com/image/433431585/ |access-date=21 January 2024 |work=1 |agency=The Boston Globe |issue=129 |publisher=Boston Globe|date=May 8, 1960}}]
In 1962, [Massachusetts Memorial Hospitals](/source/Massachusetts_Homeopathic_Hospital) president Jerome Preston and Boston University president [Harold C. Case](/source/Harold_C._Case) announced a merger of Boston University Medical Center and the creation of a new board of trustees to oversee the institution with the stated purpose "to provide and maintain better health in contemporary society." This agreement replaced an earlier 1959 compact of association.[{{cite news |last1=Fripp |first1=William |title=Mass. Memorial B.U. Set Up New Medical Center |url=https://bostonglobe.newspapers.com/image/433416791/ |access-date=11 September 2024 |agency=The Boston Globe |issue=182 |publisher=Globe Newspapers Co. |date=July 2, 1962}}] The following year Massachusetts Memorial Hospital as a constituent of the Boston University Medical Center Hospital would announce their first year without a deficit.[{{cite news |last1=Black |first1=Herbert |title=Mass. Memorial $320 out of Red |url=https://bostonglobe.newspapers.com/image/428952277 |access-date=11 September 2024 |work=9 |agency=The Boston Globe |issue=184 |publisher=Globe Newspaper Co. |date=December 18, 1963}}] In 1994 Boston University Medical Center and the East Boston Community Medical Center created an equal joint partnership to purchase the Winthrop Hospital.[{{cite news |last1=Sessler |first1=Amy |title=B.U. E. Boston Centers Seek Winthrop Hospital |url=https://bostonglobe.newspapers.com/image/440607581/ |access-date=11 September 2024 |work=243 |agency=The Sunday Globe |issue=245 |publisher=Globe Newspaper Co. |date=January 30, 1994}}]
By 1996 Boston City Hospital had an expected budgetary loss of $150 Million dollars over the next five years. Due in large part to these issues Boston Mayor [Thomas Menino](/source/Thomas_Menino) was a major proponent of a merger setting a July 1 deadline for such a deal. He stated the merger is "the most important thing I will do as mayor." Boston City Council voted 9-4 on June 29 of 1996 in favor of a merging Boston City Hospital and the Boston University Medical Center to create the new Boston Medical Center. The new combined hospital had over 3,800 employees and more emergency room visits than any other hospital in New England.[{{cite news |last1=Knox |first1=Richard A. |last2=Walker |first2=Adrian |title=Council Approved Merger of Hospitals |url=https://bostonglobe.newspapers.com/image/441017595/ |access-date=11 September 2024 |work=29 |agency=Boston Sunday Globe |issue=249 |publisher=Globe Newspaper Co. |date=June 30, 1996}}]
From 2015 through 2018, BMC undertook a campus redesign project to update clinical spaces, improve efficiencies, and better serve [patient](/source/patient)s. 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.[{{Cite web |last=Dayal McCluskey |first=Priyanka |date=March 12, 2015 |title=Boston Medical Center expands redesign of its campus |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2015/03/12/boston-medical-center-expands-redesign-its-campus/z9xHk2IR5BaSWIhVWIYLpI/story.html |access-date=2023-02-02 |website=The Boston Globe |language=en-US}}]
In August 2024, amid the bankruptcy proceedings of [Steward Health Care](/source/Steward_Health_Care_System), the Massachusetts governor's office announced that BMC would acquire two of Steward's hospitals.[{{Cite news |last=Sesselman |first=Jamy Pombo |date=August 16, 2024 |title=Deals reached to save remaining Steward Health hospitals, governor says |url=https://www.wcvb.com/article/deals-steward-health-hospitals-massachusetts/61897845 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240816164533/https://www.wcvb.com/article/deals-steward-health-hospitals-massachusetts/61897845 |archive-date=August 16, 2024 |access-date=August 16, 2024 |work=[WCVB-TV](/source/WCVB-TV)}}] BMC on October 1, 2024 finalized its purchase of [Good Samaritan Medical Center](/source/Boston_Medical_Center_%E2%80%93_South) in [Brockton](/source/Brockton%2C_Massachusetts) and [St. Elizabeth's Medical Center](/source/St._Elizabeth's_Medical_Center_(Boston)) in the [Brighton](/source/Brighton%2C_Boston) neighborhood of Boston, later renaming them Boston Medical Center – South and Boston Medical Center – Brighton, respectively.[{{Cite news |last=Halpen |first=Marin |date=May 1, 2025 |title=Boston Medical Center renames St. Elizabeth’s, Good Samaritan hospitals |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/05/01/business/boston-medical-center-steward/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250501210255/https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/05/01/business/boston-medical-center-steward/ |archive-date=May 1, 2025 |access-date=May 1, 2025 |work=[The Boston Globe](/source/The_Boston_Globe)}}] The Commonwealth seized the property of the latter through [eminent domain](/source/eminent_domain) to facilitate its transfer to BMC.[{{Cite news |last=Fortin |first=Matt |date=October 1, 2024 |title=Healey says hospitals are ‘freed from Steward's greed' as new operators step in |url=https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/healey-says-hospitals-are-freed-from-stewards-greed-as-new-operators-step-in/3505603/ |access-date=October 1, 2024 |work=[NBC Boston](/source/WBTS-CD)}}]
== Patient care and programs==
BMC offers care in four [primary care](/source/primary_care) practices (Adult Primary Care, [Family Medicine](/source/Family_medicine), [Pediatrics](/source/Pediatrics), and [Geriatrics](/source/Geriatrics)) and more than 70 specialties and subspecialties, including seven areas that have been named US News high performers.[{{Cite web |date=2023 |title=Boston Medical Center in Boston, MA - Rankings, Ratings & Photos |url=https://health.usnews.com/best-hospitals/area/ma/boston-medical-center-6140010 |website=US News}}] As a [Level I Trauma Center](/source/Level_I_Trauma_Center), the hospital is the busiest center for [trauma](/source/Major_trauma) and emergency services in New England, and the 11th busiest [emergency department](/source/emergency_department) in the U.S.[{{Cite web |date=2022-11-22 |title=State of Emergency |url=https://www.nicerx.com/blog/state-of-emergency/ |access-date=2023-02-02 |website=NiceRx |language=en-US}}]
thumb|upright=1.2|Moakley Building from Harrison Avenue
== Rooftop farm ==
Boston Medical Center has a [rooftop farm](/source/Urban_agriculture), which grows produce for its patients and their [food pantry](/source/Food_bank) program. In 2022, the farm was recognized by the [White House](/source/White_House).[{{Cite web |date=2022-11-10 |title=Boston Medical Center's rooftop farm recognized by the White House |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/boston-medical-center-rooftop-farm-massachusetts-wbz-tv/ |access-date=2023-08-25 |website=CBS Boston |language=en-US}}] The farm yields some 5,600 pounds of produce each year.[{{Cite web |title=Hospitals put climate change on the menu |url=https://www.aamc.org/news/hospitals-put-climate-change-menu |access-date=2023-08-25 |website=Association of American Medical Colleges |language=en}}] According to ''Greenroofs'', "the rooftop farm has 2,658 square feet of growing space and harvests about 25 different crops".[{{Cite web |last=Velazquez |first=Linda |date=2019-03-04 |title=Featured Project: Boston Medical Center Rooftop Farm |url=https://www.greenroofs.com/2019/03/04/boston-medical-center-rooftop-farm/ |access-date=2023-08-25 |website=Greenroofs |language=en}}]
== References ==
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==External links ==
* [http://www.wbur.org/news/2006/58903_20060622.asp 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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