St. Elizabeth's Medical Center
Steward Health Care
St. Elizabeth's Medical Center
Geography
Location736 Cambridge Street, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Coordinates42°20′57″N 71°08′55″W / 42.3491°N 71.1486°W / 42.3491; -71.1486
Organization
Care systemPrivate
TypeTeaching
Affiliated universityBoston University School of Medicine
Services
StandardsJoint Commission
Emergency departmentYes
Beds580 (Inpatient: 308 & Outpatient: 272)
History
Opened1868
Links
Websitehttps://www.semc.org
ListsHospitals in Massachusetts

St. Elizabeth's Medical Center (SEMC) (more often called St. Elizabeth's Hospital, its former name, or its nickname, St. E's) is a large medical facility and teaching hospital in the Brighton neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.

It is part of Steward Health Care System, the second largest health care system in New England which was founded in 2012, and is a teaching hospital for the Boston University School of Medicine.

Besides advanced capabilities in inpatient and outpatient care, SEMC's research laboratories are active centers of investigation in such areas as cardiology, gastroenterology, neurology, hematology and oncology.

The hospital traces its history to 1868 when five Catholic women started the hospital to care for sick immigrant women and as a place of shelter for retired and feeble women in domestic service. By 1882 the hospital served patients of any gender, and in 1914, the first hospital building was built at the facility's current location in Brighton.[1]

In 2018–2019, the annual U.S. News & World Report hospital rankings, awarded and recognized the Medical Center for achieving the highest performance rating possible, in two (Heart Bypass surgery & Heart Failure) of nine measured categories in adult medical procedures and conditions.[2]

SEMC's Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology is of particular note as its history predates many other areas of medicine in which the hospital is involved. Generations of people in the Boston area were born at St. Elizabeth's Hospital or more recently, at St. Elizabeth's Medical Center. Former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg was born at St. Elizabeth's Hospital in 1942.

References

  1. ↑ "St. Elizabeth's Medical Center Celebrates 100th Anniversary in Brighton: St. Elizabeth's Medical Center | Steward Family Hospital | Brighton MA". www.semc.org. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
  2. ↑ "St. Elizabeth's Medical Center-Brighton". U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved 4 April 2019.


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