Brigham and Women’s Hospital

• by EVOMT
• 2020-03-19

Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) has a long history and is located in Boston, United States. It is a major affiliated hospital and main teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School in the United States. It is composed of three ancient and prestigious teaching hospitals of Harvard Medical School in Boston, namely, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital (established in 1913), Robert Blake Brigham Hospital (established in 1914), and Boston Women's Hospital (established in 1832), It was merged and named in 1980. The hospital has been rated as one of the top 10 comprehensive hospitals in the United States for many consecutive years. From 2016 to 2017, there were 12 adult specialized fields that ranked among the top (US News and World Report). It is an internationally renowned referral center for complex cases, with a high level of treatment in the fields of cardiac care, cancer treatment, neuroscience, bone and joint diseases, and women's health. Currently, it has 150 outpatient departments, more than 1200 doctors, and 757 beds, There are 45352 inpatients who have undergone surgical treatment. Each year, there are 18626 inpatient surgeries, 13325 outpatient surgeries, and 62098 emergency room visits. Currently, we provide services to patients in England, the United States, and 120 countries around the world

As a national leader in improving the quality and safety of health care, we have developed some of the best practices in the industry, including a computerized medical order entry system (COPE), to prevent medical errors. Currently, COPE is a nationally recognized safety practice

Bregan and Women's Hospital's Research Institute (BRI) is one of the world's powerful medical research institutions, and also a major recipient of funds from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), a national hospital in the United States. A total of four Nobel Prize winners in medicine have been born, with an annual total research funding of over 640 million dollars, and more than 1000 major researchers

Since the 20th century, the development milestones of the hospital include:

In 1994, Bregan and Women's Hospital joined the Massachusetts General Hospital, and the American Alliance Medical System was established

In 1994, Bregan and Women's Hospital first discovered the world's first intraoperative magnetic resonance imaging system

In 1996, the Brigand Women's Hospital and the Dana Faber Cancer Institute, a worldwide cancer treatment and research institution, jointly established the Brigand Women's and Dana Faber Cancer Institute

In 2002, the Bregan Women and Dana Faber Cancer Research Center was renamed Dana Faber/Bregan Cancer Center

In 2006, BWH transplanted the world's VAD and won the National Award for Quality Health Care

In 2007, the Asian Kidney Clinic was established in Boston; BWH is the first hospital in the world to use Toshiba's AquilionONE for clinical cardiac CT. This scanner is of the same level and has 320 layers

In 2008, BWH researchers discovered a method to fight cancer stem cells

In 2011, Bregan and Women's Hospital conducted the first comprehensive department transplant in the United States

In 2012, Bregan and Women's Hospital transplanted the first fully artificial heart in New England