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14 Sign up for the COMPLIMENTARY Becker's Hospital Review CEO Report & CFO Report E-Weeklies at www.BeckersHospitalReview.com or call (800) 417-2035 beds through six connected facilities, 5,500 employees and more than 1,000 physicians. In its most recent rankings, U.S. News & World Report graded Baylor, the flagship of Dallas-based Baylor Health Care System, as a nationally ranked institution for gastroenterology, nephrology, orthopedics, pulmonology, urology and gynecology. In early 2012, Baylor opened its $125 million Baylor Cancer Hospital, the first dedicated cancer hospital in the region. Baystate Medical Center (Springfield, Mass.). Baystate Medical Center, a 716-bed teaching hospital and affiliate of Tufts University School of Medicine, made headlines in 2012 after it completed construction on its new 600,000-square-foot "Hospital of the Future." The Magnet-designated hospital has the secondbusiest emergency department in Massachusetts and is the only Level I trauma center in the western part of the state. Baystate, which was named to 100 Top Hospitals by Truven Health Analytics this year, also recently opened a new $45 million emergency and trauma center. Beaumont Hospital (Troy, Mich.). Beaumont Health System has three distinguished hospitals within its network, and its Troy campus has become a leading, high-volume community hospital. Beaumont Hospital in Troy has 418 beds, and in 2012, it recorded nearly 30,000 patient admissions, 18,000 surgeries and 80,000 emergency department visits. The Magnet-designated hospital has received numerous awards from HealthGrades over the past three years, and Truven Health Analytics named the Troy campus to its 100 Top Hospitals this year. This past December, Beaumont Health System and Henry Ford Health System in Detroit formed a task force to complete their merger, which was announced in October. Bethesda North Hospital (Cincinnati). Bethesda North Hospital opened in 1970 as a satellite campus to Bethesda Oak, which was a hospital that operated for more than 100 years before closing in 2000. In 1995, Bethesda North merged with Good Samaritan Hospital to form TriHealth, the non-profit parent organization. The 375-bed hospital has earned numerous awards throughout its history, including a spot on Truven Health Analytics' 50 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals this year. It was also only one of two hospitals in the Cincinnati area to make HealthGrades' 100 best hospitals report for 2013. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (Boston). The Boston landscape is filled with renowned hospitals and academic medical centers, and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center fits the mold. The 649-bed teaching hospital, an affiliate of Harvard Medical School, has 1,250 physicians on its active medical staff. It also contains the oldest clinical research laboratory in the country, the Harvard-Thorndike Laboratory. Beth Israel Deaconess, which opened its doors in 1896 as a 14-bed infirmary, was also the only Boston-based teaching hospital to make Truven Health Analytics' 100 Top Hospitals list this year. In 2012, the hospital recorded nearly 51,000 inpatient discharges and 550,000 outpatient visits. Billings (Mont.) Clinic Hospital. The largest employer in the Billings community, Billings Clinic's downtown campus includes the 272-bed Billings Clinic Hospital, a surgery center and the region's largest multispecialty group practice with 46 physician specialties. The hospital is the only Magnet-designated healthcare organization in Montana, and Truven Health Analytics named the facility to its 100 Top Hospitals for 2013. In January, Billings Clinic was selected as a member of the Mayo Clinic Care Network, which allows organizations to share expertise and best practices to improve healthcare quality and delivery. Bon Secours Memorial Regional Medical Center (Mechanicsville, Va.). Since 2010, the 225-bed Bon Secours Memorial Regional Medical Center has garnered nearly two dozen individual awards from HealthGrades, ranging from outstanding patient experience to stroke care excellence to overall clinical excellence. Memorial Regional has more than 1,000 physicians and 3,000 full- and part-time employees. The hospital, which opened in 1998, also has a cancer institute, heart and vascular institute, orthopedic institute and ambulatory surgery center, making it one of the most comprehensive providers in the northwest suburb of Richmond. Bon Secours St. Francis Hospital (Charleston, S.C.). Bon Secours St. Francis Hospital's roots date back to 1882. Five members of the Sisters of Charity of Our Lady of Mercy opened the hospital in a small building in downtown Charleston, making it the first Catholic-based hospital in South Carolina. The 204-bed hospital, part of Roper St. Francis Healthcare, has received several accolades over the past year from Truven Health Analytics, HealthGrades, CareChex and others, and U.S. News & World Report also ranked the hospital as high-performing in four adult specialties. Brigham and Women's Hospital (Boston). With its history dating back more than 180 years, Brigham and Women's Hospital is home to many medical firsts, such as the world's first successful human organ transplant and the country's first triple-organ transplant. This year, U.S. News & World Report ranked the 793-bed Brigham and Women's among the 50 best hospitals in the nation for 13 different adult specialties, including second-best in gynecology. Elizabeth Nabel, MD, former director of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute at the National Institutes of Health, has served as president of Brigham and Women's since January 2010. Bronson Methodist Hospital (Kalamazoo, Mich.). Bronson Methodist Hospital, a 404-bed facility and the flagship of Bronson Healthcare Group, was ranked as one of the top hospitals in southwestern Michigan this past year, according to U.S. News & World Report. A former Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award recipient, Bronson Methodist provided nearly $55 million in community benefit in 2010, which included charity care and other subsidized healthcare services. The Environmental Protection Agency, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, HealthGrades and Practice Greenhealth have also touted the hospital's achievements. Carolinas Medical Center-Mercy (Charlotte, N.C.). In 1906, the Sisters of Mercy founded Carolinas Medical Center-Mercy as the first Catholic hospital in North Carolina. In 1995, the 196-bed hospital became part of Charlotte, N.C.-based Carolinas HealthCare System, and today it provides a full spectrum of services, including cardiac care, sleep services, emergency services and orthopedics. Truven Health Analytics named Carolinas Medical Center-Mercy as one of its 100 Top Hospitals in 2013, the first time the hospital has received the award. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Los Angeles). Cedars-Sinai Medical Center started as a 12-bed facility in 1902, then known as Kaspare Cohn Hospital. Now the non-profit academic medical center has nearly 900 beds, more than 2,000 physicians in every medical specialty and 10,000 total employees. Cedars-Sinai is consistently ranked among the best hospitals along the West Coast and in the country by U.S. News & World Report. In addition, for more than 20 years, Cedars-Sinai has ranked first in health quality, physician quality, nursing quality and other categories by National Research Corp. Since 2011, Cedars-Sinai has collaborated with health insurer WellPoint to develop clinical decision support solutions with IBM's Watson technology. Central DuPage Hospital (Winfield, Ill.). Central DuPage Hospital opened its doors in 1964 as a 113-bed hospital, but its roots date back to 1908, when the Chicago-Winfield Tuberculosis Sanatorium operated by what is now Central DuPage's main entrance. Today, Central DuPage has 313 beds, a medical staff of more than 900 physicians and a Magnet-designated nursing staff. The hospital — ranked among the 100 best in the country by Truven Health Analytics and a top orthopedic hospital as ranked by U.S. News & World Report in 2013 — recently passed its two-year anniversary as the flagship hospital of Cadence Health, which was the result of a merger between Central DuPage Health System and Delnor Community Health System in Geneva, Ill. Chesterfield General Hospital (Cheraw, S.C.). Chesterfield General Hospital, a 59-bed hospital and sole provider within Chesterfield County, is based in the historic, rural community of Cheraw, which has a population of roughly

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