Tufts Health Center (until 2008 Tufts-New England Medical Center ) in Boston, Massachusetts is a downtown Boston hospital that occupies space between Chinatown and Boston Theater District.
The hospital is a biomedical research center and is the premier educational hospital for Tufts University School of Medicine where all Tufts MC doctors hold full-time faculty promises; The center is connected with Tufts University School of Dental Medicine. Tufts Health Center is further divided into full-service adult hospitals and Floating Hospital for Children (originally a floating ship but currently on the beach). Interactive CEO of Tufts Medical Center is, Terry Hudson-Jinks, RN, MSN and Deeb Salem, MD. Tufts Medical Center is based in Boston, MA but also has satellite locations in areas including Quincy, Chelmsford, Framingham, and others. The hospital also has partnerships with Lawrence General Hospital and Lowell General Hospital and Hallmark Health. Tufts Medical Center and Floating Hospital for Children are members of Wellforce.
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The origins of Tufts Medical Center date back to 1796 when the Boston Dispensary was established as the first permanent medical facility in New England, and one of the first in the United States. Early donors included Paul Revere.
In 1894, Boston Floating Hospital was founded by a Congregational minister, Reverend Rufus Tobey. At that time, many believed in the therapeutic cleaning and therapeutic qualities of sea air to improve health, and Tobey had heard of a hospital ship for children in New York. Over the next 33 years, two consecutive ships are home to a hospital for children in Boston Harbor. In 1931, after the Second Floating ship for Children was destroyed in a fire, the hospital was moved to a permanent building on land.
The New England Medical Center was founded in 1930 as a combination of Boston Dispensary, Boston Floating Hospital for Children, and the Supervisor of Tufts College. The Pratt Diagnostic Clinic was added in 1946, and in 1950 when the Tufts University School of Medicine and the Tufts University School of Dental Medicine moved to Chinatown, the name was extended to the New England Medical Center Hospital.
In 1968, his name was changed to the Tufts-New England Medical Center (Tufts-NEMC) to reflect the growing relationship between hospitals and universities. In 1970, the NEMC council met with the Tufts Trustees to make an outline of a mutually agreed cooperation agreement until the late 1970s when tensions between organizations resulted in the "Tufts" being dropped from the name.
After a period of intense competition between organizations during the 1980s, the NEMC board reached an agreement with the Tufts Trustees in 1991 and the name was changed back to Tufts-New England Medical Center. The affiliate agreements they adopt still apply. Children's hospitals still reflect her heritage in her name: Floating Hospital for Children at Tufts Health Center.
The name was shortened to Tufts Medical Center on March 4, 2008. A press release on rebranding said:
The relationship between hospitals and universities is uniquely close considering that both institutions operate independently and will continue to do so. The Tufts University School of Medicine campus is steps away from the Medical Center in downtown Boston, such as Tufts University Dentistry School, Sackler School of Postgraduate Biomedical Sciences and Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition and Policy. Seventeen of the 18 medical faculties of Tufts University School of Medicine (TUSM) are located at Tufts Medical Center.
Former Director and CEO of Tufts Medical Center, Ellen Zane said "the added benefit of our new name is shorter and easier to say and remember." The tag line for the new name ad is "We've done a little operation on our behalf."
President Tufts University, Anthony P. Monaco, M.D., Ph.D., and Dean of TUSM Harris M. Berman, M.D. serving at Board Medical Center, with Dr. Wagner serves on the TUSM Advisory Board.
Tufts Medical Center is a partner with Tufts University in the Clinical and Translational Research Institute, funded by the Clinical and Translational Science Award from the National Institutes of Health.
Strike
On July 12, 2017, about 1,200 nurses, who were members of the Massachusetts Nurses Association, went on a one-day strike to protest staff levels, wages and retirement benefits. the act became locked when several striking nurses were told they could not return to work for a period of four days.
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Research
Tufts MC has a history of achievement in scientific research and clinical progress. Tassels research leads to the discovery of drugs that prevent body rejection of transplanted organs, which unite the term "immunosuppression", and also reveal the relationship between obesity and heart disease. Tufts ranks among the top 5 percent of the nation's agencies that receive federal research funds.
Innovation
Tufts Medical Center and its predecessor institutions are responsible for a variety of medical innovations, including:
- In 1899, Boston Dispensary established the first US lung clinic.
- Around 1919, Dr. Alfred Bosworth invented synthetic dairy products for infants, known and sold today as the Similac brand baby formula.
- In 1927, Dr. William Hinton completed the diagnostic test for syphilis, which is still in use today.
- In 1952, the first preparation of human growth hormone was developed.
- In 1958, the suppression of the immune system to avoid rejection of transplant tissue was demonstrated and the term "Immunosuppression" was created.
- In 1963, the Family Participation Unit was established, allowing parents to stay in the hospital overnight with their children.
- In 1981, the world's first pediatric trauma center was founded.
- In 1997, Neely House was established as the first bed and breakfast style house within the hospital walls. This facility is home to a family of adult patients and cancers of children.
- In 2001, the country's first transplant exchange program, "Hope Through Sharing" was established.
- Ranked # 6 among Boston's top hospitals and # 8 in Massachusetts in 2014 by US News
Numbers
Tufts Medical Center has a total of 415 licensed beds: 206 medical/surgical beds, 48 ​​adult intensive care venues, 57 child beds, 50 intensive care and neonatal beds, 34 postpartum beds, 20 adult psychiatric beds, and 24 baby bassettes.
Revenue
In the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, the hospital had $ 974.5 million in revenue, with an operating loss of $ 2.6 million.
Emergency treatment
The Emergency Department (ED) is equipped for evaluation, resuscitation and stabilization of patients of all ages who come with acute illness or injury. The Floating Hospital for Children is the home of the Kiwanis Children's Trauma Institute and is the Trauma Center for Children of Level I (the oldest pediatric trauma center in the country). The hospital is now a center of adult trauma, verified by the American College of Surgeons as a Level I trauma center in 2012, one of five adult trauma centers in Boston. Tufts Medical Center is part of a consortium of hospitals that operates Boston MedFlight, and is equipped with a roof helipad.
Transportation
The Tufts Medical Center MBTA Station is on the MBTA Orange Line and there is a Silver Line stop connecting under a bridge connecting the main atrium to the Floating Hospital for Children.
Also within a short walking distance is the South Station, the main transport hub serving MBTA's Commuter Release, the MBTA Red Line, the Greyhound Track, the Amtrak, and several Chinatown buses with links to New York City.
References
External links
- Tufts Health Center
- Floating Hospital for Children
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