Einstein Healthcare Network

Einstein Healthcare Network is a private non-profit healthcare organization based in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania region of the United States. The healthcare network serves Greater Philadelphia and its flagship hospital is the Einstein Medical Center Philadelphia, a safety net hospital, located in Philadelphia. The healthcare network offers residency and fellowship training programs in many specialized areas.[1][2] The healthcare network has a combine total of 1,044 beds and has over 8,500 employees.[3]

Einstein Healthcare Network
Non-profit healthcare
IndustryHealthcare, hospitals
Founded1866
Headquarters
Pennsylvania
,
United States
ServicesPrimary, secondary, and tertiary care centers; ambulatory clinics
Websitewww.einstein.edu

Locations
Einstein Medical Center Montgomery

Albert Einstein Healthcare Network operates the following hospitals:[4]

Einstein Healthcare Network also operates outpatient centers in the Philadelphia neighborhoods of Bustleton, Germantown, Holmesburg, and Logan along with the suburban Philadelphia communities of Blue Bell, Collegeville, East Norriton Township, King of Prussia, Lansdale, Norristown, and Plymouth Meeting.[4]

History

The Einstein Medical Center was built in 1864 as Jewish Hospital for the Aged, Infirmed and Destitute also known as the Jewish Hospital. The hospital had a goal to provide medical care to "the sick and wounded without regard to creed, color or nationality". Einstein Medical Center officially opened in 1866 with 22 beds at 56th and Haverford Road in West Philadelphia. The hospital expanded, moving to Old York Road in 1873, and opening various homes and clinics. By the 20th century, Jewish-sponsored hospitals such as the Jewish Hospital became havens for Jewish doctors who could not admit their patients to other hospitals because of anti-Semitism.[6]

In 1951, volunteer president of Mount Sinai wrote a letter asking physicist Albert Einstein for permission to use his name as a part of the hospital. Einstein gave them permission in a letter dated June 28, 1951. In 1952, the Jewish hospital merged with Northern Liberties Hospital and Mount Sinai Hospital to form a single medical center.[7]

During the 1990s, Einstein Medical Network combined with MossRehab. In 2018, Einstein Healthcare reach a conclusive agreement to merge with Jefferson Health. The merger would create an 18-hospital system and garner $5.9 billion in revenue including over "50 outpatient and urgent-care centers, leading rehabilitation and post-acute facilities" and maintain almost 39,000 employees.[8][9] The hospital systems would retain their original names and donations to Einstein would remain at Einstein.[10][11] In 2018, Jefferson Health was ranked second in number of beds with 2,885. The healthcare system will regain top place after the merger which is undergoing regulatory review process as of November 2019.[12]

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See also
  • List of hospitals in Philadelphia

References
  1. "Residencies & Education". einstein.edu. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  2. "About Us". einstein.edu. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  3. "Einstein Medical Center Philadelphia First in Philadelphia to Offer Advanced Imaging Technology in the Operating Room". Einstein Healthcare Network. 2017-08-07. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
  4. "Locations". Einstein Healthcare Network. Retrieved December 19, 2019.
  5. "MossRehab". www.mossrehab.com. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  6. Einstein Changes the Equation - Jewish Exponent
  7. "News Room". einsteinnewsroom.com. Archived from the original on 27 May 2011. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  8. Kacik, Alex (2018-09-18). "Jefferson Health, Einstein Healthcare reach definitive agreement to merge". Modern Healthcare. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
  9. Reports, Staff (14 September 2018). "Jefferson and Einstein poised to merge". Inquirer.com. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
  10. Freedman, Barry R. "Jefferson-Einstein Merger". Einstein Healthcare Network. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
  11. "Jefferson & Einstein Healthcare Network Sign Definitive Agreement - Jefferson University Hospitals". hospitals.jefferson.edu. Retrieved 2019-07-31.
  12. George, John (29 November 2019). "Philadelphia-area health system rankings shaken up by mergers". Philadelphia Business Journal. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
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