BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER INC

PATIENT CARE: THE MEDICAL CENTER IS PASSIONATE ABOUT LEADING-EDGE PATIENT CARE. THE MEDICAL CENTER'S PATIENTS RECEIVE TREATMENTS THAT ARE TODAY'S GOLD STANDARD OF CARE OR INNOVATIVE THERAPIES THAT WILL BECOME THE GOLD STANDARD OF TOMORROW. THE MEDICAL CENTER HAS DEVELOPED FIVE MAJOR COMPREHENSIVE CARE CENTERS THAT ALLOW PHYSICIANS AND CLINICAL STAFF FROM MULTIPLE DISCIPLINES SUCH AS MEDICINE, SURGERY, PATHOLOGY, RADIOLOGY, ONCOLOGY, AND SOCIAL WORK TO WORK TOGETHER SO THAT OUR PATIENTS ARE RECEIVING THE MOST COORDINATED, COMPREHENSIVE CARE POSSIBLE. THESE CENTERS INCLUDE A CANCER CENTER, A CARDIOVASCULAR INSTITUTE, A DIGESTIVE DISEASE CENTER, A SPINE CENTER, AND A TRANSPLANT INSTITUTE. OTHER NOTABLE AREAS WHERE THE MEDICAL CENTER LEADS THE WAY IN PATIENT CARE SPAN A WIDE ARRAY OF SERVICES INCLUDING AREAS SUCH AS VASCULAR SERVICES FOR PATIENTS WITH DIABETES COMPLICATIONS, AND OBSTETRIC CARE FOR ROUTINE PREGNANCIES AS WELL AS THE MOST COMPLEX PATIENT CIRCUMSTANCES. THE MEDICAL CENTER ALSO OFFERS A CENTER FOR MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY, A STATE-OF-THE-ART EMERGENCY ROOM, A LEVEL ONE TRAUMA CENTER, AHEAD OF THE CURVE IMAGING SYSTEMS. THE MEDICAL CENTER WAS THE FIRST IN NEW ENGLAND TO OFFER A DYNAMIC NEW NONINVASIVE RADIATION THERAPY. SOME OF THE MEDICAL CENTER'S KEY STATISTICS FOR FY 2023 REGARDING PATIENT VOLUME ARE IDENTIFIED BELOW: OUTPATIENT HOSPITAL CARE DURING THE PERIOD COVERED BY THIS FILING, BIDMC HAD 1,167,854 OUTPATIENT ENCOUNTERS. 8,788 OBSERVATION CASES, 10,856 PAIN CLINIC VISITS, 12,175 OUTPATIENT AMBULATORY SURGERIES, 23,316 OUTPATIENT ENDOSCOPY PROCEDURES, 68,065 OUTPATIENT ONCOLOGY VISITS WITH 65,133 INFUSIONS, 103,975 OUTPATIENT EKG EXAMS, 44,007 OUTPATIENT ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES, 274,611 OUTPATIENT RADIOLOGY EXAMS, 45,146 OUTPATIENT CT SCANS, 25,849 OUTPATIENT ULTRASOUNDS, 34,136 OUTPATIENT MRIS, 7,843 OTHER NUCLEAR MEDICINE TESTS, 22,321 BREAST IMAGING EXAMS, 2,842,099 OUTPATIENT LAB TESTS, 48,885 OUTPATIENT REHABILITATION/PHYSICAL THERAPY VISITS AND 161,356OTHER TESTS AND PROCEDURES. INPATIENT HOSPITAL CARE DURING ITS FISCAL YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2024 BIDMC HAD 35,104 INPATIENT DISCHARGES WITH 247,754PATIENT DAYS (INCLUDING 8,284 INPATIENT PSYCH/BEHAVIORAL HEALTH DAYS), HAD 4,069 NORMAL NEWBORN DISCHARGES WITH 10,957 NORMAL NEWBORN PATIENT DAYS AND PERFORMED 10,399 INPATIENT SURGERIES. URGENT AND EMERGENT CARE BIDMC OPERATES AN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT (ED) INCLUDING ACCESS TO LEVEL 1 TRAUMA CARE WHICH IS OPEN TO ALL PATIENTS IN NEED OF EMERGENT CARE, REGARDLESS OF ABILITY TO PAY. THE ED IS OPEN 24 HOURS A DAY, 7 DAYS A WEEK, 365 DAYS A YEAR. DURING THE FISCAL YEAR COVERED BY THIS FILING, BIDMC HAD 54,576 EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISITS. IN ADDITION, BIDMC OPERATES SEVERAL URGENT CARE SITES IN ITS COMMUNITIES. THESE URGENT CARE LOCATIONS ARE STAFFED WITH THE SAME EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS THAT STAFF THE ED AND DURING THE FISCAL YEAR COVERED BY THIS FILING, BIDMC HAD 30,100 URGENT CARE VISITS. IN ADDITION, BIDMC IS COMMITTED TO PROVIDING COMMUNITY BENEFITS IN THE COMMUNITIES IT SERVES. SEE FORM 990, SCHEDULE H FOR ADDITIONAL DETAIL.

RESEARCH THE MEDICAL CENTER'S RESEARCH MISSION IS TO BE A WORLD-CLASS RESEARCH INSTITUTION WHERE OUTSTANDING SCIENTISTS WORK TO DEVELOP NEW KNOWLEDGE FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE HEALTH OF THE LOCAL AND EXTENDED COMMUNITIES. THE RESEARCH PROGRAM STRIVES TO BE RENOWNED FOR ITS BENCH-TO-BEDSIDE MODEL OF TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH AND FOR ITS COLLABORATION WITH INDUSTRY AS A PATHWAY FOR TRANSFERRING THE FRUITS OF RESEARCH INTO PRODUCTS THAT IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE. THE MEDICAL CENTER COMMITS TO MAINTAIN A COLLABORATIVE CULTURE AND MODERN, HIGH-QUALITY FACILITIES AND TO TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE OF THE UNIQUE RELATIONSHIPS THAT EXIST AMONG HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL AND THE HARVARD TEACHING HOSPITALS AS WELL AS REACHING OUT AND COLLABORATING WITH NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED AND WORLD-RENOWNED EXPERTS IN VARIOUS FIELDS. THE MEDICAL CENTER'S SCIENTISTS CONTINUE TO SEARCH FOR IMPROVED UNDERSTANDING OF DISEASES AND BETTER TREATMENTS FOR PATIENTS, WHICH IN TURN DIRECTLY IMPACTS THE LIVES OF PATIENTS AND IMPROVES THE MEDICAL CENTER'S PATIENT CARE. DURING THE FISCAL PERIOD COVERED BY THIS FILING, MORE THAN 1,800 ACTIVE FEDERAL, INDUSTRY AND FOUNDATION SPONSORED PROJECTS AND MORE THAN 2,400 ACTIVE EXEMPT, EXPEDITED, AND FULL BOARD-REVIEWED CLINICAL RESEARCH STUDIES. BIDMC RESEARCH IS LED BY MORE THAN 260 PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS, THE MAJORITY OF WHOM ARE HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL FACULTY. THE KEY AREAS OF RESEARCH INCLUDE VASCULAR BIOLOGY, MOLECULAR IMAGING, TRANSPLANTATION, SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION, CANCER BIOLOGY, METABOLIC DISEASE, NEUROBIOLOGY AND CARDIOLOGY/CARDIAC SURGERY. THE MEDICAL CENTER'S EXTRAORDINARY FACULTY HAS ESTABLISHED A CULTURE THAT IS COLLABORATIVE AND ORIENTED TOWARD TRANSLATING NEW KNOWLEDGE INTO NOVEL MEDICAL TREATMENTS AND PATIENT CARE. ADDITIONAL DETAIL IS INCLUDED IN FORM 990, SCHEDULE H.