The Johns Hopkins Hospital
The Johns Hopkins Hospital founded in 1889 is the teaching hospital and biomedical research facility of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, located in Baltimore, Maryland (USA), there emerged the concept of combining research, teaching and patient care. It was founded using money from a bequest by philanthropist Johns Hopkins. The Johns Hopkins Hospital and the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine are the founding institutions of modern American medicine and are the birthplace of numerous traditions including "rounds", "residents" and "housestaff". The Johns Hopkins Hospital is the birthplace of many medical specialties including neurosurgery, urology, gynecologic pathology, endocrinology, pediatrics, cardiac surgery and child psychiatry. It is widely regarded as one of the world's greatest hospitals. Today, Johns Hopkins uses one overarching name — Johns Hopkins Medicine — to identify its entire medical enterprise. This system unites the physicians and scientists of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine with the health professionals and facilities that make up the broad, integrated Johns Hopkins Health System. With more than 30,000 employees, Johns Hopkins Medicine is among Maryland’s largest private employers and the largest in Baltimore City. Johns Hopkins Medicine operates four academic and community hospitals, four suburban health care and surgery centers, and 25 primary health care outpatient sites; and has more than 1.5 million outpatient encounters.
