Brockton Hospital
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| Brockton Hospital | |
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| Signature Healthcare | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | 680 Centre St, Brockton, Massachusetts, United States |
| Coordinates | 42°05′14.7″N 70°59′29.2″W / 42.087417°N 70.991444°W |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Yes |
| Beds | 216 |
| Helipad | Yes |
| Public transit access | Brockton Area Transit Authority  5, Rockport Flex |
| History | |
| Opened | 1896[1] |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Lists | Hospitals in Massachusetts |
Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital is a mid-sized non-profit community hospital located in Brockton, Massachusetts.[2] In 2022, the hospital had 216 beds, discharged 11,336 patients, and reported 54,761 emergency department visits.[2]
The hospital was evacuated and had closed in March 2023 due to a fire.[3] It reopened on August 13, 2024. [4]
History
[edit]Brockton Hospital was established in 1897[5] as a not-for-profit community teaching hospital with 219 beds serving more than 20 communities in Southeastern Massachusetts. Since its creation, Brockton Hospital has been known for its school of nursing and has been teaching nurses for over 100 years. At the time of creation, Brockton Hospital's nursing school was similar to that of other nursing schools in that it was attached to the hospital. However, it is unique today in that it is the only hospital-based nursing school in Massachusetts. To this day, Brockton Hospital offers graduate medical education programs in a number of fields.
In December 2007, Brockton Hospital changed its multigenerational name from when it partnered with Signature Health. By partnering with Signature Health, Brockton Hospital became a regional institution, acquiring a system of primary care physicians and medical centers to create a larger, newer healthcare system.
Services
[edit]Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital served patient populations under the following service lines:
- Bone Density
- Cardiac Testing
- CT Scan
- EEG
- Infusion Eye Therapy
- Interventional Pain Clinic
- Mammography
- Maternal Fetal Medicine
- MRI Pulmonary Function Testing
- Pediatrics
- Ultrasound
- Wound Services
Each of the included service lines operated out of the Brockton Hospital location on 680 Center Street, Brockton, MA. The Brockton Hospital facility provided care to individuals in the Brockton area as well as the Abington, Braintree, Bridgewater, Brockton, Canton, East Bridgewater, Easton, Halifax, Hanover, Hanson, Holbrook, Lakeville, Middleborough, Pembroke, Randolph, Raynham, Rockland, Stoughton, Taunton, West Bridgewater, Weymouth, and Whitman areas.[6] Brockton Hospital has served more than 460,000 residents throughout Southeastern Massachusetts.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Brockton Hospital School of Nursing through the years". Boston.com. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
- ^ a b "Massachusetts Hospital Profiles - Data Through Fiscal Year 2022" (PDF). Massachusetts Center for Health Information and Analysis. 2024. p. A49. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 15, 2024. Retrieved June 18, 2024.
- ^ LeMoult, Craig (February 7, 2024). "A year after fire, Brockton Hospital aims to reopen in the spring". WGBH-TV. Archived from the original on February 23, 2024. Retrieved June 18, 2024.
- ^ https://signature-healthcare.org/reopening-2024/
- ^ Sweeney, Emily (30 September 2010). "Teaching nurses for over 100 years". Boston.com. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
- ^ Massachusetts State Library. "Annual Report - Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital - 2019".
- ^ Mac Kinnon, Kathleen A. (September 2009). "Intraosseous Vascular Use at Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital Department of Emergency Services". Journal of Emergency Nursing. 35 (5): 425–428. doi:10.1016/j.jen.2009.01.016. ISSN 0099-1767. PMID 19748022.
