Berkshire Medical Center Explained

Berkshire Medical Center
Org/Group:Berkshire Health Systems
Location:Pittsfield
Region:Berkshire County
State:Massachusetts
Country:US
Healthcare:Private
Funding:Non-profit
Type:Community/Teaching
Standards:American College of Surgeons
The Joint Commission
Emergency:III
Affiliation:University of Massachusetts Medical School
Beds:302
Founded:1875
Publictransit:BRTA 1, 4, 5B

Berkshire Medical Center is a mid-sized non-profit community hospital located in Pittsfield, Massachusetts.[1] The hospital is part of Berkshire Health Systems, a three-hospital healthcare system operating in Western Massachusetts.[2] In 2022, the hospital reported 198 staffed beds, almost 12,000 discharges, and over 15,000 emergency department visits.[1]

History

The hospital's history goes back to the original House of Mercy, which opened in Pittsfield in 1875. Harriette Merrick Plunkett served as its president.[3]

In 1949, the House of Mercy was renamed Pittsfield General Hospital, and moved into a new seven-level, 245-bed location in 1962. It merged with St. Luke's Hospital in 1968, becoming the Berkshire Medical Center.[4] It merged with Hillcrest Hospital in 1996.[5] It acquired the former North Adams Regional Hospital property from Bankruptcy Court on August 29, 2014.[6] [7]

Certifications

Berkshire is certified by the American College of Surgeons as a Level III trauma center[8] and by The Joint Commission.[9]

See also

External links

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Massachusetts Hospital Profiles - Data Through Fiscal Year 2022 . Massachusetts Center for Health Information and Analysis . https://web.archive.org/web/20240515044233/https://www.chiamass.gov/assets/docs/r/hospital-profiles/2022/FY22-Massachusetts-Hospital-Profiles-Compendium.pdf . May 15, 2024 . June 17, 2024 . A7, A26-A28 .
  2. Web site: About Berkshire Health Systems . https://web.archive.org/web/20240605232933/https://www.berkshirehealthsystems.org/about-bhs/ . June 5, 2024 . June 17, 2024 . Berkshire Health Systems.
  3. Book: Willard . Frances Elizabeth . Frances Willard . Livermore . Mary Ashton Rice . Mary Livermore . A Woman of the Century: Fourteen Hundred-seventy Biographical Sketches Accompanied by Portraits of Leading American Women in All Walks of Life . 1893 . . 576–77 . PLUNKETT, Mrs. Harriette M. .
  4. Web site: A brief history of Berkshire Medical Center . https://web.archive.org/web/20150930035451/http://bur-ms-sm6-03a.medseek.com/websitefiles/bkhscon10050/documents/BMC%20History/BMC%20History.pdf . September 30, 2015.
  5. Web site: A brief history of Berkshire Medical Center . https://web.archive.org/web/20150930005706/http://bur-ms-sm6-03a.medseek.com/websitefiles/bkhscon10050/documents/BMC%20History/Hillcrest%20Hospital%20History.pdf . September 30, 2015.
  6. United States Bankruptcy Court - District of Massachusetts Case 14-30327 Doc 72
  7. Web site: BMC Closes on North Adams Hospital Property . Tammy . Daniels . iBerkshires . Boxcar Media . September 3, 2014 . February 14, 2017.
  8. http://bur-ms-sm6-03a.medseek.com/websitefiles/bkhscon10050/body_depts.cfm?id=316 Trauma Center
  9. http://www.berkshirehealthsystems.com/body_bmc.cfm?id=980 Awards & Accreditations

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