Jefferson Frankford Hospital Explained

Jefferson Frankford Hospital
Org/Group:Aria-Jefferson Health
Location:4900 Frankford Ave
Region:Philadelphia
State:Pennsylvania
Country:United States
Coordinates:40.0197°N -75.0817°W
Funding:Non-profit
Type:General hospital
Emergency:II
Affiliation:New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic MedicineRowan University School of Osteopathic MedicinePhiladelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Beds:485
Founded:July 4, 1903[1]

Jefferson Frankford Hospital is a non-profit hospital located in Philadelphia and is a part of Jefferson Health Northeast, a multi-state non-profit health system now a part of Jefferson Health.[2] The hospital serve as a general hospital of Aria-Jefferson Health and has a Level II trauma center. It is the oldest hospital in the Jefferson Health Northeast system. It is also a clinical affiliate of the New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine and the Rowan-Virtua School of Osteopathic Medicine and provides clinical clerkship education to the medical schools' osteopathic medical students. [3]

History

Jefferson Frankford Hospital opened on July 4, 1903 a year after Dr. Joseph Ball founded Aria Health System. The Frankford campus is a general medical and surgical hospital with 485 beds.[4] In the last year with data available, the hospital had 131,188 emergency department visits, and performed 7,686 inpatient and 11,561 outpatient surgeries.

Jefferson Frankford Hospital was named one of 18 Philadelphia region hospitals that made Healthgrades' top 250 hospitals for 2019.[5] In the same year Eddie Welsh, a nurse at Frankford, founded Project Cotton to "clothe discharged patients in need".[6]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Our History. Aria Health.
  2. Web site: Health Systems and Hospitals in the Philadelphia region. Philadelphia Business Journal. 2019-11-29. 14 December 2019.
  3. Web site: Clinical Education Institutions College of Osteopathic Medicine New York Tech. 2021-09-26. www.nyit.edu.
  4. Web site: Aria Health. U.S. News & World Report.
  5. Web site: 18 Philadelphia-area medical centers named as 'best hospitals' by Healthgrades. George, John. Philadelphia Business Journal. 12 February 2019. 14 December 2019.
  6. Web site: Meet Eddie Welsh, the Jefferson Frankford Hospital nurse who founded Project Cotton to clothe discharged patients in need. Rowan . Tommy. The Philadelphia Inquirer. 16 October 2019. 14 December 2019.