Jefferson Health

Jefferson Health
Type Non-profit
Industry Healthcare services
Founded 1995
Headquarters ,
U.S.
Services Teaching hospitals; primary, secondary, and tertiary care centers; ambulatory clinics
Website jeffersonhealth.org

Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals Inc, branded as Jefferson Health, is a multi-state non-profit health system whose flagship hospital is Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Center City Philadelphia. The health system's hospitals serve as the teaching hospitals of Thomas Jefferson University. Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health are integrated together as two arms of the same organization. It has a single board of directors and produces joint financial statements. The CEO of Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health is Joseph G. Cacchione, MD.

History

Formerly a division of Thomas Jefferson University, the hospital was separated from the university to become a founding member of the Jefferson Health system in 1995. The Hospital merged with Methodist Hospital as a division of Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals in 1996. In March 2014, the Jefferson Health System was dissolved. In July 2016, Aria Health and Jefferson Health System announced an official merger.

For fiscal year ending June 30, 2017, Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals had 937 licensed beds, 41,368 admissions, 1,350,317 outpatient visits, 117,746 emergency room visits, 9,500 full- and part-time employees, 873 house staff, 1,667* medical staff, and 3,265 full- and part-time registered nurses. (*Includes other professional personnel including psychologists, podiatrists, NPs, PAs, CRNAs, etc.)

In July 2017, Thomas Jefferson University and Philadelphia University combined to create the newly named Thomas Jefferson University.

In 2018, Jefferson Health reached a conclusive agreement to merge with the Einstein Healthcare Network. The merger created an 18-hospital system and $5.9 billion in revenue including over "50 outpatient and urgent-care centers, leading rehabilitation and post-acute facilities" and maintained almost 39,000 employees. In 2020, the Federal Trade Commission attempted to block the merger.

Hospitals

Entrance to Thomas Jefferson University Hospital on South 11th Street

Jefferson Health comprises the hospitals of:

Departments and services

Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals provides medical services across more than 200 specialized centers, programs, departments and divisions.

Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals has an Office of Human Research/Division of Clinical Trials Support to assist with the formal clinical trials in which the organization is involved.

Five of the seven physicians on the staff of the Philadelphia Eagles NFL team are doctors at Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals. In 2015, Alexander Vaccaro was named the president of the Rothman Institute.

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