Jefferson Frankford Hospital
| Jefferson Frankford Hospital | |
|---|---|
| Aria-Jefferson Health | |
 | |
| Geography | |
| Location | 4900 Frankford Ave, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Coordinates | 40°01′11″N 75°04′54″W / 40.01972°N 75.08167°W |
| Organization | |
| Funding | Non-profit hospital |
| Type | General hospital |
| Affiliated university | New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine
Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Level II trauma center |
| Beds | 485 |
| History | |
| Opened | July 4, 1903[1] |
| Links | |
| Website | Jefferson Frankford Hospital |
| Lists | Hospitals in Pennsylvania |
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[edit]
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]
References[edit]
- ^ "Our History". Aria Health.
- ^ "Health Systems and Hospitals in the Philadelphia region". Philadelphia Business Journal. 2019-11-29. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
- ^ "Clinical Education Institutions | College of Osteopathic Medicine | New York Tech". www.nyit.edu. Retrieved 2021-09-26.
- ^ "Aria Health". U.S. News & World Report.
- ^ George, John (12 February 2019). "18 Philadelphia-area medical centers named as 'best hospitals' by Healthgrades". Philadelphia Business Journal. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
- ^ Rowan, Tommy (16 October 2019). "Meet Eddie Welsh, the Jefferson Frankford Hospital nurse who founded Project Cotton to clothe discharged patients in need". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved 14 December 2019.