Salem Hospital (Massachusetts)

Salem Hospital, Boston
Mass General Brigham
Map
Geography
Location81 Highland Avenue, Salem, Massachusetts, United States
Coordinates42°30′42″N 70°54′25″W / 42.511736°N 70.906861°W / 42.511736; -70.906861
Services
Beds199
Public transit accessMBTA  Bus  450, 456
History
Former name(s)North Shore Medical Center
Opened1873
Links
Websitensmc.partners.org
ListsHospitals in Massachusetts

Salem Hospital, formerly known as North Shore Medical Center, is a Level III trauma center[1] located in Salem, Massachusetts. A member of Mass General Brigham since 1996,[2] it offers comprehensive medical and surgical services and includes emergency/trauma departments and a birthplace. It includes Salem Hospital and the Mass General Brigham Healthcare Center in Lynn, as well as outpatient care and urgent care. The Medical Staff includes nearly 800 affiliated physicians representing primary care, family practice and 50 additional sub-specialties.[citation needed] It is affiliated with Tufts University School of Medicine.

Salem Hospital is a general medical and surgical hospital which had 199 licensed beds as of 2023, with plans to expand to 212 by early 2024.[3] The hospital had 19,467 admissions in the latest year for which data are available. It performed 4,409 annual inpatient and 7,955 outpatient surgeries. Its emergency department had 90,149 visits for 2012. A helipad at Salem Hospital is a helicopter transportation hub, with multiple daily flights to hospitals all over Boston.[4][5]

  1. ^ "Trauma Hospital Destinations". Retrieved 2023-07-10.
  2. ^ "The 'Salem Hospital' name is back". Retrieved 2023-07-10.
  3. ^ "Salem Hospital to add capacity in 2024". Retrieved 2023-07-10.
  4. ^ "Approved Minutes, May 13, 2010" City of Salem, retrieved March 8, 2014 Archived June 26, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "Approved Minutes, February 12, 2009" Archived June 26, 2014, at the Wayback Machine City of Salem, retrieved March 8, 2014