Established in the year 1883, The Baystate Medical Center (BMC) is driven with a mission “To improve the
health of the people in our communities every day with quality and compassion”. Baystate
Health is one of the most reputed hospitals of the world, ranked as the best overall performance for over 130 successive years and is now the largest regional employer in western Massachusetts, and one of the largest
health systems in New England.
Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, MA is ranked nationally in 3 adult and 1 pediatric specialties. This hospital was one of 89 facilities that were ranked in at least one of 10 specialties in the 2014-15 Best Childrens Hospitals. This hospital was among 144 facilities, roughly 3 percent of the 4,743 analyzed for the latest Best Hospitals rankings and to be ranked in even one of the 16 specialties. It is the only Level 1
trauma center in western Massachusetts, treating the most critical and urgent cases in the region and is ranked 27 in
Diabetes &
Endocrinology 32 in Ear, Nose & Throat, 49 in Gynecology.
Baystate Medical Center is a 716-bed general medical and surgical facility with 33,944 admissions in the most recent year reported. It performed 9,516 annual inpatient and 19,844 outpatient surgeries. Its emergency room had 101,515 visits. BMC also serves as academic teaching hospital that serves as the Western Campus of Tufts University School of Medicine, offering 10 residency programs and 16 fellowship programs, all ACGME-accredited, with the exception of the Minimally Invasive
Surgery Fellowship, which is accredited by the Fellowship Committee.
Last Updated on: Sep 24, 2024