Berkshire Health Systems
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| Not-for-profit corporation | |
| ISIN | 🆔 |
| Industry | Health care |
| Genre | Health care system |
| Founded 📆 | |
| Founder 👔 | |
| Headquarters 🏙️ | , , |
Area served 🗺️ | Western Massachusetts Southern Vermont Eastern New York |
Key people | Darlene Rodowicz (President and CEO) |
| Members | |
Number of employees | 4,000 |
| 🌐 Website | berkshirehealthsystems.org/ |
| 📇 Address | |
| 📞 telephone | |
Berkshire Health Systems is a not-for-profit integrated health system headquartered in Pittsfield, Massachusetts.
The system operates 3 hospitals, with about 4,000 employees, it is one the largest employers in Berkshire region of Western Massachusetts. The system is led by CEO, Darlene Rodowicz.
History[edit]
It acquired the former North Adams Regional Hospital property from Bankruptcy Court on August 29, 2014.[1][2]
BMC paid a total $3.4 million for the hospital campus and NBH's fixed assets, and $600,000 for the Northern Berkshire Family Practice. The purchase was finalized in bankruptcy court on August 29, 2014.[2]
BHS announced a plan to reopen North Adams Regional Hospital in 2024, a decade after the sudden closure in 2014.[3] After a $2.85 million renovation, BHS opened and admitted it's first patient at the new 18-bed North Adams Hospital on March 28th.[4]
On September 9 2024, Berkshire Health announced it would be opening a new urgent care facily in Lenox.[5]
Hospitals & Facilities[edit]
Berkshire Health System (BHS) is the parent corporation for the following healthcare entities:
Berkshire Medical Center (BMC)[edit]
- Berkshire Medical Center, a 302-bed community teaching hospital affiliated with the UMass Chan Medical School; is located in the town of Pittsfield.
- It is the only hospital in the Berkshire County to be designated as a Level III trauma center.
Fairview Hospital[edit]
Fairview Hospital in Great Barrington, Massachusetts is a 25-bed community hospital, known to have been providing high-quality, compassionate care to residents of the southern Berkshires for over a century. It is a primary acute care hospital offering inpatient medical services, general surgery, orthopedics, and maternity services with 24-hour emergency and hospitalist coverage,
North Adams Regional Hospital[edit]
North Adams Regional Hospital was a full-service community hospital in North Adams, Massachusetts. BHS announced a plan to reopen North Adams Regional Hospital in 2024, a decade after the sudden closure in 2014.[3] Ten years to the day of its closing, on March 28, 2024, it reopened as a hospital after serving as a 24-hour emergency hospital and de facto urgent care facility.[6]
Facilities[edit]
The BHS system also operates two patient facilities on their campuses, the BMC Cancer Center in the Hillcrest Campus of Pittsfield and the Satellite Emergency Facility in the North Adams campus.
Hospitals[edit]
| Hospital | Location | Beds | Designation | Type | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berkshire Medical Center | Pittsfield, Massachusetts | 302 | Level III Trauma Center | Teaching Hospital | |
| Fairview Hospital | Great Barrington, Massachusetts | 25 | Community Hospital | ||
| North Adams Regional Hospital | North Adams, Massachusetts | 18 | Community Hospital |
References[edit]
- ↑ United States Bankruptcy Court - District of Massachusetts Case 14-30327 Doc 72
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Daniels, Tammy (September 3, 2014). "BMC Closes on North Adams Hospital Property". iBerkshires. Boxcar Media. Retrieved February 14, 2017.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "North Adams may soon have a hospital once again: BHS announces plan to reopen North Adams Regional Hospital". 29 June 2023.
- ↑ https://www.nepm.org/regional-news/2024-03-29/a-new-north-adams-regional-hospital-opens-admits-its-first-patient
- ↑ https://finance.yahoo.com/news/bhs-set-urgent-care-facility-145539366.html
- ↑ Cohen, Nancy Eve (March 29, 2024). "A new North Adams Regional Hospital opens, admits its first patient". New England Public Media. Retrieved September 6, 2024.
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