| MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center | |
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| MedStar Health | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Rosedale,Baltimore County, Maryland, United States |
| Organization | |
| Care system | Not-for-profit |
| Funding | Non-profit hospital |
| Type | District General, Teaching |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | 114,684 (2012) |
| Beds | 348[1] |
| Helipad | (ICAO:5MD6) |
| History | |
| Opened | 1898 |
| Links | |
| Website | http://MedStarFranklin.org/ |
| Lists | Hospitals in Maryland |
MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center, a member ofMedStar Health, is a hospital located in theRosedale area of easternBaltimore County,Maryland. It is the third largest hospital in Maryland; with more than 3,500 employees, it is one of the largest employers in Baltimore County.
The building is found alongFranklin Square Drive, next to the campus ofCommunity College of Baltimore County - Essex, and is used for the clinical training ofallied health programs at the college.
In 1898 Franklin Square opened with 20 beds, the first hospital to open in the community of West Baltimore. In 1969 the hospital moved to the eastern Baltimore County in a new 325-bed facility.
The Emergency Department treats a daily average of 300 patients making it one of the busiest emergency rooms in the state of Maryland.[2]
In the fall of 2004, the hospital opened theHarry and Jeanette Weinberg Cancer Institute, which houses centers focusing onmelanoma,gynecologic oncology andbreast cancer.[3] MedStar Franklin Square built a 356,000-square-foot (33,100 m2) patient tower. Construction began in the fall of 2007, and was completed in 2010.
MedStar Franklin Square has been awarded the high-level designation of a Teaching Hospital Cancer Center by the American College of Surgeons, and was accredited as a Magnet hospital for nursing in 2008, with reaccreditation in 2013.[4] It has been the recipient of theDelmarva Foundation’s highest honor, the Excellence Award for Quality for Hospitals, in 2009, 2011 and 2012.[5]U.S. News & World Report ranked the hospital as third best inMaryland and theBaltimore metropolitan area; it was also ranked among the nation’s top 50 “Best Hospitals” inGastroenterology andDigestive system (GI) surgery. This is the fourth consecutive year the hospital has been included in this ranking.[6]
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