MedStar Health
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| MedStar Health | |
|---|---|
| Type | Private not-for-profit |
| Founded | 1998 |
| Headquarters |  Columbia, Maryland, USA |
| Industry | Health Care |
| Revenue | ▲ US$2.95 billion (2006)[1] |
| Employees | 23000 |
| Website | Homepage |
MedStar Health is a $2.9 billion non-profit healthcare organization. It operates 25 businesses, including seven hospitals in the Baltimore-Washington region of the United States. As the area's largest health system, it is one of its largest employers, with more than 23,000 employees and 4,600 affiliated physicians.
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[edit] MedStar Hospitals
- Baltimore, MD Hospitals
- Franklin Square Hospital Center
- Good Samaritan Hospital (Baltimore)
- Harbor Hospital
- Union Memorial Hospital
- Washington, D.C. Hospitals
- Georgetown University Hospital
- National Rehabilitation Hospital
- Washington Hospital Center
[edit] History
On 7 May 1998, Medlantic Healthcare Group, the Washington Hospital Center's not-for-profit parent company, merged with Helix Health, a group of four Baltimore, MD-based hospitals, making the combined company the largest health care provider in the mid-Atlantic region. Helix/Medlantic was renamed MedStar Health on 1 February 1999.
[edit] MedStar Health in the News
In 2005 MedStar Health was named to the Washington Post's "Post 200" [2]
[edit] References
- ^ MedStar Health (2006). "Medstar Health At a Glance". Press release. Retrieved on 2007-07-24.
- ^ “2005 Post 200”, Washington Post, 2005, <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/business/post200/2005/MEDST.html>
