St. Agnes Hospital (Baltimore)
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St. Agnes Hospital in Baltimore
, Maryland
is a full service teaching hospital
located at 900 S. Caton Avenue.
It is licensed and accredited with a Gold Seal of Approval from the JCAHO, is designated as an American Society for Bariatric Surgery
Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence and is a Level IIIB Perinatal Referral Center for Maryland. St. Agnes Hospital is a member of Ascension Health
, the largest non-profit health care
organization in the nation.
health care ministry serving the people of their community with a special concern for those who are poor and vulnerable.
It was originally founded in 1823 under the name Baltimore Infirmary by the Daughters of Charity to provide nursing care for the poor. In 1876 the facility moved to its present location and was recognized as a full-service hospital in 1906.
site for the International Early Lung Cancer Action Program (I-ELCAP).
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Baltimore
Baltimore is the largest independent city in the United States and the largest city and cultural center of the US state of Maryland. The city is located in central Maryland along the tidal portion of the Patapsco River, an arm of the Chesapeake Bay. Baltimore is sometimes referred to as Baltimore...
, Maryland
Maryland
Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...
is a full service teaching hospital
Teaching hospital
A teaching hospital is a hospital that provides clinical education and training to future and current doctors, nurses, and other health professionals, in addition to delivering medical care to patients...
located at 900 S. Caton Avenue.
It is licensed and accredited with a Gold Seal of Approval from the JCAHO, is designated as an American Society for Bariatric Surgery
American Society for Bariatric Surgery
The American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery ----American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery is a United States medical organization founded in 1983 to advance bariatic surgery....
Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence and is a Level IIIB Perinatal Referral Center for Maryland. St. Agnes Hospital is a member of Ascension Health
Ascension Health
Ascension Health is a non-profit company that operates a network of hospitals and related health facilities in the United States. It is the nation's largest Catholic and largest non-profit health system.-Sponsors:...
, the largest non-profit health care
Health care
Health care is the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease, illness, injury, and other physical and mental impairments in humans. Health care is delivered by practitioners in medicine, chiropractic, dentistry, nursing, pharmacy, allied health, and other care providers...
organization in the nation.
History
The first Catholic hospital in Baltimore, St. Agnes hospital has a long tradition of CatholicCatholic
The word catholic comes from the Greek phrase , meaning "on the whole," "according to the whole" or "in general", and is a combination of the Greek words meaning "about" and meaning "whole"...
health care ministry serving the people of their community with a special concern for those who are poor and vulnerable.
It was originally founded in 1823 under the name Baltimore Infirmary by the Daughters of Charity to provide nursing care for the poor. In 1876 the facility moved to its present location and was recognized as a full-service hospital in 1906.
Chest Pain Emergency Center
Raymond D. Bahr, M.D. is credited with the Early Heart Attack Care (EHAC). The first Chest Pain Emergency Center in the world began at St. Agnes Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. Developed in response to sudden death problems from heart attacks in the commuting, the idea of having a Chest Pain Center as part of the Emergency Room along with an educational community awareness program quickly spread across the nation and around the world.Site for International Early Lung Cancer Action Program
The Lung Cancer Treatment Center at St. Agnes is a lung cancer screeningLung cancer screening
Lung cancer screening refers to strategies used to identify early lung cancers before they cause symptoms, at a point where they are more likely to be curable. Screening refers to the use of medical tests to detect disease in asymptomatic people. Screening studies have only been done in high risk...
site for the International Early Lung Cancer Action Program (I-ELCAP).
Publications
St. Agnes Hospital publishes a free quarterly magazine called Health & Wellness. The magazine reviews new health services from the hospital and includes healthy living tips. PDF versions are available online. They also publish a Health e-Newsletter (monthly) and a Pregnancy e-Newsletter (weekly).External links
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