Jefferson Frankford Hospital

Jefferson Frankford Hospital is a non-profit hospital located in Philadelphia and is a part of Jefferson Health Northeast, a multi-state non-profit health system now a part of Jefferson Health.[2] The hospital serve as a general hospital of Aria-Jefferson Health and has a Level II trauma center. It is the oldest hospital in the Jefferson Health Northeast system.

Jefferson Frankford Hospital
Aria-Jefferson Health
Geography
Location4900 Frankford Ave, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Coordinates40°01′11″N 75°04′54″W
Organization
FundingNon-profit hospital
TypeGeneral hospital
Affiliated universityPhiladelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Services
Emergency departmentLevel II trauma center
Beds485
History
OpenedJuly 4, 1903[1]
Links
WebsiteJefferson Frankford Hospital
ListsHospitals in Pennsylvania

History

Jefferson Frankford Hospital opened on July 4, 1903 a year after Dr. Joseph Ball founded Aria Health System. The Frankford campus is a general medical and surgical hospital with 485 beds.[3] In the last year with data available, the hospital had 131,188 emergency department visits, and performed 7,686 inpatient and 11,561 outpatient surgeries.

Jefferson Frankford Hospital was named one of 18 Philadelphia region hospitals that made Healthgrades' top 250 hospitals for 2019.[4] In the same year Eddie Welsh, a nurse at Frankford, founded Project Cotton to "clothe discharged patients in need".[5]

References
  1. "Our History". Aria Health.
  2. "Health Systems and Hospitals in the Philadelphia region". Philadelphia Business Journal. 2019-11-29. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  3. "Aria Health". US News & World Report.
  4. George, John (12 February 2019). "18 Philadelphia-area medical centers named as 'best hospitals' by Healthgrades". Philadelphia Business Journal. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  5. Rowan, Tommy (16 October 2019). "Meet Eddie Welsh, the Jefferson Frankford Hospital nurse who founded Project Cotton to clothe discharged patients in need". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
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