Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, Mass., is an acute-care, community hospital.
Here are 10 things to know about Berkshire Medical Center.
1. David E. Phelps serves as president and CEO.
2. Darlene Rodowicz serves as CFO and treasurer.
3. The hospital has 302 beds.
4. The hospital has 1,906 total employees, according to the American Hospital Directory.
5. In 2011, the hospital performed 2,500 inpatient surgeries, 2,600 outpatient surgeries and 900 births, and had 124,500 outpatient visits, 23,100 non-admitted emergency department visits and 8,300 admitted emergency department visits, according to the American Hospital Directory.
6. In 2011, the hospital recorded $563.2 million in gross charges and $8.3 million in net income, according to the American Hospital Directory.
7. In 2013, the hospital received a Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence from Healthgrades.
8. The hospital was founded in 1860 as House of Mercy Hospital. The hospital merged with Pittsfield General in 1968, and with St. Luke's Hospital in 1996, becoming Berkshire Medical Center.
9. Berkshire Medical Center is a teaching hospital affiliated with the University of Massachusetts Medical School.
10. In 2012, the hospital was cited as a Top Performer in heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia and surgical care by the Joint Commission.
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