{"id":101,"date":"2020-09-11T06:20:59","date_gmt":"2020-09-11T10:20:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/radiology\/?page_id=101"},"modified":"2025-07-31T16:15:48","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T20:15:48","slug":"unique-hospital","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/radiology\/radiology\/unique-hospital\/","title":{"rendered":"Unique Hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<div class=\"responsiveVideo responsive-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Boston Medical Center Anthem \/\/ Rewriting Healthcare\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WLSEOswFVss?start=44&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Our Mission<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span>&#8220;Boston Medical Center (BMC) is dedicated to providing high quality, comprehensive, culturally relevant health care as an academic teaching hospital. BMC pursues this mission through sponsorship of graduate medical education programs.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\">Our Patients:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>1 in 3 identify as Black<\/li>\n<li>1 in 4 identify as Latinx<\/li>\n<li>1 in 4 experience food insecurity<\/li>\n<li>1 in 10 of our hospitalized patients are unhoused or housing insecure<\/li>\n<li>50% live at or below the federal poverty level<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>In an average year, we serve patients through more than:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1.3 million visits<\/li>\n<li>24,000 admissions<\/li>\n<li>132,000 emergency department visits;<\/li>\n<li>busiest ED in the NE<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"\/radiology\/files\/2020\/10\/Patients.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/radiology\/files\/2020\/10\/Patients.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"744\" height=\"557\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6986 aligncenter\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/radiology\/files\/2020\/10\/Patients.jpg 744w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/radiology\/files\/2020\/10\/Patients-636x476.jpg 636w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 744px) 100vw, 744px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>We Host the First Ever Hospital Farm Roof!<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment6838\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment6838\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/radiology\/files\/2020\/09\/006.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/radiology\/files\/2020\/09\/006.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"719\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6838\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/radiology\/files\/2020\/09\/006.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/radiology\/files\/2020\/09\/006-636x357.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/radiology\/files\/2020\/09\/006-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/radiology\/files\/2020\/09\/006-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/radiology\/files\/2020\/09\/006-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/radiology\/files\/2020\/09\/006-992x558.jpg 992w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment6838\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Garden in the Sky at BMC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"\/radiology\/files\/2020\/09\/BMC-video-02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/radiology\/files\/2020\/09\/BMC-video-02.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1634\" height=\"914\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6839\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/radiology\/files\/2020\/09\/BMC-video-02.jpg 1634w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/radiology\/files\/2020\/09\/BMC-video-02-636x356.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/radiology\/files\/2020\/09\/BMC-video-02-1024x573.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/radiology\/files\/2020\/09\/BMC-video-02-768x430.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/radiology\/files\/2020\/09\/BMC-video-02-1536x859.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1634px) 100vw, 1634px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"\/radiology\/files\/2020\/09\/BMC-video-03.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/radiology\/files\/2020\/09\/BMC-video-03.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1366\" height=\"1012\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6840\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/radiology\/files\/2020\/09\/BMC-video-03.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/radiology\/files\/2020\/09\/BMC-video-03-636x471.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/radiology\/files\/2020\/09\/BMC-video-03-1024x759.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/radiology\/files\/2020\/09\/BMC-video-03-768x569.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1366px) 100vw, 1366px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"\/radiology\/files\/2020\/09\/BMC-video-02.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>BU Today &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/articles\/2017\/rooftop-farm-at-boston-medical-center\">Farm in the Sky<\/a><\/li>\n<li>BMC Roof Top Farm<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/riZOcMUIxtU\">BMC Bees in the Rooftop GArden (Video)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonmagazine.com\/health\/2017\/07\/13\/bmc-rooftop-farm\/\">Boston Magazine With a New Rooftop Farm, Nutrition Is BMC\u2019s Highest Priority<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.igrow.news\/igrownews\/hospital-creates-largest-rooftop-farm-in-boston\">Hospital Creates Largest Rooftop Garden in Boston<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Greenroofs.com\u00a0 Boston <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-f9dPX2AiYc\">Medical Center Rooftop Farm<\/a> Video<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/2017\/10\/31\/not-fan-hospital-food-hospitals-working-change-growing-their-own-produce\/816187001\/\">USA Today98<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Our Mission &#8220;Boston Medical Center (BMC) is dedicated to providing high quality, comprehensive, culturally relevant health care as an academic teaching hospital. 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