Patient care, research, teaching and community
Patient care, research, teaching and community
Mass General Brigham (formerly Partners HealthCare) is a not-for-profit, integrated health care system founded by Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital – teaching affiliates of Harvard Medical School as well as two of the nation’s leading academic medical centers. Mass General Brigham also includes community and specialty hospitals, a physician network, community health centers, home health, and other health care entities, and is committed to patient care, research, teaching, and service to the community, both in our region and across the globe.
Innovation and global impact
Based in Boston, Mass General Brigham has built an international reputation across four core pillars: caring for patients worldwide, research that positively impacts all of humankind, educating and empowering medical professionals in the US and abroad, and working for better communities around the globe. Here you can get a glimpse of what we have accomplished.
Advancing health care around the world
We are dedicated to improving patient care, teaching the next generation of practitioners, and supporting research that benefits the wellbeing of people in the US and around the world. And we are taking a leadership role as health care innovators and advocates.
Innovation that matters
The advancement of medical care is fueled by passionate individuals and committed organizations. As an integrated health care network, Mass General Brigham embraces our unique opportunity and deep responsibility to help guide the advancement of health care.
A global community
At Mass General Brigham, we define our community well beyond our borders. Caring for the global community has been a part of the mission of our founding hospitals for 200 years. Mass General Brigham hospitals provide treatment for patients from all over the world, and they support programs and centers that provide care for underserved international populations. Our work is making inroads in dealing with some of the most challenging health issues facing the world today.
A history of trailblazing
From the first anesthetic in 1846, to leveraging artificial intelligence today, our system continues to be on the cutting edge of progressing health care around the world.
1821
Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) admitted its first patient on September 3, 1821. In its first year of operation, MGH became the first teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School.
1832
Brigham and Women’s Hospital, formerly The Boston Lying-in Hospital, opens its doors as one of the first maternity hospitals for women unable to afford in-home medical care.
1962
MGH led the first successful limb replantation, restoring a child’s arm that had been severed in an accident.
1994
Mass General Brigham founded by MGH and the Brigham.
2010
Mass General Brigham became one of the first health care networks to have 100% of its primary care and specialty physicians in ambulatory care on an electronic health record.
2011
The Brigham performed the first full face transplant in the United States, the first of three completed that year. Additionally, the Brigham performed its first bilateral hand transplant in 2011.
2013
Mass General Brigham becomes one of the first health care systems in the nation to offer whole genome sequencing, analysis, and interpretation to patients, bridging genetic research and clinical care.
2018
Mass General Brigham partners with the National Institutes of Health and other health systems for the All of Us research program, a national precision medicine initiative to gather health data from 1 million participants to accelerate health research and medical breakthroughs.
2021
With an annual research budget of more than $2 billion, Mass General Brigham is a leader in medical research and discovery and often manages more than 2,000 clinical trials at any given time.
TODAY
Mass General Brigham continues to improve the lives of people in the US and around the world.
The Mass General Brigham System
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Our Founding Members
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