| Cape Cod Hospital | |
|---|---|
| Cape Cod Healthcare | |
 The front entrance of the hospital | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Hyannis, Massachusetts, Barnstable, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States |
| Coordinates | 41°39′10″N70°16′18″W / 41.65278°N 70.27167°W Coordinates: 41°39′10″N70°16′18″W / 41.65278°N 70.27167°W |
| Organization | |
| Affiliated university | Cape Cod Hospital School of Nursing (1940's–1971) |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Level III trauma center |
| Beds | 283 |
| History | |
| Founded | 1920 |
| Links | |
| Website | https://www.capecodhealth.org/locations/profile/cape-cod-hospital/ |
| Lists | Hospitals in Massachusetts |
Cape Cod Hospital is a not-for-profit regional medical center located in Hyannis, Massachusetts. Founded in 1920, as of 2011 it is the largest hospital on Cape Cod. The administration is headed by CEO Michael K. Lauf. [1]
Hyannis is the largest of the seven villages in the town of Barnstable, Massachusetts, in the United States. It is the commercial and transportation hub of Cape Cod and was designated an urban area as of the 1990 census. Because of this, many refer to Hyannis as the "Capital of the Cape". It contains a majority of the Barnstable Town offices and two important shopping districts: the historic downtown Main Street and the Route 132 Commercial District, including Cape Cod Mall and Independence Park, headquarters of Cape Cod Potato Chips. Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis is the largest on Cape Cod.
Cape Cod is a geographic cape extending into the Atlantic Ocean from the southeastern corner of mainland Massachusetts, in the northeastern United States. Its historic, maritime character and ample beaches attract heavy tourism during the summer months.
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The hospital has 283 beds with more than 1,700 employees and 300 physicians on staff. It has an extensive cardiac care service in a partnership with Harvard University Medical School affiliate Brigham and Women's Hospital. [2] The hospital is also affiliated with the Floating Hospital for Children at Tufts Medical Center.
Brigham and Women's Hospital is the second largest teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School and the largest hospital of the Longwood Medical and Academic Area in Boston, Massachusetts. Along with Massachusetts General Hospital, it is one of the two founding members of Partners HealthCare, the largest healthcare provider in Massachusetts. Brigham and Women's Hospital conducts the second largest hospital-based research program in the world, with an annual research budget of more than $630 million. Pioneering milestones at BWH include the world's first successful heart valve operation and the world's first solid organ transplant. Elizabeth Nabel is the current President of Brigham and Women's Hospital.
Floating Hospital for Children in Boston, Massachusetts is a downtown Boston pediatric hospital affiliated with and connected to Tufts Medical Center, occupying the space between Chinatown and the Boston Theater District.
Tufts Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts is a downtown Boston hospital occupying space between Chinatown and the Boston Theater District.
The emergency department is one of the busiest in Massachusetts, providing emergency services to more than 84,000 patients on an annual basis.[ citation needed ]
Emergency medical services (EMS), also known as ambulance services or paramedic services, are emergency services which treat illnesses and injuries that require an urgent medical response, providing out-of-hospital treatment and transport to definitive care. They may also be known as a first aid squad, FAST squad, emergency squad, rescue squad, ambulance squad, ambulance corps, life squad or by other initialisms such as EMAS or EMARS.
