More than a decade ago, Faulkner Hospital, highly regarded as one of the region's most respected community teaching hospitals, joined with Brigham and Women's Hospital, one of the country's premiere teaching and research hospitals, to integrate services and share resources to best meet the growing patient needs in their communities.

Today, Faulkner Hospital is at the forefront of patient care and community service as we strive to provide each patient with comprehensive, coordinated care in a community setting. Since joining with Brigham and Women's Hospital, access to a wide range of services at Faulkner Hospital have been expanded to ensure that patients receive the right care at the right location at the right time.

Faulkner Hospital now provides its patients with the some of the most advanced medication safety technology by utilizing a combination of computerized order entry, administration records, infusion pumps and automated drug dispensing machines.  In fact, Faulkner Hospital now uses a Bedside Medication Verification system, known as barcoding that automatically checks a patient's medical record to ensure that they're receiving the correct medicine and the correct dosage at the proper time.

Faulkner Hospital also has full accreditation from The Joint Commission. The Joint Commission accredits and certifies more than 15,000 health care organizations and programs in the United States and their accreditation and certification is recognized nationwide as a symbol of quality that reflects an organization's commitment to meeting certain performance standards.

"We're very proud of the services we're able to offer here at Faulkner Hospital, says David J. Trull, President.Through our relationship with Brigham and Women's Hospital, we are able to offer world class health care that is close to where people work and live. This was our goal ten years ago and we have exceeded our expectations."

Of the many benefits of going to Faulkner Hospital is their use of single bed patient rooms. Private rooms have been shown to increase patient satisfaction, reduce the risk of infections and offer more flexibility among practitioners to best treat patients. With more than 1,600 full and part time employees helping to meet the growing demand for medical services, Faulkner Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital surgical staff are now performing close to 11,000 surgical procedures a year.

"Overall, joining with Brigham and Women's Hospital has been a real benefit to this community,continues Trull.We're able to offer specialties in cardiology, orthopedics, gynecology, emergency services and so much more."

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