Funders to approach for Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham

The mission of the Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham, inc. (bidn or hospital) is to improve the health of the communities it serves by providing high quality, personalized health care with compassion, dignity and respect for patient rights in a cost effective and safe environment. Bidn provides care to patients in the communities where they live and work and provides care to medicare, medicaid and other patients regardless of their ability to pay. Bidn accomplishes this mission in close connection with the other members of the beth israel lahey health network of affiliates. When needed, bid-needham patients have access to the hospital's sister entity, beth israel deaconess medical center (bidmc or medical center), which is a nationally recognized tertiary care academic medical center and is a teaching hospital of harvard medical school. Bidmc is exempt from income tax under section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code of 1986, as amended and is recognized nationally for the clinical excellence of its faculty and the patient care provided, as well as for the magnitude and breadth of its research and for its commitment to medical education. In addition, as part of its dedication to providing community benefits, bidn is committed to working in partnership with residents and community leaders as well as civic, social and medical organizations from the communities it serves. Bidn is dedicated to the planning, development, implementation and monitoring of programs that address the health care needs of the community and offer clinical, educational and financial resources. These programs are designed to improve awareness of the health care issues in the communities served and increase participation in wellness and preventative health activities. For additional detail, see form 990 schedule h. The hospital is a member of the beth israel lahey health (bilh) network and works in close collaboration with bilh and its affiliates to accomplish its mission. Beth israel lahey health (bilh) is an integrated health care system committed to expanding access to extraordinary patient care across eastern Massachusetts and southern new hampshire advancing the science and practice of medicine through groundbreaking research and education. The bilh system is comprised of academic and teaching hospitals, a premier orthopedics hospital, primary care and specialty care providers, ambulatory surgery centers, urgent care centers, community hospitals, homecare services, outpatient behavioral health centers, addiction treatment programs. Bilh's community of clinicians, caregivers and staff includes approximately 4,900 physicians and 39,000 employees. During the fiscal period covered by this filing, beth israel lahey health (bilh) served as the sole member of beth israel deaconess medical center, inc. (bidmc), mount auburn hospital (mah), new england baptist hospital (nebh), beth israel deaconess hospital - milton, inc. (bid-milton), Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham, inc. (bid-needham), beth israel deaconess hospital - plymouth, inc. (bid-plymouth), lahey health shared services (lhss), lahey clinic foundation (lcf), winchester hospital (winchester), northeast hospital corporation (nhc) which includes beverly, addison gilbert and bayridge hospitals, northeast behavioral corporation (nbhc) d/b/a bilh behavioral services, anna jaques hospital (ajh), the beth israel lahey health performance network (bilhpn), joslin diabetes center (jdc), exeter health resources, inc (ehri) and beth israel lahey health pharmacy. The lahey clinic foundation in turn served as the sole member of lahey clinic inc, and lahey clinic hospital d/b/a lahey clinic, lahey clinic peabody and lahey clinic outpatient rehabilitation services at danvers, ehri in turn served as the sole member of exeter hospital and lhss in turn served as the sole member of the entities which comprise, among other operations, beth israel lahey health continuing care and beth israel lahey health medical group. See form 990 schedule r for additional…