At its founding in 1889, The Johns Hopkins Hospital revolutionized medical practice in the United States. With the opening of the School of Medicine four years later, Hopkins became America’s first true teaching hospital.
Today, Johns Hopkins Medicine includes the original hospital and School of Medicine—ranked #1 and #2 respectively by U.S.News & World Report—along with a health care delivery system organized to meet patients’ needs throughout the continuum of their care.
In addition to two other acute care hospitals—Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center and Howard County General Hospital—Johns Hopkins Medicine includes long-term care at the Care Center on the Johns Hopkins Bayview Campus, home care delivered by the Johns Hopkins Home Care Group, and outpatient care at locations throughout Maryland, including Green Spring Station, White Marsh, and the 16 facilities of Johns Hopkins Community Physicians.
Johns Hopkins continues to set the standard for medical care, education, and discovery around the world. We practice a unique brand of medicine founded in three interwoven pursuits:
We heal. Johns Hopkins is a beacon of hope for people with the most complex and puzzling conditions. The care we provide is exceptional. In the clinic, in the classroom, and in the laboratory, our focus is always on the patients.
We discover. Hopkins physicians and staff are active researchers. They are awarded more research grants from the National Institutes of Health than those at any other institution. When discoveries are made, our physicians and scientists move rapidly to apply their knowledge to the care of people who are suffering.
We teach. Health care professionals from around the world seek us out for consultation and training on everything from new techniques in transplantation to patient safety.
Our history and heritage are the foundation of a culture that continues to this day, enabling discoveries and advances that are nothing short of remarkable.
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- Johns Hopkins scientists receive more federal research support each year than their counterparts at other American medical schools.
- The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine is ranked one of the two best medical schools in the country.
- The Johns Hopkins Hospital has been ranked by U.S.News & World Report as the Number 1 hospital in the United States for 17 consecutive years.
- The Johns Hopkins Hospital is the only hospital in Maryland to achieve a designation of excellence in nursing practice from the national Magnet Recognition Program.
Hopkins has been home to three Nobel laureates, 11 Lasker awardees, 12 National Academy of Sciences members and 32 members of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.
