Mass General Brigham


Mass General Brigham is an integrated health system that includes 14 hospitals including Brigham and Women's Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital, two of the nation's most prestigious teaching institutions. It was founded in 1994 with H. Richard Nesson, MD, former president of Brigham and Women's Hospital as CEO of Mass General Brigham and Samuel O. Thier, MD, formerly president of Massachusetts General Hospital as president. According to The Boston Globe, by 2008, Mass General Brigham became Massachusetts' "largest private employer and its biggest healthcare provider, treating more than a third of hospital patients in the Boston metropolitan area".

History

In 1994, Partners HealthCare was founded by Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital, two of the nation’s leading academic medical centers, with histories that date back to 1832 and 1811, respectively.
A long history of medical firsts has shaped the history of Mass General Brigham. Individuals and families around the world have been impacted by these medical discoveries, starting from the first use of ether as an anesthetic in 1846. A few more key milestones include:
In June 2016, administrative employees from across Mass General Brigham moved to their new offices in Somerville’s Assembly Row complex.
In April 2017, the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts announced that Partners HealthCare System and one of its hospitals, Brigham and Women's Hospital, agreed to pay a $10 million fine to resolve allegations that a stem cell research lab fraudulently obtained federal grant funding.
In May 2017, Partners announced they would be cutting more than $600 million in expenses over the next three years in an effort to control higher costs and to become more efficient. The cost-cutting initiative is called Partners 2.0, and the plan will look to reduce costs in research, care delivery, revenue collection, and supply chain. The plan will begin on October 1, 2017 and will eliminate jobs. The company lost $108 million in 2016.
In February 2018, Partners announced that 100 coders would have their jobs outsourced to India in a cost saving move. This is all part of the non-profit hospital and physicians network's three-year plan to reduce $500 million to $800 million in overhead costs.
In February 2018, the state of Massachusetts Public Health Council formally signed off on the acquisition of Massachusetts Eye and Ear. The deal was formalized on April 1, 2018. In a notice published on April 2, 2018, Mass. Eye and Ear's President John Fernandez announce the finalization of the agreement to make MEE a part of the Partners HealthCare hospital and physicians network.
On January 28, 2019, Dr. Torchiana announced his departure as the chief executive of Mass General Brigham effective at the end of April 2019.
On February 19, 2019 Partners named Dr. Anne Klibanski, as its interim chief executive officer of the hospital Network and will be effective in April 2019.
In June 2019, Partners HealthCare announced Dr. Klibanski, who was named interim chief executive officer in February, now has been named the company's permanent president and chief executive officer.

Rebranding

In late November 2019, Partners HealthCare made the decision to rebrand Mass General Brigham to reflect upon the organization's best known assets, Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital and to unify the largest employer in Massachusetts.

Member Institutions

There are 16 member institutions that encompass a range of health care organizations. In addition to academic medical centers, these include top-tier specialty hospitals, community hospitals, a rehabilitation network, a health insurance plan, a physician network, a teaching organization, and many locations for urgent and community care.