Jefferson Health
Medical organization in the Greater Philadelphia area and South Jersey, United States
Jefferson Health is a multi-state nonprofit regional health system based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The health system operates over 30 hospitals and more than 700 care sites, which include outpatient centers, physician practices and specialty institutes across eastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey.
Jefferson Health is the clinical arm of the Jefferson enterprise, which also includes Thomas Jefferson University (academic) and Jefferson Health Plans (insurance).
History
Founding and Early Development
Founded in 1825 as the Infirmary of Jefferson Medical College, it later became known as the Hospital of Jefferson Medical College and then Thomas Jefferson University Hospital.
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital merged with Methodist Hospital in 1996 to create Jefferson Health system.
Hospital and Affiliations
Since the mid-1990s, Jefferson Health has expanded through a series of mergers and affiliations with regional hospital systems.
1996 – Methodist Hospital merges with Jefferson Health to become Jefferson Methodist Hospital.
2015 – Abington Health merges with Jefferson to form Jefferson Abington and Jefferson Lansdale hospitals.
2016 – Aria Health merges with Jefferson to become Jefferson Frankford, Jefferson Torresdale and Jefferson Buck Hospitals.
2017 – Kennedy Health of New Jersey joins Jefferson Health to become Jefferson Cherry Hill Hospital, Jefferson Stratford Hospital and Jefferson Washington Township Hospital.
“Jefferson Health” enters the record as medical organization in the Greater Philadelphia area and South Jersey, United States. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Jefferson, Health and Medical can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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