The Johns Hopkins Hospital and the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have for more than a century been recognized for leadership in biomedical education, research and patient care.  The entity Johns Hopkins Medicine was established in 1996 to strengthen the collaboration and coordination between the physicians and scientists of the School of Medicine and the health professionals and facilities of The Johns Hopkins Health System.  Today, the Johns Hopkins Medicine unified entity is a $3.3 billion health care system.

With its origins in the founding of the world-famous Johns Hopkins Hospital, the Health System now comprises three acute care hospitals, as well as other elements of an integrated health care delivery system—from a community physicians group with 15 locations to suburban specialty centers, from long-term care to home care. In addition to its multiple locations in the Baltimore metropolitan area, Johns Hopkins Medicine is a global healthcare system that includes affiliated centers and managed hospitals throughout the world along with clinical, research and educational facilities in Singapore.

Johns Hopkins is consistently named at the top of national rankings for best hospital and best school of medicine, and its faculty are consistently awarded the largest share of National Institutes of Health research funds. Results of this research continue to advance efforts to diagnose, treat and prevent many diseases.

The Johns Hopkins Hospital

This 1,000-bed flagship of Johns Hopkins Medicine opened in 1889 on the East Baltimore site designated by founder Johns Hopkins in his will. Today, The Johns Hopkins Hospital includes such renowned centers as the Brady Urological Institute, the Wilmer Eye Institute, the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center and the Johns Hopkins Heart Institute. Nurses here have achieved the coveted Magnet Award for Nursing Excellence—an internationally recognized "gold standard" for nursing.

For the past 16 years, U.S. News & World Report has ranked The Johns Hopkins Hospital No. 1 in America.

Surrounding the original, domed Johns Hopkins Hospital building is a 44-acre complex of patient care, research and administrative buildings for the hospital and the Johns Hopkins University’s schools of Medicine, Nursing and Public Health.

Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center

Located 10 km east of The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center is a 130-acre medical campus and full-service community teaching hospital staffed by Johns Hopkins faculty physicians.

Founded in 1773, Bayview is one of the oldest continuous health care systems on the east coast of the United States. A member of the Johns Hopkins Health System since 1984, Bayview has more than 700 beds and is home to one of the region’s most comprehensive neonatal intensive care units, a sleep disorders center, an asthma and allergy center, an area-wide trauma center, Maryland's only regional burn center, and geriatrics programs that enjoy a national reputation.

Together, The Johns Hopkins Hospital and Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center have nearly 60,000 inpatient admissions and 1 million outpatient visits each year.