Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital (BWFH) is a 171-bed, non-profit community

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located in

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. Founded in 1900, it is located in the neighborhood of

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across the street from the

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and just from

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. Faulkner Hospital joined with

Brigham and Women's Hospital Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) is the second largest teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School and the largest hospital in the Longwood Medical and Academic Area, Longwood Medical Area in Boston, Massachusetts. Along with Massachusetts Gener ...

in 1998 to form a common parent company, Brigham and Women's/Faulkner Hospitals, a member of

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. The resulting partnership offers Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital patients access to many of the same physicians and services as Brigham and Women's Hospital. "The Faulkner" (as it is popularly known) offers comprehensive medical, surgical and psychiatric care as well as complete emergency, outpatient and diagnostic services. The hospital's largest inpatient services are internal medicine,

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and general/GI

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. Effective October 1, 2012, Faulkner Hospital was renamed to Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital (BWFH).

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