Inspira Health is a

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comprising three hospitals, two additional emergency rooms, and several multi-specialty health centers among other locations. These include

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, cancer treatment,

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, rehabilitation and primary and specialty physician practices in

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, Salem and Camden counties. Inspira Health has 1,328 medical staff members, 907 volunteers, and 5,782 employees. It is affiliated with the

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, and

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, among others. In 2021 it was given a grade A by the Leapfrog

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Hospitals

Inspira Medical Center Mullica Hill was opened in December 2019 at the intersection of Route 322 and Route 55 in

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in Gloucester County. Replacing Inspira Medical Center Woodbury, it offers 210 private beds, including 18 maternity suites in addition to a pediatric emergency room, a special care nursery and a new cancer center. It is staffed by approximately 1400 employees. Inspira Medical Center Vineland is a 298-bed facility built at the intersection of Route 55 and CR 552 in

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Opened in 2004, it has 305 beds and is the location of the Frank and Edith Scarpa Regional Cancer Pavilion and has approximately 2700 staff. Inspira Medical Center Elmer has been located in

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since 1950. It has 83 beds and contains five birthing suites, an open visitation intensive care unit and four surgical suites. In addition to the hospitals, Inspira maintains two community health centers with satellite emergency rooms in

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(formerly Inspira Medical Center Woodbury/Underwood Memorial Hospital) and Bridgeton.

History

Inspira Health formed in November 2012 by the merger of South Jersey Healthcare and Underwood-Memorial Hospital. The network traces its roots to South Jersey Healthcare's Bridgeton campus founding in 1898. Underwood and Memorial hospitals were founded in 1915 and 1916, by J. Harris Underwood, MD and William Brewer, MD, respectively; they were both physicians from

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. The two merged in 1966 to become Underwood Memorial Hospital.

References

External links

New Jersey Hospital Association
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