The east side of Baltimore County is an - Village Profile

Eastern Baltimore County is fortunate to have the very best in healthcare with Franklin Square Hospital Center,
Franklin Square’s Harry & Jeanette Weinberg Cancer Institute, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center and
Johns Hopkins Community Physicians at White Marsh, as well as a large number of private practices.
Always at the forefront of technological techniques, Franklin Square Hospital Center offers a full range of
services for children and adults. Franklin Square is renowned for its OBTLC program, distinguished oncology
staff and state-of-the-art technology, such as Cyberknife and da Vinci Surgical System. All of these services
will be enhanced in 2010 with the opening of Franklin Square’s 356,000-square-foot Patient Tower.
Franklin Square Hospital Center extends the utmost care not only to its patients, but also to the community at
large through education and outreach and has been recognized for this quality care. Franklin Square is proud to
be a Magnet hospital. The designation for excellence in nursing services from the American Nurses
Credentialing Center’s (ANCC) Magnet Recognition Program® was achieved in November 2008. Franklin
Square joins the ranks of just five percent of U.S. hospitals to have achieved this honor. Recently, Franklin
Square has also been awarded the 2009 Delmarva Foundation Excellence Award for Quality Improvement,
which is based on individual hospital performance improvement in the four national inpatient clinical areas.
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, located in Baltimore, is a full-service, Joint Commission-accredited
academic medical center. Among the wide range of services offered are an area-wide trauma center and the
state’s only regional adult burn center. Founded in 1773, the 560-bed facility features several centers of
excellence including stroke, geriatrics, joint replacement, wound care and bariatrics, to name a few.