General Info:
The GBMC HealthCare system includes Greater Baltimore Medical Center (GBMC), Greater Baltimore Medical Associates (GBMA), Gilchrist Hospice Care, Greater Baltimore Health Alliance (GBHA) and the GBMC Foundation.
Greater Baltimore Medical Center (GBMC):
The 281-bed medical center handles more than 26,700 inpatient cases and nearly 60,000 emergency room visits annually. The main campus also includes three medical office buildings–Physicians Pavilion East, West and North. In addition to its main campus located in Towson, Maryland, GBMC's care can be found in facilities located throughout the community including Hunt Manor, Hunt Valley, Owings Mills, Timonium and Perry Hall.
Greater Baltimore Medical Associates (GBMA):
Nearly 1,300 physicians serve on GBMC's medical staff, making it among the largest of any community hospital in the mid-Atlantic area. More than 200 of those physicians are employed through GBMA, a group of physician practices owned by GBMC.
Gilchrist Hospice Care:
Since its founding in 1994, Gilchrist Hospice Care has led the way in providing personal attention and compassionate end-of-life care in the home, in the nursing home or assisted living facility in which patients reside or at Gilchrist’s renowned inpatient center. It is Gilchrist’s goal to help patients approach the end of life in comfort and with dignity, surrounded by loved ones in the place that provides them the most solace.
Greater Baltimore Health Alliance (GBHA):
GBHA is the Accountable Care Organization (ACO) that consists of GBMC (the Hospital), its employed physicians in GBMA, aligned providers in community-based practice and Gilchrist Hospice Care. It was developed by GBMC to offer a system of care using employed and private practice doctors who are connected by an electronic health record (EHR) that manages patients’ needs across many physician locations.
GBMC Foundation:
Founded in 1987, the GBMC Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization established to centralize and coordinate fundraising efforts to benefit GBMC. The Foundation executes fundraising events, annual appeals and capital campaigns and seeks gifts from grateful patients and other friends of GBMC, as well as grants from corporations and private foundations.