The University of Pennsylvania Health System is a diverse research and clinical care organization in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

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. Founded in 1993, it currently operates under the direction and auspices of Penn Medicine, a division of the University of Pennsylvania

University of Pennsylvania

The University of Pennsylvania is a private, Ivy League university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States,Penn is the fourth-oldest using the founding dates claimed by each institution...

. Three hospitals, two regional medical centers, and a multitude of clinical care providers in the greater Philadelphia area constitute the Penn Health System. The Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, also under the auspices of Penn Medicine, works closely with the hospitals and practices.

Major facilities

Facility	Location	# of hospital beds	# of physicians	Notes
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania is a hospital affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania Health System located in the University City section of West Philadelphia. The hospital was founded at its current location in 1874 by the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine,...	University City, Philadelphia	695	1,595	First teaching hospital in the country.
Pennsylvania Hospital Pennsylvania Hospital Pennsylvania Hospital is a hospital in Center City, Philadelphia, affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania Health System . Founded on May 11, 1751 by Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Bond, it was the first hospital in the United States...	Center City, Philadelphia Center City, Philadelphia Center City, or Downtown Philadelphia includes the central business district and central neighborhoods of the City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. As of 2005, its population of over 88,000 made it the third most populous downtown in the United States, after New York City's and Chicago's...	515	888	First hospital in the country.
Penn Presbyterian Medical Center Penn Presbyterian Medical Center Penn Presbyterian Medical Center is a hospital located in the University City section of West Philadelphia. It is located between Market Street and Powelton Avenue, and N. 38th Street and N. Sloan Street....	University City, Philadelphia	317	832	Has long term care and nursing home facilities.
Penn Medicine at Rittenhouse Graduate Hospital Graduate Hospital was a hospital in the Southwest Center City neighborhood of Philadelphia, founded in 1916 and repurposed in 2007. Medical care began on the site in 1889 under the name Philadelphia Polyclinic. Currently, the site is a rehabilitation and long-term acute-care facility known as...	Southwest Center City, Philadelphia	96		Comprehensive rehabilitation center.
Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine The Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine is located at 34th and Civic Center Blvd, on the former site of the Philadelphia Civic Center, on the campus of the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. The $302-million project was designed by Rafael Viñoly Architects and completed in 2008...	University City, Philadelphia	0		Large multi-specialty outpatient facility.
Penn Medicine at Radnor	Radnor Township, Pennsylvania Radnor Township, Pennsylvania Radnor Township is a township in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2000 census, the township population was 30,878. Radnor Township lies along the Main Line, a collection of highly affluent Philadelphia suburbs....	0		Comprehensive primary and specialized outpatient care.
Penn Medicine at Cherry Hill	Cherry Hill, New Jersey Cherry Hill, New Jersey Cherry Hill is a township in Camden County, New Jersey, in the United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township had a population of 71,045, representing an increase of 1,080 from the 69,965 residents enumerated during the 2000 Census...	0		Large multi-specialty outpatient facility.

Phoenixville Hospital in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania

Phoenixville, Pennsylvania

Phoenixville is a borough in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States, northwest of Philadelphia, at the junction of French Creek with the Schuylkill River. The population is 16,440 as of the 2010 Census.- History :...

, was sold to Community Health Systems Inc.

Community Health Systems

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 of Brentwood, Tennessee

Brentwood, Tennessee

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 23,445 people, 7,693 households, and 6,808 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 7,889 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 94.63% European American, 1.89% African American,...

in 2004.