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This page is not exhaustive, but we will try to include information about the biggest changes. We will try to update this page concurrently with emails/meetings, but there may be a slight delay. Please also refer to emails and meeting minutes for any very recent changes. **New England Baptist Expansion** _**Last updated: 2/19/26**_ **Introduction** To accommodate the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute transition to BIDMC, Hospital Medicine will expand to the New England Baptist Hospital campus. The current plan is to have NEBH functioning as a BIDMC sub-campus, similar to our current East Campus model (pending state approval).  _****Please note - Many of the questions about NEBH are in early stages of discussion, and we expect several of these answers may change over the coming months as the plan develops. This is our understanding at this time, and subject to (possibly substantial) change.****_ **How many patients will we care for?** - There are currently two units planned, with approximately 50 beds in total, which will be staffed by hospital medicine. **When will we start caring for patients at NEBH?** - Currently we are planning for a staged approach, with a target opening of first unit January 2027 and the second later in the spring of 2027, though there are ongoing discussions regarding the timeline. **Will I be required to work at NEBH?**  - We are working out a staffing model, but anticipate that most people will need to work at least some time there in order to share the back-up/sick call responsibilities.  **What are the floors like?** - We are taking over two floors that currently have around 30 headwalls each (though our plan is to be at 50 patients in total), with a mix of private and semi-private rooms. The layout is a long hallway, with a nursing station in the middle. These floors were in use within the past year, and are fairly standard hospital floors. Currently only one floor has telemetry, but there are plans to add tele capacity to the other as well. We don't expect any substantial remodel.  **What will be the process for admitting patients to NEBH?** - We anticipate that the vast majority of patients will be admitted through the BIDMC ED and transferred to NEBH already admitted (NEBH does not have an ED). Triage of appropriate patients to NEBH will likely occur by hospitalists at time of admission. The criteria for this is still being determined. Overall the goal is to provide the necessary services at NEBH in order to care for most of our hospital medicine patients.  **What services will be available?** - The hospital is actively working with departments on plans to provide consultant services when needed. We expect this will be some hybrid of in-person and telehealth. NEBH currently has radiology and IR, though further work is being done to understand their capabilities and what might be needed for procedure coverage. There is a GI suite that is currently not being used, but is being looked as a potential future resource as well. We also know we will need support from other services - case management, social work, phlebotomy and IVs, procedure support, etc. Most of this is in early stages of development.  **What services are not available?** - We expect there will not be a cath lab, advanced GI suite, and likely limited in-house consultative abilities from some of our sub-specialty services. We will try to create a system that keeps patients most likely to need these services at BIDMC, while also developing systems to try to help get our patients at NEBH timely care if they need one of these services urgently/emergently.  **Is there an ICU?** - There is a 9 bed ICU, that currently functions a bit more like a step-down unit. Our BIDMC ICU team is doing their own visits to see how capabilities can be expanded to provide the level of care our patients often need.  **What if my patient has an emergency and NEBH does not have the needed specialty/service?**  - We know this is a very important question that needs to be answered in order to safely care for our patients. Currently, emergencies at NEBH often come back through our ED, and we expect this may be one pathway, though it may depend on the specific case. Being able to answer this question is a top priority for us.  **What if my patient is stable but still needs something at BIDMC?** - We are hoping for a process that is similar to current East -> West transfer, where bed placement will help facilitate a transfer directly to an inpatient bed. Like most things, this is a work in progress.  **What about nursing?** - We're glad that nursing at NEBH will be led by Michelle McGrory, a familiar face to many of us from BIDMC. They are otherwise working to hire new nursing staff. One of our goals will be building the kind of collaborative relationships with nursing staff that make our current units work well. **Will there be a separate credentialing process, similar to the community sites?** - Unclear. In theory these will be BIDMC licensed beds, but we think we will still need to have everyone who works there be credentialed for this separately - we are working out that process. **What do we know about physical logistics - parking, shuttles, workrooms, food, etc?** - We don't know much right now. There's a large parking lot and a cafeteria. There is a lot of space in the hospital - we'll be working to make sure there is adequate workspace for our group.  **Questions?** - We want to hear them. We very possibly won't have an answer, but we'd rather make sure we are thinking through all the questions now so that we can provide high-level care for our patients that we can all be proud of.  #### Please use the form below the share your question. Your question will be anonymous. We will try to answer the questions via email to the group and/or at staff meetings. [ __ forms.office.com ](https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=oGWYO2bwRki_TRE_S-8HVQPLzrImjIlJp-RevooLUIxUNTBFUDQwWVdEQUNLT1k1OU1FMFlFUElUMS4u) **Hospital at Home** Coming soon!