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John Hopkins Hospital

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Rated best hospital in the nation year after year for excellence in every specialty, The John Hopkins Hospital a flagship of Hopkins Medicine, includes such renowned centers as the Brady Urological Institute, the Wilmer Eye Institute, the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Johns Hopkins Children's Center. A treatment magnet for patients from around the world, The Johns Hopkins Hospital also provides more charity care than any other hospital in Baltimore.

The Mission of The Johns Hopkins Hospital is:

• To be the world's preeminent health care institution
• To provide the highest quality care and service for all people in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of human illness
• To operate cooperatively and interdependently with the faculty of The Johns Hopkins University to support education in the health professions and research and development into causes and treatment of human illness
• To be the leading health care institution in the application of discovery
• To attract and support physicians and other health care professionals of the highest character and greatest skill
• To provide facilities and amenities that promote the highest quality care, afford solace and enhance the surrounding community.

Located across from the hospital and connected to it by an underground concourse, the Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center includes facilities for diagnostic testing and imaging and outpatient surgery.