Greater Baltimore Medical Center

Incorporated in 1960, GBMC HealthCare consolidated two specialty Baltimore hospitals: the Hospital for Women of Maryland in Baltimore City and Presbyterian Eye, Ear and Throat Charity Hospital. GBMC opened its doors in 1965 as a regional medical center, providing general acute and specific specialized services to the northern portion of Baltimore City, most of Baltimore County, and portions of Anne Arundel, Carroll, Harford, and Howard counties. The Hospital for Women of Maryland in Baltimore City had opened in 1882 in Bolton Hill as the second women's hospital in the country (in 2001 the Hospital for Women was repurposed into the Meyerhoff House, a student housing facility for the Maryland Institute College of Art). The Presbyterian Eye, Ear and Throat Charity Hospital originated as a clinic in the Civil War surgeon's East Baltimore carriage house in 1887. Since moving to Towson from Baltimore City, GBMC has shared adjacency to Towson University. In 2020, GBMC was granted the Malcolm Baldridge National Quality Award as well as a 5-star rating from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. GBMC underwent a major renovation and revitalization construction project starting in 2021 that included 60 new inpatient beds and a new cancer institute. In March 2025, S&P Global Ratings downgraded the hospital's credit rating from A to A−, citing a string of operating losses. In the 2023 fiscal year, GBMC ran an operating loss of $44 million. A hospital spokeswoman tied the losses to COVID-19, labor costs and inflation and said recent infrastructure investments will help GBMC reverse its fortunes. ==Gilchrist Hospice Care==

Gilchrist Hospice Care, a Medicare/Medicaid-certified hospice program, is the largest not-for-profit hospice organization in the state of Maryland. Since 1994, it has provided services to over 17,000 terminally ill individuals who reside in Baltimore City and Baltimore, Carroll, Harford, and Howard counties. Services include medical, nursing, social work, home health aid, spiritual and bereavement counseling/support, and volunteer assistance. Hospice services are most often provided in the patient's home. When more intensive medical care is required, there are inpatient hospice facilities in three locations: • Towson - located on the campus of GBMC • Columbia - 10 bed unit in Howard County • Baltimore - adult and pediatric inpatient units located on site of the former Memorial Stadium ==GBMC Foundation==

Founded in 1987, the GBMC Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization established to centralize and coordinate fundraising efforts to benefit GBMC HealthCare. The Foundation executes fundraising events, annual appeals, and capital campaigns and seeks gifts from patients, as well as grants from corporations and private foundations. The Foundation does not have any affiliation with federated funds or public agencies. The GBMC Foundation is registered with the state of Maryland as an approved charitable organization. Gifts to the GBMC Foundation support new facilities, equipment for GBMC physicians and staff, specialty programs, and technologies that combine to make GBMC the community hospital of choice for residents of Central Maryland. ==Johns Hopkins medicine affiliation==

In 2007, GBMC and Johns Hopkins Medicine began a strategic clinical affiliation for several programs, beginning with cardiology, pediatric surgery, and oncology. Additional joint clinical practices, shared satellite healthcare centers, and collaboration on clinical research are possibilities for future expansion of this affiliation. ==2020 Cyberattack==

In late 2020, GBMC was targeted by a ransomware attack that left much of the health system isolated as information technology systems were taken offline to prevent unauthorized access to data. This attack followed many similar incidents among healthcare facilities and systems across the United States. ==References==