NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
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NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital is a prominent university hospital in New York City, composed of two medical centers, Columbia University Medical Center and the Cornell University Weill Medical Center.
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital was formed in 1998 with the merger of two large, previously independent hospitals, the New York Hospital and Presbyterian Hospital1. The NYPH system includes a variety of outlying hospitals that had previously been acquired by NYH or Presbyterian; these hospitals stretch throughout the five boroughs, Westchester County, Long Island and New Jersey. NYPH is now the largest private employer in New York City.
The two medical schools remain essentially autonomous, though there is increasing cooperation and coordination of clinical, research, and residency training programs. The hospitals, themselves, have merged administrations, with Herb Pardes, M.D., having led the hospital system since the merger.
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital is one of the most comprehensive university hospitals in the world, with leading specialists in every field of medicine.
The institution's five main facilities are:
- The Allen Pavilion
- Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of NewYork-Presbyterian
- NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center
- NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/ Weill Cornell Medical Center
- NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Westchester Division
The hospital is a member of the Planetree Alliance, a nonprofit association of health-care institutions set up to promote practices to make patients less intimidated and more comfortable with the health care they receive.
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[edit] Awards and recognition
As of 2006, the U.S. News and World Report rankings place NYPH overall as the sixth-best hospital in the United States. Every specialty was ranked by US News, and the following were ranked in the top 10: gynecology (4); heart and heart surgery (8); endocrinology (8); kidney disease (5); neurology and neurosurgery (4); urology (5); pediatrics (6); and psychiatry (3).
[edit] History
The New York Hospital was founded in 1771 by a Royal Charter granted by King George III of England and became associated with Weill Cornell Medical College upon the latter institution's founding in 1898. It was the second oldest hospital in the United States. A 1927 endowment of more than $20 million by Payne Whitney expanded the hospital significantly and the Payne Whitney Psychiatric Clinic is named in his honor. Other prominent donors include Howard Hughes, William Randolph Hearst, Harry and Leona Helmsley, Maurice R. Greenberg, and the Baker, Whitney, Lasdon, and Payson families.
The Presbyterian Hospital was founded in 1868 by James Lenox, a New York philanthropist and was associated with Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.
New York Hospital was the subject of a lawsuit from the family of Libby Zion, a young woman admitted in 1984 who died while under the care of hospital residents. An investigation by the New York state Health Commissioner, the Bell Commission, led to reforms in the number of hours residents could work and more required oversight of their care by accredited physicians, which have since been adopted nationwide.[1]
[edit] NewYork-Presbyterian Healthcare System
For more information, see NewYork-Presbyterian Healthcare System
The hospital, along with Weill Cornell Medical College and Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, runs the NewYork-Presbyterian Healthcare System, a network of independent, cooperating, acute-care and community hospitals, continuum-of-care facilities, home-health agencies, ambulatory sites, and specialty institutes in the New York metropolitan area.[2]
[edit] Trivia
As of 2006, heiress Sunny von Bülow remains hospitalized in a persistent vegetative state, and has been since she was transferred in 1981 after initial treatment in Boston.
Former President Richard M. Nixon died on April 22, 1994 at New York Hospital from complications from a stroke he suffered four days earlier.
[edit] Notes
- ^ Barron H. Lerner. "A Case That Shook Medicine: How One Man's Rage Over His Daughter's Death Sped Reform of Doctor Training", The Washington Post, November 28, 2006. Retrieved on 2006-12-14.
- ^ [1]New York-Presbyterian Web site, Web page titled "NewYork-Presbyterian Healthcare System" accessed September 8, 2006
- After the merger, the hospital name is written as "NewYork-Presbyterian," without a space between New and York, to denote an entity separate from the city; and a hyphen between York and Presbyterian, that is key to representing the merger.
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