Rochester General Health System

Rochester General Hospital System
Geography
Location 1425 Portland Avenue, Rochester, New York, United States
Organization
Care system Private
Hospital type Teaching
Affiliated university Cleveland Clinic and Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Services
Standards JCAHO accreditation
Magnet[1] status
Beds 648
Speciality Multispecialty
History
Founded 1847
Links
Website www.rochestergeneral.org
Lists Hospitals in New York
Other links List of hospitals in the United States

The Rochester General Health System (RGHS) comprises several affiliated organizations that have been providing a continuum of health care services to residents of greater Rochester and surrounding regions for more than 150 years.

Affiliates of RGHS include:

Rochester General Health System is the third largest employer in Rochester and has created a strategic alliance with Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) that allows for meaningful and productive collaboration on biomedical research and education.[2]

History

Chartered in 1847 and established in 1864, the Rochester City Hospital opened during the last years of the Civil War. Along with St. Mary’s hospital that was designated as a U.S. Army General Hospital, the City Hospital’s first major challenge was the treatment of 448 Union soldiers in the next two years. In the post-war years, the Hospital rapidly grew, embracing the advancement of medical technology, and becoming a leader in Surgery and Nursing. The Rochester City Hospital School of Nursing was established in 1880 and became the 12th nursing training program in the nation and the 3rd in New York State. Many graduates from the school would later have distinguished careers in nursing and as administrators and physicians.

Rochester City Hospital in 1864.

To reflect its all-encompassing mission, the hospital’s name changed to Rochester General Hospital in 1911. In the early years of the twentieth-century members of the medical staff responded to the Spanish influenza epidemic of 1918-1919 and became the nucleus of the organized military hospitals, Base Hospital 19 in the First World War and the 19th General Hospital later on in Second World War.

The post Second World War years reflected a period of rapid growth and technological advancement. The hospital led the region by opening the first Premature Infant Nursery in Western New York in 1951. The absence of a hospital in the northern sections of the city prompted the establishment in 1956 of the new Rochester General Hospital Northside campus on Portland Avenue. While maintaining both the new “Northside” campus and the original, now designated “Westside” campus, the hospital continued to embrace the leading advancements in medical technology. The Westside campus closed in 1966 leaving Northside as the Rochester General Hospital.

The forerunner to the present Rochester Heart Institute, the Cardio-Pulmonary Laboratory opened in 1959 and installed the first pacemaker in 1963 closely followed by the first open-heart surgery the following year.

Through the 1970s and 1980s the hospital continued to expand to serve the needs of the community. In response to evolving health care industry in 1984, Rochester General Hospital, along with its affiliates, combined with the Genesee Hospital, Newark-Wayne Community Hospital, and the Continuing Care Network to form the Greater Rochester Health system (GRHS.)

In 1997 the system celebrated the 150th anniversary of the Rochester General Hospital. This year also saw the system change its name to ViaHealth, which comprised the Rochester General Hospital, The Genesee Hospital, Newark-Wayne Community Hospital, The Behavioral Health Network and the Continuing Care network of long-term care providers.

In 2001 the Genesee Hospital closed its doors after 112 years of continual service to the Rochester community.

The organization again changed its branding name from Viahealth to the Rochester General Health System in 2008 to closer reflect its long history of commitment and service to the Rochester community.[3][4]

Facilities and current operations

Rochester General Hospital, the flagship of Rochester General Health System, is a 528-bed hospital served by more than 1,500 medical and dental staff members and more than 7,500 employees. In 2010, RGH cared for more than 100,000 patients in the emergency department, discharged over 32,356 inpatients, and performed more than 15,300 surgical procedures and over 1,159,000 outpatient encounters.[5]

Rankings and achievements

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Notable staff

Sources

  1. ↑ "ANCC Magnet Recognition Program". Nursecredentialing.org. Retrieved 2012-05-09.
  2. ↑ "About Rochester General Health System - Rochester NY | Rochester General Hospital". Rochestergeneral.org. Retrieved 2012-08-02.
  3. ↑ "Rochester General Health System History | Rochester General Hospital". Rochestergeneral.org. Retrieved 2012-05-09.
  4. ↑ "History of the Rochester General Hospital | Rochester General Hospital". Rochestergeneral.org. Retrieved 2012-08-02.
  5. ↑ "About Rochester General Hospital - Rochester, NY | Rochester General Hospital". Rochestergeneral.org. Retrieved 2012-08-02.
  6. ↑ "About Rochester General Hospital - Rochester, NY | Rochester General Hospital". Rochestergeneral.org. Retrieved 2012-08-02.
  7. ↑ "Sophia French Palmer | Rochester General Hospital". Rochestergeneral.org. Retrieved 2012-05-09.
  8. ↑ "Agnes Bartlett Curtis | Rochester General Hospital". Rochestergeneral.org. Retrieved 2012-05-09.
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