Faxton St. Luke's Healthcare

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Faxton St. Luke’s Healthcare is a not-for-profit healthcare system providing services to residents of the Mohawk Valley in Central New York. Faxton St. Luke’s Healthcare has two campuses (Faxton Campus and St. Luke’s Campus) for inpatient and outpatient care, long term care at St. Luke’s Home and continuing care services through the Visiting Nurse Association of Utica and Oneida County, Senior Network Health and Mohawk Valley Home Care.^[1]

Faxton St. Luke's Healthcare, an affiliate of Mohawk Valley Health System, includes eight Adirondack Community Physician primary care offices located through Oneida and Herkimer Counties. Adirondack Community Physicians also includes general surgery, orthopedic surgery and neuro sciences groups.^[2]

Currently, Faxton St. Luke's Healthcare employs more than 2,900 people and has an annual operating budget of approximately $340 million.^[3]

Faxton St. Luke’s Healthcare is a designated Children’s Miracle Network Hospital.^[4]

History

Faxton St. Luke’s Healthcare began as two hospitals, Faxton Hospital and St. Luke’s-Memorial Hospital Center.

Faxton Hospital evolved from the union of two facilities, Children’s Hospital and Rehabilitation Center, an outgrowth of the Utica Orphan Asylum on Genesee Street established in 1830, and Faxton Hospital, established by Theodore S. Faxton on Sunset Avenue in Utica in 1875. On January 1, 1989, Faxton Hospital and Children’s Hospital merged to become Faxton Hospital.

St. Luke’s-Memorial Hospital Center traces its roots to the original St. Luke’s Home established in 1869 and the Utica Homeopathic Hospital established in 1895. The Utica Homeopathic Hospital was later renamed Utica Memorial Hospital. In 1949, the two hospitals merged and in 1957, St. Luke’s-Memorial Hospital opened at its current location on the St. Luke’s Campus on Champlin Avenue in New Hartford.

On July 23, 1992, the Board of Trustees of St. Luke’s-Memorial Hospital unanimously approved an affiliation with Faxton Hospital and the two hospitals formed the Mohawk Valley Network. In 1997, Faxton Hospital and St. Luke’s-Memorial combined their governing boards into a common 25-member board to serve both hospitals. In 1998, the hospitals formed a single management and in 1999 the hospitals’ foundations combined. On January 1, 2000 the consolidation was completed by the creation of a single entity, Faxton St. Luke’s Healthcare.^[5]

In 2002, the Board of Directors approved the consolidation of programs and services. As a result, one acute care, inpatient facility was located at the St. Luke’s Campus and one primarily outpatient facility was located at the Faxton Campus.

In December 2011, the Boards of Directors for Faxton St. Luke’s Healthcare and St. Elizabeth Medical Center passed a resolution to begin discussions on the feasibility and benefits of merging or undertaking other transactions that would more closely link the two hospitals. In December 2012, the organizations signed a memorandum of understanding as the official first step toward affiliation. On March 6, 2014, Faxton St. Luke's Healthcare and St. Elizabeth Medical Center announced their affiliation under the Mohawk Valley Health System.^[6]

Services

Adirondack Community Physicians

Adirondack Community Physicians consists of eight primary care offices located in Barneveld, Boonville, Herkimer, New Hartford, Utica, Washington Mills, Waterville and Whitesboro. In 2011, four general surgeons joined Adirondack Community Physicians as well as a team of hospitalists and laboriousts who support inpatient care. In 2012, four orthopedic surgeons supported by a physician’s assistant, joined the group. The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) has designated the Adirondack Community Physicians medical group as a patient-centered medical home. The organization employs more than 70 providers with expertise in a number of specialties.^[2]

Bariatric Surgery

More than 3,000 patients have undergone weight loss surgery at Faxton St. Luke’s Healthcare, which is a designated a Center of Excellence by the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery.

Cancer Center

On July 22, 2000, Faxton St. Luke’s Healthcare opened the Regional Cancer Center in cooperation with St. Elizabeth Medical Center. The center is accredited by the American College of Surgeons.^[7]

Central New York Diabetes Education Program

The Central York Diabetes Education Program is a cooperative effort of Faxton St. Luke’s Healthcare and St. Elizabeth Medical Center, and is formally recognized by the American Diabetes Association.^[8]

Continuing Care Services

Faxton St. Luke’s Healthcare provides the following continuing care services:

• Adult Day Health Care Program – Community-based long term health care program with recreational and social activities
• Mohawk Valley Home Care – Supportive health equipment and services
• Senior Network Health – Medicaid managed long-term care program
• Visiting Nurse Association of Utica and Oneida County – Certified home health care agency^[9]

Dental Health Center

Faxton St. Luke’s Dental Health Center provides dental care for patients with traditional Medicaid coverage. Home to the Dr. James M. Rozanski General Practice Residency Program, the Faxton St. Luke’s Dental Health Center is a teaching facility for dental residents. The residency program was founded in 1980 by Dr. James M. Rozanski. To date, more than 120 dentists have completed the program.^[10]

Dialysis Center

The Regional Dialysis Center at Faxton St. Luke’s Healthcare is the sole provider of dialysis treatment within a 25-mile service area. Each year, nearly 425 patients receive more than 65,000 dialysis treatments at one of seven facilities located throughout the Mohawk Valley. Dialysis centers are located in Utica, Rome, Oneida, Hamilton and Herkimer.^[11]

Maternity Services

The Birthplace at Faxton St. Luke’s Healthcare’s is the Utica area’s only maternity unit. Each year, more than 2,100 babies are born at Faxton St. Luke’s Healthcare.^[12]

Mohawk Valley Heart Institute

In 1996, Faxton St. Luke’s Healthcare and St. Elizabeth Medical Center formed the Mohawk Valley Heart Institute. Following approval from the New York State Department of Health in May 1996, heart surgeries, angioplasty and diagnostic catheterizations were performed at St. Elizabeth Medical Center. Diagnostic catheterizations and outpatient cardiac rehabilitation would be performed at Faxton St. Luke’s Healthcare.

In 2007, Faxton St. Luke’s Healthcare began performing emergency coronary angioplasties and in 2010 began elective angioplasties.^[13]

Rehabilitation Center

Faxton St. Luke’s Healthcare’s Regional Rehabilitation Center is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities. The Rehabilitation Center provides both inpatient and outpatient services with locations at the Faxton Campus, St. Luke’s Campus and Center for Rehabilitation and Continuing Care Services.^[14]

St. Luke’s Home

St. Luke’s Home is a 202-bed long term care facility with a 40-bed subacute rehabilitation unit. St. Luke’s Home opened in 1996 on the St. Luke’s Campus and is now part of the Center for Rehabilitation and Continuing Care Services.

Stroke Center

Faxton St. Luke’s Healthcare is the only designated Primary Stroke Center in the Mohawk Valley and one of 115 designated stroke centers in New York State. The organization is a recipient of the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines® Stroke Gold Plus Achievement Award. The award recognizes FSLH’s commitment and success in implementing excellent care for stroke patients, according to evidence-based guidelines.^[15]

Center for Rehabilitation and Continuing Care Services

In September 2010, Faxton St. Luke’s Healthcare was awarded a $31.3 million grant from New York State which was part of a competitive grant opportunity offered by the New York State Department of Health and the Dormitory Authority. The funding was provided through Phase 20 of the Health Care Efficiency and Affordability Law of New York State (HEAL NY) and the Federal-State Reform Partnership (F-SHRP).

The new construction and expansion to the pre-existing St. Luke's Home was designed to improve long-term care services and consolidate community-based alternatives for Oneida County residents. The project included the renovation of 20,000 square feet of space and the creation of nearly 40,000 square feet.

Continuing care services, including Senior Network Health, Visiting Nurse Association of Utica and Oneida County and Mohawk Valley Home Care, were relocated to the Center for Rehabilitation and Continuing Care Services in 2013, along with an expanded Adult Day Health Care Program. The Center for Rehabilitation and Continuing Care Services also houses inpatient rehabilitation services for the system, including a 24-bed acute inpatient rehabilitation unit and a 40-bed subacute rehabilitation unit, and an eight station outpatient dialysis unit.^[16]

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