Westchester Medical Center

Westchester Medical Center
Westchester County Health Care Corporation
Geography
Location 100 Woods Road, Valhalla, NY, United States
Coordinates 41°05′10″N 73°48′20″W / 41.086133°N 73.8054204°W / 41.086133; -73.8054204
Organization
Funding Non-profit hospital
Hospital type Acute Care
Affiliated university New York Medical College
Services
Emergency department Regional Trauma Center
Beds 652
Helipad FAA LID: 7NK8
History
Founded 1977
Links
Website Official website
Lists Hospitals in the United States

Westchester Medical Center University Hospital (WMC), formerly Grasslands Hospital, is a 895-bed Regional Trauma Center [1] providing health services to residents of the Hudson Valley, northern New Jersey, and southern Connecticut. It is known for having one of the highest case mix index rates of all hospitals in the United States.[2] 652 beds are at the hospital's primary location in Valhalla, while the other 243 beds are at the MidHudson Regional Hospital campus in Poughkeepsie.

Westchester Medical Center is the primary academic medical center and University Hospital of New York Medical College. Many of New York Medical College’s faculty provide patient care, teach, and conduct research at the adjacent campus. The Center also offers roadside-to-bedside seminars to healthcare professionals and first responders throughout the year, providing them with information on topics like stroke treatments, transporting critical patients or organ transplants. Westchester Medical Center provides diverse specialty services through its six "Centers of Excellence", hosts one of the leading Kidney and Liver transplant programs in New York, and is home to Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital, the only all-specialty children's hospital in the region.

History

Originally purchased in 1915, the site which would eventually become Westchester Medical Center was first used as a United States Army Hospital during World War I. In 1920, the Army turned the hospital over to the Westchester County government which renamed it Grasslands Hospital. In the 1920s and 1930s, Grasslands Hospital specialized in treating adults and children with tuberculosis, polio, scarlet fever, and diphtheria and later became known for its cardiovascular services and became one of the first public institutions to establish a renal dialysis unit. Grasslands Hospital was closed in 1977 to make way for its modern replacement, the newly built regional academic medical center known as Westchester Medical Center. In 1998, Westchester Medical Center became an independent institution after being spun off from the county government as an independent public benefit corporation known as the Westchester County Health Care Corporation.

Clinical and speciality services

Maria Fareri Children's Hospital

With more than 900 physicians practicing a wide range of specialties from Cardiology to Trauma, Westchester Medical Center provides medical care to all patients through its six "Centers of Excellence":

Quick facts

Westchester Medical Center is home to the region’s largest biomedical research site and much more:

Awards and recognition

Milestones

Expansion

MidHudson Regional Hospital

On May 9, 2014, WMC completed its purchase of St. Francis Hospital in Poughkeepsie, New York, renaming it MidHudson Regional Hospital of Westchester Medical Center. This added 40 psychiatric beds, 18 rehabilitation beds, 60 chemical dependence beds, and 125 medical beds (including pediatric and intensive care beds) to WMC's total.

Bon Secours Charity Health System

On May 20, 2015, WMC announced that it would become the majority corporate partner in the Bon Secours Charity Health System, taking on active management of its three hospitals in Rockland and Orange counties and ancillary services.

HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley

On December 14, 2014, WMC and HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley announced that they had begun discussions which would lead to WMC becoming the sole corporate member of HAHV, resulting in a relationship similar to that with BSCHS. This would result in WMC taking over management of HAHV's two hospitals and assorted ancillary services in the area of Kingston, New York.

WMCHealth Network

With the establishment of these new associations in 2015, Westchester Medical Center announced the creation of the WMCHealth Network. The network has 1,900 patient beds in 10 hospitals on 8 campuses, spanning 6,200 square miles in the lower Hudson Valley of New York. The network has nearly 3,000 attending physicians and employs over 12,000 staff.[10]

New Ambulatory Pavilion

In September 2016, WMC broke ground for a new ambulatory pavilion on its main campus in Valhalla, NY. The new building will be attached to the main hospital. It will include 20,000 square feet of new, private inpatient rooms, 75,000 square feet of office space for affiliated private physician outpatient practices, and 185,000 square feet of ambulatory care services, including an Advanced Imaging Center, an Ambulatory Surgery Center, and a Heart and Vascular Institute. At $230 million, this is the largest healthcare construction project in Westchester County since the hospital itself was built in 1977, and the Maria Fareri Children's Hospital was built in 2004. This building is expected to open in 2018, and will add 180 new full-time jobs to the hospital and local economy.[11]


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