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| Westchester Medical Center | |
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| Westchester County Health Care Corporation | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | 100 Woods Road,Valhalla, New York, United States |
| Coordinates | 41°05′10″N73°48′20″W / 41.086133°N 73.8054204°W /41.086133; -73.8054204 |
| Organization | |
| Type | Acute Care |
| Affiliated university | New York Medical College |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | RegionalLevel 1 Trauma Center |
| Beds | 652 |
| Helipads | |
| Helipad | FAALID:7NK8 |
| History | |
| Founded | 1977 |
| Links | |
| Website | Official website |
| Lists | Hospitals in New York State |
Westchester Medical Center University Hospital (WMC), formerlyGrasslands Hospital, is an 895-bed Regional Trauma Center[1] providing health services to residents of theHudson Valley, northernNew Jersey, and southernConnecticut. It is known for having one of the highestcase mix index rates of all hospitals in the United States.[2] 652 beds are at the hospital's primary location inValhalla, while the other 243 beds are at the MidHudson Regional Hospital campus inPoughkeepsie. It is organized as Westchester County Health Care Corporation, and is aNew York State public-benefit corporation.[3][4]
Westchester Medical Center is the primary academic medical center and University Hospital ofNew York Medical College.[5] Many of New York Medical College's faculty provide patient care, teach, and conduct research at the adjacent campus. Westchester Medical Center provides various specialty services to patients, hosts one of the leading kidney and liver transplant programs in New York,[6] and is home toMaria Fareri Children's Hospital, the only all-specialty children's hospital in the region.[7][8]
Westchester County Health Care Corporation is guided by an 18-member board of directors, many of whom are appointed by theNew York State Governor. Its management team is headed by president and CEO David Lubarsky, who is also on the board and reports to the board.[9] In 2017, it had operating expenses of $1.379 billion, an outstanding debt of $670.27 million, and a level of staffing of 3,342 people.[10]
Originally purchased in 1915, the site which would eventually become Westchester Medical Center was first used as aUnited States Army hospital duringWorld War I. In 1920, the Army turned the hospital over to theWestchester County government which renamed it Grasslands Hospital.[11] In the 1920s and 1930s, Grasslands Hospital specialized in treating adults and children withtuberculosis,polio,scarlet fever, anddiphtheria and later became known for its cardiovascular services and became one of the first public institutions to establish arenal dialysis unit. Grasslands Hospital was closed in 1977 to make way for its modern replacement, the newly built regional academic medical center then known as Westchester County Medical Center.[12] In 1998, Westchester Medical Center became an independent institution after being spun off from the county government as an independentpublic benefit corporation known as the Westchester County Health Care Corporation.[13]
With 900 physicians, Westchester Medical Center specializes in many different services.
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. The purchase added a total 243 beds which are made up of 40 psychiatric beds, 18 physical medicine and rehabilitation beds, 60 chemical dependence beds, and 125 medical beds (including pediatric and intensive care beds) to WMC's total.[28] Mid-Hudson Regional is an ACS verifiedLevel II Trauma Center and aThrombectomy-capable stroke center.
On May 20, 2015, WMC announced that it would become the majority corporate partner in theBon Secours Charity Health System, taking on active management of its three hospitals inRockland andOrange counties and ancillary services.[citation needed]
On December 14, 2014, WMC andnonprofit HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley announced it was in discussion for WMC to become the sole corporate member of HealthAlliance. This would result in WMC taking over management of HealthAlliance's two hospital campuses and ancillary healthcare services inKingston, New York, along with HealthAlliance's Margaretville Hospital and Mountainside Residential Care Center nursing home inMargaretville, New York.[citation needed]
Officials announced in 2015 the creation of the Westchester Medical Center Health Network, or WMCHealth. The network has 1,900 patient beds in 10 hospitals on 8 campuses, spanning 6,200 square miles in the lower and mid-Hudson Valley of New York. The network has nearly 3,000 attending physicians and employs over 12,000 staff.[29][better source needed]
In 2017, WMC broke ground for a new ambulatory pavilion on its main campus in Valhalla, New York. The new building is attached to the main hospital. It includes 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 ofambulatory care services, including an advanced imaging center, anambulatory surgery center, and a heart and vascular institute. At $230 million, it was 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.[30]
In July 2001, 6-year-old Michael Colombini was undergoing a routineMRI scan when an oxygen tank (that was thought to be made of aluminum, but actually was made of steel) was improperly brought into the MRI room. The extremely largemagnetic field of the MRI machine pulled theferrous metal tank into the machine's core with great speed and force, killing the boy.[31][32][33]
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