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HEALTHCARE
Wellness FOR ALL AGES
estchester County and the entire lower Hudson Valley region take full advantage of their proximity to New York City, offering top-notch
medical services close to home, but with ties to the best medical professionals and technology in the world. Many facilities have been and con- tinue to be recognized for excellence in medical expertise, nursing care, and other areas.
The 895-bed Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla serves as the region’s tertiary hospital, encompassing every adult and pediatric spe- cialty. One of the region’s largest employers, the Center includes 1,200 physicians among its workforce of 7,000 healthcare professionals and is nationally ranked in multiple categories. In 2016, the hospital announced plans to add a $230 million, 280,000 sq. ft. ambulatory-care pavilion to its existing campus. The largest healthcare project in the county in decades, it is scheduled for completion in 2018.
NEW AND NOTABLE
As more medical groups join forces, the healthcare indus- try continues to grow at the facilities conveniently located in
each county.
In 2015, the New York State Public Health and Health Planning
Council approved a partnership between Montefiore Health System and White Plains Hospital. The alliance is expected to provide the entire region with more advanced and coordinated healthcare. Montefiore Health System also has facilities in New Rochelle, Mount Vernon, and the former Sound Shore Health System facilities since 2013.
Also in 2015, Phelps Memorial Hospital Center became part of North Shore-LIJ Health System. One of the nation’s largest health systems, North Shore-LIJ delivers world-class clinical care throughout the New York metropolitan area. Phelps serves as an outpatient cancer-care center of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in Sleepy Hollow.
Sloan Kettering also opened a freestanding facility in West Harrison not long ago. The 114,000 sq. ft. outpatient facility brings multidisciplinary teams of surgeons, medical and radiation oncologists, and radiologists together to focus solely on cancer treatment.
Hudson Valley Hospital Center in Peekskill joined with NewYork- Presbyterian Hospital to increase access to industry-leading care. Situated in Northern Westchester, it provides top-quality services to Westchester and lower Hudson Valley residents. NewYork
The $230 million, 280,000 sq. ft. Westchester Medical Center Outpatient Pavilion is designed to be a state-of-the-art facility that can serve the needs of nearly one million county residents.
Presbyterian also has a Southern Westchester location at Lawrence Hospital in Bronxville since 2014.
Mount Kisco’s Northern Westchester Hospital joined forces with North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System early in 2015, giving the 233-bed facility access to the largest health network in the state.
The WESTMED Medical Group, which has offices in Westchester and Connecticut, opened a new facility in Purchase in 2015. The cutting-edge complex includes primary- and specialty-care services for children and adults.
Health Quest, the largest family of nonprofit hospitals and healthcare providers in New York’s Hudson Valley, and Health Catalyst have partnered to improve the health of patients using a new data-driven approach to quality and performance improvement with a strategic initiative. Health Quest has implemented Health Catalyst’s Late-BindingTM Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW) and Analytics platform, to take advantage of proven advances in data collection and analytics.
Orange Regional Medical Center in Middletown has wrapped construction on a 153,000 sq. ft., five-story outpatient facility and a 26,000 sq. ft., single-story cancer center at the hospital’s main campus. The $99 million project relocates many outpatient services that had been provided at off-campus sites to new, state-of-the-art buildings situated on their 73-acre hospital campus in Middletown.
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