Richmond University Medical Center in Staten Island, N.Y., has formed a clinical affiliation with Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City to improve cardiac care, according to a Staten Island Advance report.
Under the affiliation, RUMC and Mount Sinai will work to restore RUMC's emergency cardiac catheterizations, which the hospital lost last year when it sold its share of a joint venture with Staten Island (N.Y.) University Hospital called the Heart Institute. The $30 million transaction was designed to increase RUMC's revenue and improve cardiac service on the North Shore, according to the report.
Mount Sinai will acquire at least $3 million in equipment for RUMC, upgrade the peripheral vascular lab and use new imaging techniques for stroke patients. The partnership will also develop subspecialties, such as neurosurgery, mental health and ear, nose and throat, at RUMC.
RUMC may also restructure its emergency department, which was built to treat 25,000 annual patients but consistently sees more than 70,000 patients a year. In addition, RUMC may establish in-home services and may tie its graduate medical education programs to Mount Sinai School of Medicine's programs.
The affiliation did not result in staffing cuts but instead added and filled new positions, according to the report.
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Under the affiliation, RUMC and Mount Sinai will work to restore RUMC's emergency cardiac catheterizations, which the hospital lost last year when it sold its share of a joint venture with Staten Island (N.Y.) University Hospital called the Heart Institute. The $30 million transaction was designed to increase RUMC's revenue and improve cardiac service on the North Shore, according to the report.
Mount Sinai will acquire at least $3 million in equipment for RUMC, upgrade the peripheral vascular lab and use new imaging techniques for stroke patients. The partnership will also develop subspecialties, such as neurosurgery, mental health and ear, nose and throat, at RUMC.
RUMC may also restructure its emergency department, which was built to treat 25,000 annual patients but consistently sees more than 70,000 patients a year. In addition, RUMC may establish in-home services and may tie its graduate medical education programs to Mount Sinai School of Medicine's programs.
The affiliation did not result in staffing cuts but instead added and filled new positions, according to the report.
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