Valhalla, N.Y.-based Westchester Medical Center Health Network has unified eight of its hospitals under a single hospital license, an administrative change the system says will improve care coordination and streamline operations across the Hudson Valley.
The unification consolidates HealthAlliance Hospital in Kingston, Good Samaritan Hospital in Suffern, Bon Secours Community Hospital in Port Jervis, St. Anthony Community Hospital in Warwick and St. Josephs Place skilled nursing facility in Port Jervis under a single license, according to a July 15 news release from WMCHealth. MidHudson Regional Hospital in Poughkeepsie was already operating as a division of Westchester Medical Center. Margaretville Hospital is excluded from the integration to preserve its Critical Access Hospital designation, and most of the network’s nursing homes are also excluded.
“This unification strengthens our ability to deliver safe, high-quality and consistent care for every patient we serve,” WMCHealth President and CEO David Lubarsky, MD, said in the release. Patients will continue to receive care from the same physicians and teams at the same local facilities, and employee pay, benefits and responsibilities will remain unchanged.
WMCHealth is also advancing plans to unify its EMR platform across all hospitals in alignment with New York State’s Safety Net Transformation Grant strategy.
WMCHealth is the Hudson Valley’s only academic medical center-led health network, with nine hospitals, nearly 13,500 employees and nearly 3,000 attending physicians serving approximately 2.5 million residents.
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