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Causes: General Hospitals, Health
Mission: To provide competent, innovative and accessible emergency and acute care services to the residents of rockland county and surrounding areas. We are caring people operating an extraordinary community hospital.
Programs: Nyack hospital is a 375-bed community acute care medical and surgical hospital that is affiliated with the montefiore health system. Nyack hospital is committed to meeting the health care needs of the residents of rockland county, new york and other surrounding areas and is dedicated to providing the highest quality healthcare services to the community. Nyack hospital also runs an emergency department that provides high-quality emergency care 24 hours a day in addition to other ambulatory services. The emergency department at nyack hospital is one of the nation's best for safety, quality of care, efficiency and patient satisfaction and is a designated area trauma center. Our 30-minute er service standard assures that all patients are seen by a professional, caring health care provider within 30 minutes of their arrival. The er department prides ourselves as being a "senior-friendly"child-friendly" facility with experts who know how to care for the needs of these special patients. We are also adept at caring for the unique needs of individuals requiring special accommodations for size and mental health needs. Nyack hospital has received numerous awards and accreditations for meeting or exceeding rigorous standards set forth by various private, state and federal agencies. Among the honors are the joint commission gold seal of approval for hip and knee joint replacement, breast imaging center of excellent designation, american college of surgeons outstanding achievement award, among others. Nyack hospital has also been designated as a new york state stroke center, area trauma center and level ii special care nursery. Nyack hospital offers many events, classes and support groups to enrich the lives of our neighbors. Some support groups and classes offered are: living with ms, lose to win, diabetes and cancer support groups, yoga for cancer and ms patients, look good feel better workshops, food addicts in recovery anonymous and maternity and childbirth educational programs. During 2016, nyack hospital had 13,458 patient discharges, 1,609 births and 54,826 emergency department visits.