Rochester General Hospital

Programs: See schedule orochester regional health (rochester regional) (i. E. The parent organization and its related affiliates) has provided high quality healthcare services to the greater rochester ny area and surrounding regions for more than 160 years. It is the second largest employer in rochester and an integral part of the community. Rochester regional has a nationally recognized heart program and a nationally accredited cancer center, and offers patients many of the same leading edge treatment options found at the country's finest medical centers. From surgery to orthopedics, women's health to emergency care, people all across western ny turn to rochester regional for their experience, compassion and expertise in helping them get back to living their lives. Poverty trends, community health research and needs assessments are reviewed on a regular basis while planning community health programs. Rochester regional representatives are actively engaged in various community health collaborations with the local health departments, state health department, and local not-for-profit health and human service agencies, and actively works to respond to community priorities and develop programs and services that fill a gap or supplement an existing program. Most rochester regional community health outreach programs are offered in partnership with other community organizations or governmental agencies, in order to leverage resources to meet community needs. Information regarding the availability of community health programs, assistance with health insurance enrollment and financial assistance for medical care received at rochester regional hospitals, emergency departments, outpatient departments or long-term care facilities are disseminated to the public in electronic (website) form. Rochester general hospital (rgh), the flagship of the rochester regional health, is a regional leader in health care. This 528-bed acute care, teaching hospital serves the greater rochester, ny region and beyond. Rochester general hospital's nationally recognized programs have consistently demonstrated quality outcomes that positively impact patients, their families and the entire community. Rochester general provides care to more monroe county residents than any other hospital in the region and, as a tertiary care facility, has strong referral relationships with several regional hospitals. Rochester general offers a full array of services to meet the medical needs of upstate new york, including nationally recognized programs in cardiac, cancer, orthopedic, vascular, surgical and diabetes care. Rgh is home to a number of centers of excellence including the lipson cancer institute and the sands-constellation heart institute. Rochester general is a certified quality breast center of excellence by the national quality measures for breast centers program from the national consortium of breast center, inc. ; a new york state-designated stroke center and a bariatric surgery center of excellence by the american society for metabolic and bariatric surgery. Distinctions for quality include designations as one of america's 100 best hospitals and distinguished hospital for clinical excellence by healthgrades; the surgical intensive care unit earned the gold-level and both the medical intensive care unit and cardiothoracic intensive care unit earned the silver-level of the beacon award for excellence from american association of critical care nurses. High quality clinical care provided at rochester general is amplified by relationships and affiliations with nationally renowned institutions such as the cleveland clinic (for cardiac care) and roswell park cancer institute. Rochester general medical group (rgmg) operates as a division of rgh. Rgmg has more than 40 practices in monroe and wayne counties with specialties in allergy/rheumatology, dermatology, diabetes/endocrinology, family medicine, geriatrics, internal medicine, nutrition & weight management, orthopedics, pediatrics, physical medicine & rehabilitation, vascular surgery & vein care and women's health (ob/gyn). In addition to hospital locations, rgmg also operates two full-service outreach campuses at alexander park and linden oaks.