Rochester Regional Health

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. Unity hospital is a 287-bed recently renovated hospital located in the town of greece. Key programs and centers include chemical dependency, brain injury & rehabilitation, joint replacement center, family birth place, spine center, diabetes center, stroke center, and emergency center. Its awards and designations include: excellus bluecross blueshield blue distinction center for knee and hip replacement and for spine surgery; excellus bluecross blueshield blue distinction center for maternity care at the august family birth place at unity hospital; american association of critical care nurses (aacn) silver-level beacon award for excellence in professional practice (intensive care unit), patient care and outcomes; commission on the accreditation of rehabilitation facilities (carf) accreditation for acute rehabilitation and brain injury rehabilitation at the golisano restorative neurology & rehabilitation center; joint commission gold seal of approval designation for health care quality; joint commission gold seal of approval at the charles j. August joint replacement center; advanced certification from the joint commission for palliative care; star rating on facility compare reports from cms on 3 out of 4 dialysis units; cms 4-star rating; and american heart association/american stroke association's get with the guidelines -stroke gold plus achievement award with target: stroke honor roll elite plus award recognition for stroke care. Unity medical group operates as a division of unity hospital. Unity medical group has 28 office- and hospital-based locations in monroe and genesee county. The services offered by unity medical group include geriatrics, palliative care, skilled nursing home support, endocrinology, dental care, internal medicine, pediatrics, family medicine, obstetrics, gynecology, pulmonary services, sleep services, infectious disease treatment, orthopedic spine treatment, progressive neurovascular service with neurology specialty outpatient care and endovascular surgical acute care. There are also a specialized vascular surgery group and nephrology with comprehensive dialysis services. Newark-wayne community hospital (nwch) has served generations of wayne county residents since 1957, and many have become members of our growing healthcare family. With new, leading-edge medical technology, a direct partnership with rochester regional health, and highly trained staff, nwch continues to grow in every aspect of its healthcare delivery. The hospital is licensed to operate 120 acute care beds, which includes 82 medical/surgical beds, 16 adult mental health beds, 8 icu beds, and 14 obstetrical beds. Nwch also offers a full array of outpatient services including an emergency department, cardiac rehabilitation, lab services, diagnostic imaging, rehabilitation services, and lab draw stations and patient imaging units in other parts of wayne county. In 1997, nwch established the wayne county rural health network (wcrhn) to encourage greater collaboration among health and social service agencies within wayne county in order to provide greater access to needed services and to develop innovative programs to better meet identified needs. Wcrhn is one of 35 such networks in nys. Nwch was chosen as a benchmark in the socioeconomic factors category of the american hospital association (aha) publication, community connections: ideas & innovations for hospital leaders: case examples. Distinctions for quality include earning the gold seal of approval for knee and hip replacements by the joint commission and the silver-level of the beacon award for excellence from american association of critical care nurses at its intensive care unit. Additionally, newark-wayne is a new york state-designated stroke center, a niche (nurses improving care for healthsystem elders) exemplar hospital and a recent recipient of the who baby-friendly designation. Rehabilitative and long-term care services are provided through demay living center, an attached facility.