St Lukes Cornwall Hospital

Programs: St. Luke's cornwall hospital ("slch") is a not-for-profit hospital organization dedicated to serving the healthcare needs of those in the hudson valley. On january 2016, the montefiore health system, inc. Acquired st luke cornwall hospital to create an integrated healthcare delivery system, providing quality comprehensive healthcare services. With dedicated staff, modern facilities and state-of-the-art treatment, slch is committed to meeting the needs of the community and continuing to aspire to excellence. St luke's cornwall hospital with main campuses in newburgh and cornwall, and off-site facilities throughout the community, is a 345 bed acute care hospital dedicated to providing for the health care needs of the community. St luke's cornwall hospital is the regional center for neonatology, thanks to its elaine kaplan neonatal intensive care unit. The hospital also offers other pediatric subspecialties, as well as a robust list of both inpatient and outpatient services including a cardiac catheterization lab, intensive care unit, birthing center, metabolic and bariatric surgery, thoracic surgery and much more. The st luke's cornwall campus is a thriving outpatient focused center. This vital and growing community resource offers necessary healthcare access points to area residents for a variety of services including the littman center for emergency medicine, radiation oncology services, littman cancer center, wound care, kreisberg pain management, eastern orange ambulatory surgery center, physical therapy among others. St luke's cornwall hospital provides medically necessary healthcare services to all individuals in a non-discriminatory manner regardless of race, color, creed, sex, national origin or ability to pay. St luke's operates two active emergency departments (the emergency department in cornwall closed in january 12,2017) for all persons which is opened 24 hours, 365 days of the year. The emergency rooms are one of the newest and busiest emergency departments between new york city and albany. With a recent $11 million renovation and expansion, slch's emergency services were designed for patient comfort and convenience. General trauma bays and specialty treatments bays for cardiac, asthma, women's health and pediatrics enable slch's highly skilled er team to provide comprehensive, quality care in a patient-centered environment. To accommodate growing outpatient services, several satellite facilities were opened, including the dialysis center, rehabilitation center at new windsor, and the outpatient care center located on route 9w in the town of newburgh. St luke's cornwall hospital offers centers of excellence in cancer service, cardiovascular care, angioplasty, cardiac rehabilitation, orthopedics, sport medicine, and metabolic and bariatric surgery. St luke's was one of the first hospitals in the region to earn the distinction of being recognized as a new york stroke center. Additional outpatient services at slch include, but are not limited to; imaging services, laboratory services, physical therapy, pain management, outpatient nutrition counseling, sleep center, stroke care, wound healing & hyperbaric medicine, psychological services, epilepsy monitoring and home care. Slch recently earned 'top performer' recognition from the joint commission on key quality measures. Slch has been recognized for its excellence in management of heart attack, heart failure, stroke and surgical care. Slch has recently achieved the healthgrades patient safety excellence award, a designation that honors hospital performance in the prevention of thirteen serious, potentially preventable complications during hospital stays. The distinction makes slch the only hospital in new york state to receive this award for five consecutive years. This achievement also names slch as the only hospital in the state to be ranked among the top 5% in the nation for patient safety three years in a row, as evaluated by healthgrades, the leading online resource for comprehensive information about physicians and hospitals. Slch recently received its fifth straight "get with the guidelines gold plus achievement award" from the american stroke association. The goal of the program is to improve the overall quality of care for stroke patients by improving acute stroke treatment and preventing future strokes and other cardiovascular events. Hospitals that receive the "get with the guidelines gold plus achievement award" have reached an aggressive goal of treating stroke patients with 85% or higher compliance to core standard levels of care as outlined by the american stroke association for 12 consecutive months. Slch was also named to the target: stroke honor roll for achieving time to intravenous thrombolytic therapy. For the third straight year, slch has been included on the list of health cares most wired hospitals, ranking among the nations best in using information technology to improve patient care. The survey, recently released by the american hospital associations (aha) health forum, is a leading industry barometer measuring information technology use and adoption among hospitals nationwide. Slch has also been designated as an institute of quality for cardiac medical intervention by aetna. Slch was chosen as an aetna designated ioq facility because it demonstrates excellent in care, a commitment to continuous improvement and represent an exceptional value to our patients.