Brookdale Hospital Medical Ctr

Description

The Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center is one of Brooklyns largest voluntary nonprofit teaching hospitals and a regional tertiary care center Brookdale provides general and specialized inpatient care to thousands of people every year In addition Brookdale provides 24hour emergency services numerous outpatient programs and longterm specialty care

Brookdale is one of Brooklyns largest and most experienced full service emergency departments and a regionally recognized Level I Trauma Center Brookdale is also a New York State DOH designated Stroke Center Our community centered organization provides numerous outpatient Ambulatory Care services in both on campus and off site facilities We also specialize in rehabilitative medicine and longterm specialty care in our renowned Schulman and Schachne Institute for Nursing and Rehabilitation and in addition are home to 87 units of assisted living and independent housing in the Arlene and David Schlang Pavilion

MISSION

The Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center is committed to being the focus of a healthy community stressing the organizations values of caring and respect for everyone

VISION

The Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center

Provides quality cost effective healthcare
Assesses the healthcare needs of our community
Provides an integrated healthcare system to our community
Promotes and facilitates preventive care
Fosters education and research
Will become the leader in healthcare in our area

and

Treats everyone with care respect and dignity
Focuses on customer satisfaction and cultural awareness
Increases pride in ourselves and what we do

History

Its hard to believe that The Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center one of the largest nonprofit voluntary teaching hospitals in Brooklyn began as just one small building rising amid the vacant fields and scattered farms where the towns of Brownsville East New York and Canarsie come together

Today the hospital covers a 14acre campus plus six ambulatory care sites with over 30 buildings devoted to inpatient ambulatory longterm care and emergency medicine and has the latest technology for service to oour community

The original building has endured and so too has the spirit and philosophy of the men and women who struggled to build equip and staff what they termed a haven of healing for all who needed it

While it was quotsmall changequotliterally nickels dimes and the occasional dollarthat the founders collected to build their hospital there was nothing small about their vision Members of the Jewish community wanted a hospital that served people of all races and creeds in a humanitarian manner

HERE ARE A FEW HIGHLIGHTS FROM MORE THAN 75 YEARS OFEXCELLENCE

The Brooklyn Eagle April 11 1921 reports that the Brownsville and East New York Hospital opened with 75 beds

In 1928 a new fourstory Maternity Pavilion is completed bringing beds to 170
During the 1930s the hospital extends services beyond East New York

Renamed BethEl Hospital in 1932

In the 1940s famed physicians join staff Dr Harold Neuhoff Dr Bela Schick Dr Isidore Snapper

Physicians residency programs and nursing training programs expand in the 1940s and the beginnings of todays extensive research programs take shape

In 1954 new Xray facilities are added other expansion brings bed total to 390The Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory opens in 1959

The Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory opens in 1959

Building expansion in the early 1960s bringing beds up to 500

In 1963 the name changes to The Brookdale Hospital Center the hospital address becomes known as quot Brookdale Plazaquot in 1966

Named The Brookdale Hospital Medical Center in 1971

The Comprehensive Care Center Opens in 1971

The Schulman and Schachne Institute for Nursing and Rehabilitation relocates to Brookdale in 1973

The Community Mental Health Center opens in 1973

The Radutzky Emergency Care Pavilion opens in 1982

New kidney hemodialysis and ambulatory infusion units open in 1988

Linroc Nursing Home opens in 1993

Network of Brookdale Family Care Centers built for primary and preventive care in the community begins and is completed during the 1990s

An AIDS Designated Center is established in 1993 it is later renamed the Treatment for Life Center

In September 1995 Brookdale enters a partnership with Jamaica Hospital Medical Center and forms Neighborhood Health Providers NHP a comprehensive Medicaid Managed Care program

A neuroangiography suite is one of several new technological advances of the 1990s major modernization program which continues to update and modernize the facility and its clinical programs

1997 saw the groundbreaking and construction of 87 units of senior citizen housingIn 1997 the Linroc Nursing Home is renamed the Schulman and Schachne Institute for Nursing and Rehabilitation

1998 brought the completion of a 200 million Major Modernization Project which includes stateoftheart technology and major improvements to the facilitys infrastructure all to take the institution well into the 21 st century