Cayuga Medical Center

Description

Cayuga Medical Center at Ithaca is a 204bed acutecare hospital offering stateoftheart diagnostic and treatment services We are affiliated with 35 teaching and research institutions including Weill Medical College of Cornell University and New York Hospital Columbia University Roswell Park Cancer Institute Rochester Heart Institute Mayo Clinic Laboratories University of Rochester University Hospital in Syracuse Ithaca College and Tompkins Cortland Community College We have an affiliated medical staff of 200 physicians many of them subspecialists With more than 1000 skilled healthcare employees and two satellite campuses we are the fifthlargest employer in Tompkins County Cayuga Medical Center has been designated twice as a Top 100 Hospital for Community Value

OUR MISSION STATEMENT
We will deliver the highest quality health care in partnership with our community one person at a time

OUR CORE VALUES
Clinical Excellence
We value our ability to provide the very best results to our patients right here in our community We partner with Centers of Excellence and participate in national benchmarking studies

Customer Service
We value customer service as we take care of our patients and their families in our relationships with our doctors and in our interactions with colleagues We monitor customer service through a relationship with external customer satisfaction auditor Press Ganey

People
We value each other as colleagues and mentors and we value our patients neighbors friends and community partners

Financial Integrity
We value fiscal integrity while striving to meet community needs through investments in stateoftheart equipment renovations to our facilities and development of new programs and services We have been operating in the black since 1981 and were recently recognized by the Consumer Value Index as a Top 100 Hospital for the value we contribute to the community

Community
We value our partners in the local health community spanning the spectrum of care from acupuncture to wellness from prevention to palliation and from acute care to life care

History

At Cayuga Medical Center we believe that hospitals are shaped by the people they serve A hundred years ago a group of forwardthinking community leaders opened a small city hospital with fifteen beds Today Cayuga Medical Center houses 204 beds employs over 1200 healthcare professionals and has a medical staff of more than 200 affiliated physicians

Over the past century we have evolved into a comprehensive medical center and we continue to offer as we always have attentive and compassionate care to each patient who comes through our doors Our patients and families are at the center of everything we do

We are a notforprofit acutecare medical center bringing stateoftheart diagnostic and treatment services to the residents of Tompkins Cortland Seneca and Tioga counties And a century after our founding we remain intrinsically tied to those we serve our corporate membership includes representatives from over 100 community organizations

We are privileged to engage with you our community as we chart our course for the future We work every day to help you meet your changing healthcare needs As a result more than 150000 area residents and visitors choose us each year for topquality specialized healthcare rather than traveling outside of the area