Hudson Valley Hospital Center

Description

Mission Statement
Hudson Valley Hospital Center is dedicated to serving the health care needs of the community and to providing quality comprehensive medical care in a compassionate professional respectful manner without regard to race religion national origin or disease category

Offering stateoftheart diagnostic treatment education and preventive services the Hospital is committed to improving the quality of life in the community

In fulfilling this mission the Hospital will strive to continuously improve the care provided and develop and offer programs facilities systems and alliances that most effectively respond to community health care needs

History

1889
A small group of community minded women led the way by purchasing a prerevolutionary house on lower South Street in Peekskill which became the Helping Hand Hospital

1908
The Dr John N Tilden Wing is erected at the site of the original house where ten years later a second wing was added in memory of area firemen who died during the famous Fleischmanns building fire

1926
A third floor is built for maternity care expanding the Hospitals bed capacity to 78

1950
Peekskill Hospital Medical Staff

1966
A new site more centrally located on Route 202 Crompond Road in the Town of Cortlandt Manor is identified and a brand new Hospital is built featuring 114 beds

1978
The addition of the Terner Pavilion is completed and houses a new emergency department radiology department and intensive care unit

1992
Changes and growth propel the Hospital to begin a major expansion project the Wagner Pavilion to include a new emergency department laboratory operating rooms and ambulatory surgery suite The Hospital also takes a new name to better reflect its regional presence as a leading health care facility in the Hudson Valley

Celebrating a New Millennium

2001
The maternity unit goes through a major renovation bringing new moms private rooms in a hotellike environment as well as whirlpool tubs in every labordelivery room

One of five private labor and delivery rooms available at the Womens Pavilion for Birthing

2002
A progressive care unit is built on the rooftop of the Wagner Pavilion an eightbed unit designed to meet the needs of patients requiring critical care

2003
The Wellness Club openedan innovative adult fitness centerat the nearby Cortlandt Town Center

Planning for Tomorrow
The expansion of diagnostic imaging brings an open MRI to the campus part of a 7 million investment in new technology The opening of a neonatal intensive care unit brings critical care to infants born at the Hospital In addition plans are underway to replace the aging medicalsurgical patient rooms with stateoftheart private rooms with individual baths The emergency department will once again be expanded to increase capacity and adapt to the new demands of emergency preparedness

quotNo wait ERquot
With the help of a 500000 challenge grant from Entergy Nuclear Northeast Hudson Valley Hospital Center has refurbished the Emergency Department to include the quotnowait ERquot concept These renovations allow for a significant change in the quottypical process for a patient presenting to the Emergency Department By moving the registration function to the bedside and creating more triage and treatment space patients bypass the usual registration function and can be facilitated to a treatment area much quicker

Other structural changes were made including three new nurse triage rooms four new treatment rooms and a comfortable reception area In addition is a separate entrance for the special decontamination room available 24hours a day to handle a patient who must be isolated during treatment in the emergency room

quotThese changes to the physical plant are happening now we cant wait any longerquot states John C Federspiel hospital president quotWe have begun a major renovation project that will add 133000 square feet to the facility It is the most expensive building project to date Completion is expected in 2010quot he further states All private rooms new surgery center new ambulatory care building and a multilevel parking structure are some of the enhancements expected as part of the new construction project