Huntington Hospital

Description

Huntington Hospital established in 1916 is a 408bed nonprofit community Hospital located in Huntington New York Huntington Hospital has been a member of the North Shore Long Island Jewish Health System since 1994

We offer a comprehensive range of services and programs for our community

OUR MISSION
Founded by concerned citizens and shaped by community health care needs Huntington Hospital is a fullservice notforprofit community hospital serving Huntington Township and surrounding communities The Hospital is a member of the North ShoreLong Island Jewish Health System and shares in the Systems vision of being a preeminent healthcare delivery system in the tradition of excellence and the embodiment of community values and human dignity

Our primary mission is to provide a full range of inpatient outpatient and specialized healthcare services within an environment nurtured by respect and safety We are committed to giving our patients highquality and technologically advanced care by competent professionals in order to maintain and improve the health and wellbeing of the community These services will be provided to all patients regardless of race color religion age national origin disability or sexual orientation Within the limits of resources available we embrace our charitable purpose by providing these services regardless of the patients ability to pay

Supporting our primary mission the hospital is committed to the education of healthcare professionals the development of its employees and the promotion of educational programs for the community

OUR VISION
Huntington Hospital strives to be an outstanding community hospital through continuous performance improvement the enhancement of patient care services and being responsive to the changing healthcare needs of the community To that end we embrace the following values

OUR VALUES
S to provide superior service in a SAFE environment for our patients

E to emphasize EXCELLENCE in everything we do

R to promote RESPECT for the dignity of every person

V to VALUE leadership innovation and cooperation

I to foster uncompromising INTEGRITY and ethical conduct

C to deliver COMPASSIONATE and considerate care

E to be the EMPLOYER of choice

History

Huntington Hospital was founded as a result of a charitable act In 1914 recognizing that the nine bed Winkworth Cottage Hospital on New Street could no longer meet the needs of a growing community Cornelia Prime daughter of a prominent New York banking family donated a house located on five acres of land on Park Avenue The original hospital still stands today adjacent to the main structure Construction commenced under the direction of a community board of trustees and on May 1 1916 Huntington Hospital formally opened to receive its first patients With 18 adult and 4 childrens beds plus 6 bassinets and 16 attending physicians the new hospital admitted 334 patients in its first year The average cost per patient was 336 a day

May 26 1917 marks the anniversary of the first formal meeting of the Womens Auxiliary of Huntington Hospital This organization of volunteers also began as a result of charitable intent as it was organized for the purpose of quotraising and disbursing funds to provide supplies not including drugs for the hospital and its patientsquot

The hospital steadily outgrew its original quarters and as a result of a fund raising effort spearheaded by the Chamber of Commerce a new building with 70 adult beds 7 childrens beds and 16 bassinets opened its doors on September 23 1933 That building is todays West Wing of the hospital The Auxiliary had 270 members helped raise money for the new hospital and donated a Chrysler ambulance to transport patients in need of emergency care

By the 1950s the town had grown dramatically and the hospital leadership recognized the need to grow with it On October 26 1958 the East Wing was dedicated Beds numbered 195 admissions exceeded 12000 and births totaled 2610

Intent on keeping pace with the demands of a rapidly expanding community the 1960s saw unprecedented hospital expansion as well In 1962 the six story South Wing opened followed by the first stage of the North Wing in 1969 and stage two in 1971 Bed capacity reached 398

Growth in population meant more patients and the need for more services far more services than the existing facility could handle We entered the 1980s with a 19 million Northeast Wing construction giving rise to a Kidney Dialysis Unit Coronary Care Unit Ambulatory Surgery Unit Emergency Room 30 bed Maternity and Nursery CAT scanner and six laboratories All new all stateoftheart and all ready to meet the medical and technological needs of a sophisticated and burgeoning community

The beginning of the 1990s gave us little warning as to what to expect Managed care would change the face of how medical care would be delivered and how it would be paid for breast cancer was reaching epidemic proportions on Long Island and a shifting population brought an influx of new immigrants working poor and medically indigent Again the volunteer and professional leadership rallied to meet the needs of this community In 1993 a successful fund raising campaign enabled us to open a dedicated Breast Care Center which featured Suffolk Countys first stereotactic needle biopsy machine In 1994 a 55 million fund raising capital campaign was instituted for the purpose of building Long Islands first privately funded primary care facility for the medically underserved In October 1995 the 19000 square foot Dolan Family Health Center named as a result of a 1 million lead gift from the Dolan Family Foundation opened its doors thus ensuring the availability of accessible and affordable primary care for all Huntington residents regardless of their ability to pay

With the opening of the Surgical Services Pavilion in December 2004 another important fund raising capital campaign came to fruition At this time the hospital more than doubled in square footage its surgical facility Ten new operating rooms were equipped with the latest surgical technologies including robotic arms flat screen monitors harmonic scalpels specialized lasers and Xenon lighting In addition to providing patients with stateoftheart services available close to home the Surgical Services Pavilion also allowed for a streamlining of services All preadmission testing needs were now able to be handled within this one convenient location

Today Huntington Hospital has 408 inpatient beds although due to the shift in outpatient and ambulatory services beds bricks or mortar no longer define hospitals A creditable history of nearly a century of growth meeting needs keeping abreast of the latest medical technology accomplished by visionary leadership with community involvement voluntarism and charitable donations has set the stage for the hospital to address the challenges that lie ahead in this 21st century