New York Hospital Queens

Description

Queens is an amazing place it represents the heart of New York City Queens is constantly growing and evolving Our work at New York Hospital Queens is advancing right along with it A constant focus on progress and excellence has paid off and today this hospital is right at the heart of healthcare in this vital and vibrant borough

Today if there is one message that we want every member of the community to hear it is that there is no reason to leave this borough for topnotch care Excellence is right here

Every year more and more Queens residents choose NYHQ for medical expertise they can trust In fact patients from other areas of this country and even from other countries come to NYHQ to benefit from our brand of care We are proud to report that our growing reputation results and expanding clinical programs attract and retain leading physicians specialists and nurses they choose to practice right here

This special community teaching hospital has certainly evolved as an excellent medical center From technology so new its not even available in most communities to specialized services for people with rare or difficult to treat conditions we bring the newest the latest the best to the people of Queens Today if you need treatment for lung cancer if you are facing a complicated pregnancy if you are deciding where to have a hip replacement if you want to investigate obesity surgery or if you need help with a sleep disorderyou have access to excellent care near your neighborhood in your borough Its all right here

We are proud that our hospital and its dedicated staff bring the expertise and service that the people of Queens need and deserve We think that a special factor in this success is that twothirds of our hospital employees live in the borough They are trained to provide worldclass medical care and they never forget that they are providing that care to people who may be a neighbor the teacher of their child or the owner of their favorite restaurant This true relationship with the community creates a special environment Here patients and their loved ones receive a high level of personalized service service that helps them come through an illness or a procedure satisfied and with their health as well as their dignity intact

Very soon this institution will take another significant step that will further bring the cutting edge of medicine to our community Despite numerous challenges presented by the current economic climate as well as from the stress placed on the Queens healthcare system from the closing of several other institutions we remain on track for completion of a new 80bed wing in 2010 You will read more about this spectacular new addition to our facility within this report We invite the entire community to take a tour before and after it opens

The people we care for each day are at the heart of Queens and we are honored to serve them right here at the heart of healthcare in Queens We hope that you enjoy this report and share it with a colleague or neighbor and we welcome your thoughts about how we can best continue to serve this community

Our Mission
quotTo be the premier healthcare institution serving our greater community by providing excellence in clinical care and patient safety education clinical research and servicequot

Our Values
Caring and Compassion
Commitment
Caution
Candor
Courage
Competence
Continuous Learning

History

Our History
On the Move from the Beginning
The earliest roots of the hospital go back to nineteenth century Manhattan Around that time the medical communitys latest breakthrough was the discovery of the xray The hospital started out in 1892 as a haven for unmarried mothers in a humble house on East 123rd Street in Manhattan It was named the Rescue Home for Women and was operated by the Salvation Army The facility was one of the Salvation Armys first installations in the United States

During World War I the facility opened a free medical service for the dependants of enlisted men With the recession of the war the name of the facility was changed to become Booth Memorial Hospital It relocated twice in Manhattan before landing permanently in Flushing Queens For nearly 60 years the facility operated on East 15th Street The idea to move to Queens was spurred by the baby booming postWWII 1950s when the Salvation Army noticed a shortage of local general hospital facilities in the vast farmland communities located to the east of the East River Queens

Bringing Queens Trusted Expertise and MuchDeserved Services
Even as Booth Memorial Hospital prospered in Manhattan throughout the 1920s 1930s and 1940s more change was on the horizon By the 1950s the New York metropolitan area had transformed In particular there was a desperate need for medical services to support the rapidly growing population in Queens With that being the case the Salvation Army made the bold choice of uprooting from Manhattan and building a modern medical facility on an empty parcel of overgrown brush in Flushing Queens

That facility was built on the site where the hospital resides to this day The hospital opened to great fanfare on February 141957 with 210 beds and 45 bassinets In addition a 35bed unit called the Williams Residence was designed for elderly patients Another wing housed the Salvation Armys program for unmarried mothers It was called the Perkins Pavilion

Change in Name and Sponsorship Not in Spirit or Service
From the beginning the Salvation Army instilled a great sense of service and patientcentered care at the hospital a spirit that lives on in the institution to this day By the early 1990s the Salvation Army decided to discontinue its management of acute care hospitals across the United States to focus on other charitable endeavors

In 1992 the hospital became an affiliate of the New York HospitalCornell Medical Center The following year after a long history as Booth Memorial in both Manhattan and Queens the hospital was renamed The New York Hospital Medical Center of Queens Several years later while retaining this name legally for ease of use it was shortened to New York Hospital Queens

Our Role Today

In 1997 The New York Hospital and The Presbyterian Hospital merged creating the New York Presbyterian Hospital Care Network These entities became what are now known respectively as the NewYorkPresbyterian Hospital and the NewYorkPresbyterian Healthcare System The system is now one of the largest healthcare systems in the country Today New York Hospital Queenswith its own leadership and charter and as a proudmember of the NewYorkPresbyterian HealthcareSystem and affiliate of the Weill Medical College of Cornell University has grown to become a comprehensive and innovative institution The hospital maintains specialty care centers and clinics throughout the borough of Queens and offers worldclass health care services in almost every specialty area

New York Hospital Queens has grown to become a 519bed acute care hospital that last year admitted more than 35000 patients had more than 139000 outpatient visits and treated 115000 people through the emergency department Over time this hospital has dramatically expanded and refined the expertise it offers but still retains its founders guiding principle of service