Oneida Healthcare Center

Description

Mission Statement
The mission of the Oneida Healthcare Center is to plan provide and coordinate the highest quality progressive and comprehensive health care services for the greater Oneida area and surrounding communities

Oneida Healthcare Center OHC is a 101bed acute care hospital and a 160bed skilled nursing facility ECF licensed by the State of New York and operated by Oneida Health Systems Inc a New York notforprofit corporation Both facilities are JCAHO accredited

Oneida Healthcare Center serves an area comprised of approximately 24 communities in Madison and western Oneida counties with a population of about 80000 from its main campus on Genesee Street NYS Rt 5 in the city of Oneida

In addition OHC operates primary health centers in the villages of Canastota Chittenango and Camden a maternalchild clinic at the Northside Health Center in Oneida three outreach laboratory draw stations in Oneida and Camden and a rehabilitation amp wellness center in Oneida

History

Our History
At Oneida Healthcare Center caring has been our business since the Presbyterian Church provided a treatment room for victims of railroad accidents back in 1894 Since then we have continued to expand our facilities and services always keeping in mind the communities we serve

In 1896 a citizendonated bathhouse was established as a makeshift hospital With the support of Oneida Mayor J M Goldstein who donated a plot of land on Williams Street a fourbed hospital opened in 1899

The first Broad Street Hospital was built in 1906 to meet the evergrowing needs of Oneida and the surrounding areas A year later the Broad Street Hospital School of Nursing opened and within eight years the Hospitals size had tripled In 1936 after a decision which gave the City of Oneida control over the Hospital a new 80bed Oneida City Hospital opened directly behind the old Broad Street building A 40bed addition was built in 1951 but modernizing efforts could not keep pace with the growth of surrounding communities and the subsequent need for expanded healthcare services

In 1967 with overwhelming community support the present hospital overlooking the City from its Genesee Street location was approved The new 101bed Oneida City Hospital opened its doors in 1972 Two years later the Broad Street facility was converted into the Extended Care Facility filling the communitys need for a residential skilled nursing facility

The increase in the number of longterm care patients resulted in the construction of a new Extended Care Facility building located adjacent to the hospital The facility opened in January of 1993 with 160 beds including a specialized 11bed ventilator unit

The age of managed care negotiated contracts with thirdparty payers and networking with other providers dictated that the hospital change governance from a municipally run facility in order to remain competitive On January 1 1996 Oneida City Hospital became Oneida Healthcare Center a private notforprofit voluntary organization

In 1999 Oneida Healthcare Center began demolition of the former hospital on Broad Street in preparation for relocating its growing outpatient physical therapy services The Oneida Healthcare Rehabilitation amp Wellness Center opened at that site in December of 1999