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Description

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Arden Hill Campus
The Arden Hill campus of Orange Regional is located in Goshen New York approximately 65 miles northwest of New York City Orange County has experienced steady population growth and development over the years The changing demographics of Orange County have resulted in an increase in demand and resulting expansion and diversification of healthcare services

Arden Hill Hospital began as the Goshen Emergency Hospital in 1908 a twobed emergency medical service Since then it has expanded into a 174bed campus offering Medical Surgical Pediatric and Intensive care as well as Behavioral Health and Bariatric surgery

Mission Vision and Values
Mission Statement
Improve the health of our community by providing exceptional healthcare

Vision Statement
Orange Regional Medical Center will pursue excellence in all we do and become the best regional hospital in New York State meeting 95 of our communitys acute healthcare needs We will be the quotprovider of choicequot for our community the quotemployer of choicequot for our staff and the quotworkplace of choicequot for our doctors

Values Statement
In pursuit of our mission we
Place our patients and their families above all else by delivering quality
care in a safe compassionate respectful and responsive manner

Are guided by the highest level of integrity honesty and excellence in our
daily work

Value and respect the talented committed and diverse populations who
comprise our hospital community

Continuously improve our practices and promote the highest levels of quality

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History

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Arden Hills History
In May 1908 a group of Goshen women headed by Mrs Susan Randall Bacon founded the Goshen Emergency Hospital The idea was to take care of accident cases and to meet emergencies According to an article in The Middletown Times Herald Record 112461 The Goshen Emergency Hospital treated its first patient the day it opened July 4 1908 quotHe was a Black Dirt farmhand felled by the heat not a fireworks casualty which the ladies had dreadingly hastened their opening to accommodatequot

By September 1908 the service was expanded to include maternity cases under the medical direction of Dr Daniel T Condict In October 1908 the hospital then two rooms was chartered

Two rooms comprised that hospital one located in rented quarters on the main business street One nurse was in attendance with members of the Hospitals board taking quotrelief toursquot

In 1915 the Hospital moved to Greenwich Avenue occupying the former home of Mrs Luella Morris Van Leuvan whose will had made the property available for this purpose

Additions to the building gradually altered its appearance In 1922 the maternity wing was added In 1932 a threestory addition was constructed in the rear to house the male and female wards and the operating room A new delivery room and labor room were built in 1941 Another change in 1954 added a fourbed semiprivate room A 25000 Ford Foundation grant helped complete a new kitchen and staff dining room

Provisionally accredited in 1954 The Goshen Hospital achieved full accreditation by the Joint Commission on Accreditation in 1957

In 1958 The Goshen Hospital was a fully accredited 50bed 12bassinet hospital which included 10 maternity beds There were 90 full or parttime employees on its staff including 32 registered nurses A fulltime hospital administrator was in charge The medical staff consisted of 17 regular physicians 37 consulting physicians 23 courtesy physicians and seven dentists Among the staff six were specialists who had been certified by their respective American Boards

In February 1960 Goshen Hospital attained the highest level of occupancy to that point The result was not unexpected because in 1959 the Hospital recorded an overall occupancy rate of 74 percent well above the critical point of 66 percent occupancy for a 50bed hospital The medicalsurgical divisions of the Hospital reported 85 percent occupancy This included 100 percent or better occupancy on no less than 72 days

The Goshen Hospital operated with a budget of about 300000 in 1959 The 12000 raised by the annual fund drive was used for new equipment

In 1959 a 12acre tract on the outskirts of the village was given with the condition that action to build a new hospital be taken within five years In 1960 The Goshen Hospital became a clinical training facility for students in the Associate Nurses Degree program at Orange County Community College

By April 1965 The Goshen Hospital broke ground for the nations first Progressive Patient Care hospital of less than 100 beds In 1967 The Goshen Hospital changed its name to Arden Hill Hospital and moved to its current location on Harriman Drive on May 20 The site was formerly the Arden Homestead Farm It was purchased in October 1963 from the County of Orange and the Orange County Community College for 44000

Cannon Thiele Betz and Cannon of Niagara Falls which had specialized in smaller hospitals had worked with Goshen Hospital and its consultant to build the first hospital in the nation capable of expansion along Progressive Patient Care Lines

In 1972 The Jeanne E Jonas Mental Health wing opened with 31 beds

The addition of a 20 bed self care wing in 1973 further expanded the facility

In 1975 a 7 million groundbreaking for new construction to enable better care and increased efficiency took place

The Medical Arts Buildings are added to the campus allowing for suite rentals and temporary housing of mammography units and gamma camera