Vassar Brothers Medical Center

Vassar Brothers Medical Center (vbmc) is a 350-bed facility that has served the new york's mid-hudson valley since 1887. The most recent addition to the campus is a beautiful patient pavilion, which includes 264 private patient rooms, a 30-room intensive care unit, 13 surgical suites and a 66-room emergency and trauma Center. Vbmc is part of nuvance health, which is a six-hospital system, on 7 campuses, with numerous outpatient facilities throughout the hudson valley and across western Connecticut. The nuvance health system gives the community access to a variety of services including, but not limited to, bariatric surgery and Medical weight loss, blood draw, critical care, diabetes education, emergency services, heart and vascular, imaging and radiology, infusion therapy, neurology and neurosurgery, orthopedic care, physical rehabilitation, primary care, rheumatology, sleep disorders, urgent care, women's health, behavioral health, cancer care, dentistry, digestive health, endocrinology, genetic counseling, home health care, infectious disease, kidney disease and nephrology, occupational medicine, patient blood managements and bloodless medicine, pediatrics, podiatry, pulmonary care, senior care and geriatric medicine, surgical services, urology, wound care and hyperbaric medicine. Vbmc has established practices in cardiac services, cancer care and women and children's health services. As a regional Medical Center, Vassar houses the area's first and only cardiothoracic surgery Center between westchester and albany and the only level iii neonatal intensive care unit (nicu) in the region for premature, underweight, and critically ill infants. Innovative procedures and services have been brought to the vbmc campus, including robotic orthopedic surgery, neurosurgery, hepatobiliary care, and thoracic surgical oncology, negating the need to travel for this care. Vbmc is a level ii trauma Center with accreditations from thrombectomy-capable stroke Center, american college of surgeons level 2 trauma Center, stemi primary coronary intervention Center, and acgme (accreditation council for graduate Medical education) accredited emergency medicine residency program. Vbmc recently reopened its pediatric unit, thanks to an alliance with new york children's Medical providers services, p.c., an affiliate of the nationally ranked health system, Connecticut children's. The unit now includes nine private rooms decorated in a hudson valley theme. Through the alliance with new york children's Medical providers services, children who need to hospitalization are cared for by pediatric hospitalists with years of specialized training, in addition to pediatric nurses, respiratory therapists and others. Neonatologists from new york children's Medical provider services, p.c., also staff the nicu. Vbmc is committed to providing quality service to the community and has been recognized by several organizations for the quality healthcare that it provides to the region. Vbmc has been recognized as best regional hospital for excellence by u.s. news & world report for their high performance in colon cancer surgery, heart failure treatment, heart attack, diabetes treatment, maternity care, uncomplicated pregnancy, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and pneumonia, and in stroke. For the last several years, healthgrades has listed vbmc as america's 50 best hospitals. Healthgrades has awarded the hospital america's 100 best hospitals for cardiac care, critical care and gastrointestinal care. In addition, healthgrades has awarded vbmc with the coronary intervention excellence award, gastrointestinal care excellence award, neurosciences excellence award, as well as the stroke care excellence award. Vbmc has been accredited as a comprehensive community cancer program by the american college of surgeons commission on cancer and accredited by the national accreditation program for breast centers (napbc) through the american college of surgeons. The surgical review corporation has designated vbmc as a robotic Center of excellence. In fy22, vbmc had 101,481 patient days and 22,417 discharges in acute care. There were 39,586 in emergency room visits and 254,565 in other outpatient visits/procedures. The hospital provided approximately $17.2m in charity care to the regions un-insured and under-insured population.