Vassar Brothers Medical Center

Vassar Brothers Medical Center (vbmc) is a 349-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 263 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, liver and pancreatic surgery, interventional neuroradiology, surgical oncology and transcatheter aortic valve replacement (tavr), negating the need to travel for this care. Vbmc is a level ii trauma Center with a team of dedicated, fellowship-trained trauma and critical care surgeons. The hospital is also certified as a thrombectomy-capable stroke Center from the joint commission, providing quality stroke care. Vbmc's pediatric unit continues its alliance with new york children's Medical providers services, p.c., an affiliate of the nationally ranked health system, Connecticut children's. The unit includes nine private rooms decorated in a hudson valley theme. Through the alliance with new york children's Medical providers services, children who need 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, lung cancer surgery, heart failure treatment, heart attack, diabetes treatment, maternity care, kidney failure treatment, pulmonology and lung surgery, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, pneumonia, and in stroke. For the last several years, healthgrades has listed vbmc as america's 50 best hospitals. In addition, healthgrades has awarded vbmc with the coronary intervention excellence award (2 years in a row), cardiac care excellence award (2 years in a row), as well as the pulmonary care excellence award. Vbmc has been named top 5% in the nation for cardiology services, and the top 10% in the nation for overall cardiac services (2 years in a row), coronary interventional procedures (2 years in a row), and overall pulmonary services. 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 hospital has also earned the get with the guidelines stroke gold plus award, stroke honor roll and type 2 diabetes honor roll from the american heart association, and the thrombectomy-capable stroke Center certification from the joint commission. The surgical review corporation has designated vbmc as a robotic Center of excellence. Vbmc is a five-star recipient for coronary interventional procedures, treatment of heart attack (9 years in a row), treatment of heart failure (4 years in a row), and treatment of pneumonia (13 years in a row). In fy23, vbmc had 104,121 patient days and 22,170 discharges in acute care. There were 41,348 in emergency room visits and 252,462 in other outpatient visits/procedures. The hospital provided approximately $21.1m in charity care to the regions un-insured and under-insured population.