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Need a new physician?
You can find a White Plains Hospital affiliated
physician anytime of the day or night.
Call 914-681-1010 or log onto wphospital.org
New York Medical College, is a designated
Level 2 trauma center and stroke center.
The Sound Shore Health System includes
Mount Vernon Hospital, Schaffer Extended
Care Center and Hopfer School of Nursing.
Hopfer graduates had a 100 percent first-
time pass rate on the national registered
nursing licensing exam for the second
quarter of 2012.
Patients needing an MRI at the Hudson
Valley Hospital Center no doubt
appreciate the hospital’s new imaging suite,
which has an “Open Friendly” MRI with a
larger opening. The hospital also recently
added a third hyperbaric chamber to its
Institute for Wound Care and Hyperbaric
Medicine.
St. Joseph’s Medical Center renovated
its MRI department and in fall 2012 began
updating its behavioral health units at both
the Yonkers and Harrison campuses, thanks
to more than $7 million in grant money. St.
Joseph’s also is adding a special procedures
room, an outpatient cardiovascular center
and electronic medical records in the
Emergency Department.
St. John’s Riverside was the first
hospital in Westchester, founded in
1869. In 2012, it received the Stroke
Silver Plus Quality Achievement Award,
which recognizes the hospital’s success
in implementing a higher standard of
stroke care. It also received the 5 Star
Award for Excellence in Maternity Care
from HealthGrades for the sixth year in a
row; not surprising for a hospital that has
delivered more than 116,000 babies – and
counting!
New York-Presbyterian Hospital’s
Westchester Division , located in White
Plains, opened its Center for Autism and
the Developing Brain, which provides
multidisciplinary care to patients of all ages
with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)
and other developmental disorders. New
York-Presbyterian is ranked fifth in the
nation for psychiatry by U.S. News & World
Report.
New York Medical College is where
tomorrow’s physicians study before doing
their clinical work in Westchester’s
hospitals.
Three nursing schools — Lienhard,
Cochran and Hopfer Schools of Nursing
— ensure that care won’t be compromised
by a shortage of nurses.
TRIVIA:
• Hudson Valley Hospital Center was chosen from among thousands of hospitals to speak
about its no-wait emergency room at the International Conference on EmergencyMedicine in
Ireland in July 2012.
• Healthcare workers make up the largest economic sector of the county.
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