Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center



	Taking Pride in Our Accomplishments
	Our Joint Commission, Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, and American Dental Association Accreditations are further confirmations of Bronx-Lebanon’s leadership position in providing high quality, comprehensive, and compassionate health care services to the community.

	Ambulatory Care Center.
	Our new nine-story Ambulatory Care Facility will be completed by the end of 2013. Increasing total outpatient volume to more than one million visits annually and reinforcing Bronx-Lebanon’s strategy of keeping the community healthy.

	Life Recovery Center.
	Our new 56,000 square foot Life Recovery Center will be completed in 2013. It will be the only center in New York State to combine inpatient, outpatient, and residential services for individuals suffering from chemical dependency.

	Expanded Clinical Space at Fulton Division.
	Our modernization and expansion of clinical and support services for the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Health Center was completed at the Fulton Avenue Site.
	Our New York State designated Health Home, in collaboration with its community partners, is responding to the needs of the Medicaid population with chronic conditions. It will provide a comprehensive array of inpatient, outpatient, medical, mental health, substance abuse, housing, and case management services to a projected 10,000 patients initially and 30,000 upon maturity.

	Emergency Room entrance at night.
	Our ER continues to respond to all types of emergency situations, providing 135,000 visits annually, among the busiest in New York. A major ER modernization was also completed, including expanded registration and treatment areas, as well as a short stay observation area for cardiac patients.
	Our 911 designated Stroke Center in the ER is the recipient of the American Heart Association’s Gold Medal, a prestigious national honor.
	Our certification as a level three Patient Centered Medical Home, the highest by the National Center for Quality Assurance (NCQA), is a further indicator of Bronx-Lebanon’s outpatient excellence. We are the only hospital in the Bronx to receive this designation for all outpatient practices.
	Our Angioplasty Program and Hypothermia Center are providing life saving care.

	Cardiac Observation Units
	Our expanded Telemetry and Short Stay Observation Units are effectively monitoring and evaluating patients in cardiac distress.
	Our Orthopaedic team is providing specialized trauma, hand, foot, and spine care, as well as hip and knee replacements in a totally new facility. Its unique Game Day Same Day program is enabling athletes to be treated on the same day as their injury, a service seen only at the highest level of professional sports.
	Our Department of Family Medicine is providing pre-participation physicals and evaluations to Monroe College athletes in a unique collaborative effort with the Department of Orthopaedics.

	Bronx-Lebanon’s Whirlpool Delivery Birthing Spa Suite.
	Our Women’s Health Center and Birthing Spa (which offers whirlpool deliveries) are delivering the services women need in a welcoming and comfortable setting, providing 75,000 visits annually.

	Neonatal baby in incubator.
	Our Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit’s 99% survival rate in saving infants, weighing as little as one to two pounds at birth, remains among the highest in the nation.

	Thaycha Kiana Ruiz, PCT, Neonatology, attending to neonatal patient.
	Our Patient Services (Nursing Department) is continuing to move forward on its journey to Magnet Status, the gold standard for nursing care.
	Our Dentistry Program is providing more than 60,000 visits annually including a new and expanded Dental facility at the BronxCare Third Avenue practice. It has trained more under-represented ethnic minorities than any dental residency program in the United States.

	(LtoR): Dr. Angel De La Cruz, Attending, Pulmonary Medicine, and Dr. Dmitri Lvovski, Director, Center for Sleep Medicine, preparing patient for sleep study.
	Our Center for Sleep Medicine is addressing the serious problems associated with sleep disorders.

	Our new Inpatient Hospice Unit is providing compassionate end of life care.

	Alan Okafor, RN, conferring with Special Care Center Resident.
	Our Special Care Center and Highbridge Woodycrest Center continue to provide quality long term and chronic care. Together, both these facilities offer their patients continuity of treatment through access to Bronx-Lebanon’s inpatient, outpatient, and specialty services.
	Our Autism Treatment and Advocacy Center is successfully responding to the increasing incidence of Autism in the community, improving and enhancing the lives of children with autism and their families.
	Our South Bronx Asthma Partnership received national recognition from the United States Environmental Protection Agency for its leadership in improving the lives of children with asthma and their families.
	Our Diaspora Initiative (through the BronxCare Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Health Center) is providing comprehensive medical and support services to the growing West African population.
	Our HealthBeat Television Program is delivering the message of health and wellness into the community, and its Mobile Health Units are reaching out to the Bronx.
	Our Management Information System is nearing full implementation, including an electronic medical record. By 2013, Bronx-Lebanon will be completely computerized.

	Mobile Health Van.
	Our $29 million in grant awards is a testament to the high quality care, innovative services and important initiatives Bronx-Lebanon is providing to the community.
	...and our Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center Health Care System’s continued financial stability is indeed noteworthy in the current health care environment.