NewYork-Presbyterian Westchester

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NewYork-Presbyterian Westchester
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
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Hospital as seen from traffic circle in 2021
NewYork-Presbyterian Westchester
Geography
Location55 Palmer Avenue,
Bronxville, New York, United States
Coordinates 40°56′32″N73°50′12″W / 40.94212°N 73.83677°W / 40.94212; -73.83677
Organization
Funding Non-profit hospital
Type General
Affiliated university Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
Services
Standards JCAHO
Beds288 (since 2022)
History
Opened1909 (1909)
Links
Website www.nyp.org/westchester
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NewYork-Presbyterian Westchester (formerly NewYork-Presbyterian Lawrence Hospital [1] , and Lawrence Hospital Center before that) is a division of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, located in Bronxville, New York. It is a 288-bed general hospital providing inpatient and outpatient care primarily to residents of southern Westchester County. It is a designated Primary Stroke Center and a Level 2 Perinatal Center. [2]

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The hospital annually treats about 42,000 patients in its emergency department and delivers around 1,300 babies. [3] It provides access to primary care physicians and specialists from ColumbiaDoctors, the faculty practice of Columbia University Medical Center, and NewYork-Presbyterian Medical Group Westchester, a multi-specialty physician practice.

History

The hospital was founded in 1909 as Lawrence Hospital by prominent businessman William Van Duzer Lawrence, who recognized the need for a community hospital after his son fell ill with appendicitis and had to be transported to New York City.

In 2005, Lawrence Hospital Center became an affiliate member of the NewYork-Presbyterian Healthcare System, and in 2014 it entered into a formal partnership with NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital which resulted in the hospital being renamed NewYork-Presbyterian/Lawrence Hospital. [4] Groundbreaking of a two-story, 40,000 sq. ft. cancer and surgery center occurred on June 18, 2013, whose construction cost $65 million. [5] The center opened on November 21, 2016. [6] The hospital was fully acquired by NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital in 2018 [7] .

Services

NYP Westchester is a New York State Department of Health-designated Primary Stroke Center and Level 2 Perinatal Center. [2] [8] It is also home to a cancer center, maternity center, breast health center, two cardiac catheterization labs. It provides advanced services such as minimally invasive surgery, state-of-the-art orthopedic care and access to clinical trials. [9] [3]

Accreditations and awards

NYP Westchester is licensed and certified for 288 beds by the New York State Department of Health. [3] It is accredited by The Joint Commission for hospital and is certified in joint replacement of the hip and knee. The cancer program was given a Three-Year Approval with Commendation by the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer. Its hospital laboratory is accredited by the College of American Pathologists. [10] It is also a recognized center of excellence in breast imaging. [3]

In 2006, Lawrence Hospital was designated a New York State Stroke Center. [11] The American Heart Association and American Stroke Association presented Lawrence Hospital with a Silver Get With the Guidelines - Heart Failure quality award in 2013. The hospital operates an echocardiographic laboratory accredited by the Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Echocardiographic Laboratories, [10] and runs the Weight Loss (Bariatric) Surgery Program which is recognized as a Comprehensive Center by Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Center Network Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program (MBSAQIP). [12]

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