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- Our Ranking as the #1 Provider in the New York metropolitan area (9'th in the nation) for quality of care, affordability, efficiency, and patient satisfaction is a tribute to the hospital family. (Source: Data Advantage: Hospital Value Index™ © 2008)
- Our ER is among the best in New York City. It will be further expanded in response to the increasing needs of the community.
- Our short stay Chest Pain Unit, administered by the Cardiology and Emergency Departments, is providing necessary life saving intervention.
- Our 911 designation as a Stroke Center is advancing the provision of the highest quality cardiovascular care.
- Our Orthopaedics program has been significantly expanded, with an increased emphasis on hip and knee replacements, hand and wrist injuries, sports medicine, and rehabilitation.
- Our new Oncology and Hematology Outpatient Center is providing state-of-the-art cancer care and treatment for blood diseases. Patients have available to them totally modern facilities, including the most advanced technology.
- Our Operating Rooms have been fully upgraded and modernized, further reinforcing surgical excellence.
- Our Women’s Health Center and Birthing Spa, boasts a more than seven-fold increase in visits, from 10,000 in 1997 to the current level of 75,000.
- Our Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit’s 99% continuing survival rate in saving infants, weighing as little as one to two pounds at birth, remains among the highest in the nation.
- Our ENT Services continue to expand, with a specialty concentration on facial plastic surgery, head/neck cancer, hearing loss, and swallowing problems.
- Our outpatient Renal Dialysis services are operating at full capacity, providing 21,000 treatments annually to 150 patients.
- Our Diabetes Registry Initiative, the first in the Bronx, has more than 3,600 participating patients. It is a collaborative treatment and education program, with the New York City Department of Health, that is helping control this devastating disease.
- Our innovative Hypertension, with the New York City Department of Health, in which home blood pressure monitors are distributed, is helping the more than 300 patients now enrolled, control their blood pressure.
- Our Dermatology Center offers the Bronx community access to a wide range of dermatology and cosmetic services.
- Our Psychiatric programs are among the most comprehensive in New York.
Our Management Information System will be implemented by 2010, when Bronx-Lebanon will be completely computerized.
- Our 90 bed Highbridge Woodycrest Center is now an integral part of Bronx-Lebanon’s efforts in the long term care area, adding to the success of Bronx-Lebanon’s Special Care Center.
- Our HealthBeat television program is delivering the message of health and wellness into the community, and our Mobile Health Unit is reaching out throughout the Bronx.
- Our many other Centers of Excellence are providing comprehensive, compassionate, and quality health care services.
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