Phelps Joins NewYork-Presbyterian Healthcare System
January 11, 2006The NewYork–Presbyterian Healthcare System Board approved Phelps Memorial Hospital Center to become an affiliated member, and in November, the affiliation agreement was formally executed.
“We are pleased that Phelps has joined the NewYork-Presbyterian Healthcare System, and we look forward to working collaboratively to strengthen and expand the health care delivery system in Westchester County,” said Herbert Pardes, M.D., President and CEO of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and NewYork-Presbyterian Healthcare System.
Also commenting on the new affiliation, Arthur A. Klein, MD, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the NewYork–Presbyterian Healthcare System said, “We believe the affiliation will promote significant programmatic linkages between Phelps and New York-Presbyterian that will have a positive impact on health care services for the residents of Westchester County.”
“This partnership enables us to link with some of the finest hospitals and medical schools in the country,” notes Keith. Safian, President & CEO of Phelps Memorial, “and will allow us to participate in innovative quality and patient safety programs for which the NYP Healthcare System is achieving a national reputation.”
“We anticipate important benefits from this new alliance,” adds C. Edward Midgley, Chairman of Phelps Board of Directors, “including access to NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital’s specialty services and clinical advances, as well as the program development expertise within the NYP Healthcare System, which will help us establish new services and enhance established ones.”
With this affiliation, Phelps joins the other three Stellaris Health Network hospitals (Lawrence Hospital Center, Northern Westchester Hospital, and White Plains Hospital Center) as members of the NYP Healthcare System.
NewYork-Presbyterian Healthcare System
The NewYork-Presbyterian Healthcare System, the largest secular not-for-profit non-governmental health care system in the U.S., is committed to providing high-quality, cost-effective, and accessible care to communities throughout the greater New York Metropolitan region. The System, made up of 34 acute care hospitals, 100 ambulatory sites, seven residential health care facilities, three specialty institutions, and more than 13,000 affiliated physicians, serves one in four patients in the Greater New York Metropolitan Area. System members are affiliates of the Joan and Sanford I. Weill Medical College of Cornell University or Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons. During 2004, System institutions discharged more than 500,000 inpatient cases and provided more than 5,000,000 outpatient visits. For additional information, visit www.nyp.org.
Phelps Memorial Hospital Center is a 235-bed community hospital with 1,350 employees and 450 medical staff. The Hospital provides a full range of outstanding medical and mental healthcare to residents of Westchester and beyond. Recognized for specialties in orthopedics, physical rehabilitation, geriatrics, and behavioral health, Phelps offers the broadest scope of community hospital programs and services in the region.