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t. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center is a 431-bed comprehensive medical care system dedicated to providing quality health care to the residents of 16 counties in Central New York. St. Joseph’s is accredited by DNV Healthcare, Inc. St. Joseph’s has stood as a community landmark atop Prospect Hill in Syracuse since 1869, when five Sisters of St. Francis transformed a dance hall and bar into a 15-bed hospital. Still sponsored by the Sisters of St. Francis, the growth of Syracuse’s first hospital has paralleled that of the city. The institution has evolved into a health system that, in addition to the hospital, includes a college of nursing, psychiatric emergency program and two outpatient surgery centers. In addition to providing general medical and surgical care, St. Joseph’s offers several specialty services, including hemodialysis, maternity services, a separate birth center, emergency care, intensive care, dental services, suicide prevention, wound care and certified home health care. St. Joseph’s operates several satellite facilities, including family and maternal child care centers, a dental office, psychiatric services center, The Wellness Place, Regional Dialysis Center, neighborhood dialysis centers, the Center for Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine, and a cardiopulmonary rehabilitation center.
Inpatient admissions average more than 26,300 annually. Outpatient visits throughout the St. Joseph’s network number more than 606,000 a year. The hospital’s busy emergency department records more than 52,285 visits a year. St. Joseph’s annual operating budget is $525 million. The hospital’s medical staff of more than 800 is comprised of physicians, dentists and midwives representing a broad spectrum of specialties. In addition, more than 300 clinical affiliates, including physician assistants and nurse practitioners, are credentialed to assist the medical staff. More than 4,600 other health care professionals and support personnel are employed by St. Joseph’s. More than 1,100 devoted volunteers and members of the hospital’s Auxiliary help support patient care programs and donated more than 53,636 hours of service in 2011. The health care institution has been designated by New York State as a: l Special Care Neonatal Unit l Apnea Center l Cardiac Diagnostic Center l Cardiac Surgical Center l Community Mental Health Center l Tobacco Cessation Center
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As an integral part of Syracuse and the Central New York community for nearly 145 years, St. Joseph’s provides quality care compassionately to the sick and injured.
St. Joseph’s is sponsored by the Sisters of St. Francis who established the organization in 1869.