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The $1.5 million rehabilitation project added six patient-care areas, bringing the total to 16.
Northern Dutchess employs more than 500 people, plus 200 at a 100-bed nursing facility on its Rhinebeck campus. After Bard College, it’s the second- largest employer in northern Dutchess County. It’s home to Health Quest’s Paul Rosenthal Rehabilitation Center, for patients recovering from neurological, cardiopulmonary, and orthopedic disorders, as well as the rst hospital- based birthing center in New York.
ALL-IN-ONE APPROACH
The improvements at Vassar Brothers and Northern Dutchess add to Health Quest’s vision of ensuring accessible and quality multispecialty health care for Dutchess County residents.
“Our objective is to create a health- care system that is constantly in pursuit of the highest-quality standards for service and outcomes, and allowing people to be able to receive care close to where they live and work,” says Friedberg. “We are promoting and delivering on exceptional care at all of our facilities.”
In Dutchess County, Health Quest has eight medical practices, which together o er primary care and 27 specialties, including oncology and gynecology. Its Heart Center, with four Dutchess County locations, o ers comprehensive cardiac care, and received the American College of Cardiology 2011 Bridges to Excellence award.
Health Quest also operates two urgent-care o ces in the county and o ers in-home care options. Moreover, nearly 1,200 physicians are available to Dutchess County residents through Vassar Brothers and Northern Dutchess.
“If you’re looking to develop a business in this community and attract talent, one of the things that you need to have in the community is great health care,” says Friedberg. “By far we are the provider of choice because we provide excellent health care to the community, and that is an invaluable asset to economic development.”
Healthcare
MIDHUDSON REGIONAL HOSPITAL
MidHudson Regional Hospital of Westchester Medical Center in Poughkeepsie is a Level II Trauma Center that cares for more than 9,000 trauma patients annually. The hospital o ers robotic surgery for thoracic, urological, gynecological, and oncology procedures, and is home to Therapy Connection, which o ers physical and occupational therapy.
MidHudson’s Redl Center for Cancer Center o ers treatments for all major cancers and has been accredited by the Commission on Cancer of the American College of Surgeons, the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers, and the American College of Radiology.
CAREMOUNT MEDICAL
CareMount Medical, which provides care to 500,000 patients across New York State, has 10 campuses and o ces in Dutchess County. It’s a liated with all three county hospitals, plus Massachusetts General Hospital, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, and Mount Sinai Medical Center.
CareMount provides care in 40 specialties, plus on-site laboratory and radiology services, and endoscopy suites and infusion suites. Its ve Centers of Excellence focus on aesthetic surgery, breast health, kidney health, cancer care, and robotic surgery.
Physicians at CareMount’s Cancer Care Center of Excellence perform targeted therapy and immunotherapy. The Center also has on-site pathology lab services and diagnostic imaging services. Further, cancer patients with CareMount have access to national and international cancer research clinical trials through CareMount’s a liation with the Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center and the Dana Farber Institute.
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