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Posted: 05/18/2020
May, 18, 2020: Today, WMCHealth announces that elective outpatient ambulatory surgeries and medical tests will resume this week at its hospitals in Orange County, under an Executive Order from Governor Andrew Cuomo. St. Anthony Community Hospital in Warwick and Bon Secours Community Hospital in Port Jervis will each resume outpatient surgery services. Governor Cuomo’s Executive Order allows for resumption of elective outpatient ambulatory surgical services -- those for which the pat...
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Posted: 05/11/2020
As we celebrate Nurses' Week and Hospital Week, we wanted to recognize the commitment of our workforce during the COVID-19 pandemic. Your essential roles have required you to call upon reserves from deep within, while you balance the needs and care of your own loved ones. We are proud of each one of you and hope you will find continued strength in the heartfelt appreciation from your colleagues, our patients, and the communities we serve together. Thank you for everything you do. Please view this video ...
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Posted: 05/03/2020
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Posted: 04/30/2020
Top 5 Reasons to Complete the Census: Your Health: Helps hospitals and communities predict the spread of diseases. Emergency Response: Helps allocate disaster resources. Federal Funding: Determines funding for programs like Medicaid and school lunches. Fair Representation: Determines a community’s number of U.S. House of Representatives seats. Infrastructure: Drives decisions for housing, safety resources and community improvements. Responses to the census are secure,...
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Posted: 04/24/2020
(April 24, 2020) - WMCHealth is now offering COVID-19 antibody testing to our workforce throughout our network, including for employees based in the hospitals and medical practices at Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla. Antibody testing, also known as serological testing, detects antibodies present in the blood when the body is responding to a specific infection, like COVID-19. The antibody test may show if an individual has ever been infected with the virus, even if they did not h...
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Posted: 04/18/2020
Your browser does not support this video format, please download the video ' to view. Please consider downloading a more recent browser! We are grateful for all the support that has been shown across our network and for our WMCHealth Heroes during COVID-19. Mary Stuart Masterson's message brightened our team's day. On behalf of HealthAlliance Hospital and WMCHealth, thank you to Mary, and members of our community for all you do for our WMCHealth Heroes and those in our care.
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Posted: 04/16/2020
We are so grateful for the recent Parade of Lights that supported our WMCHealth Heroes at Bon Secours Community Hospital, a member of the Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth). Emergency service vehicles from around the county visited our hospital in a display of solidarity and recognition for the workforce and patients at Bon Secours Community Hospital. The procession of emergency service vehicles circled our campus and saluted our WMCHealth Heroes with rolling lights and bl...
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Posted: 04/15/2020
Our President and CEO Michael D. Israel shares his gratitude for our WMC Health Heroes and their families as well as the support from the Westchester community during COVID-19. Listen to the full interview with 100.7 WHUD Listen to the full interview with 107.1 The Peak
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Posted: 04/10/2020
P lease call the DOH’s coronavirus hotline at 888.364.3065 or visit Health.NY.Gov for additional information. You can also visit the CDC.gov for updates and prevention tips. ***TEMPORARY HOURS OF OPERATION CHANGE: Our call center and testing sites will be closed Monday, May 25 in observance of Memorial Day. *** Call center and testing to resume Tuesday, May 26, 2020 Information Hotline Doctors and nurses will be available to answer general questions and provid...
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Posted: 04/09/2020
Dear Colleagues: I am so proud of, and grateful for, our phenomenal WMCHealth workforce. This includes our frontline teams who are caring for our COVID-19 and non-COVID patients, as well as our dedicated army of non-patient care team members who are providing around-the-clock support. As we continue to respond to the COVID-19 situation, I want to underscore that a safe and effective care environment is our highest priority. WMCHealth hospitals and medical practices are taking all necessary steps to prot...