Community-General Hospital

Description

Community General Hospital is a nationally recognized health care facility that offers a comprehensive range of services including medical and surgical care emergency services intensive care acute rehabilitation and inpatient psychiatric care The 306bed hospital has been named a quotThomson Reuters 100 Top Hospitals Performance Improvement Leaderquot and is also nationally recognized for its premier orthopedic program spine surgery and maternity services The hospital is rated number one in New York State for orthopedic services by HealthGrades 20072010 The hospital is also the only hospital in Central New York with a fivestar rating for prostate surgery 20072010 and is Syracuses only fivestar rated hospital for maternity services 20082010 as ranked by HealthGrades

Since opening its doors in 1963 Community General Hospital has substantially grown and is now home to the Wellspring Breast Center Wound Care Management Center Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Center the awardwinning Jim and DeDe Walsh Family Birth Center the fully accredited Sleep Center and Hematology Oncology Associates of CNYa 14000squarefoot comprehensive cancer center In January 2010 the hospital opened its new 25000 sqft Center for Orthopedics

Mission
The core purpose of Community General Hospital is to advance high quality safe compassionate and costeffective health care for the Central New York community

History

History
Community General Hospital opened its doors on January 1 1963 after a decade of community planning fundraising and construction Over 7 million had been donated representing over 48000 pledges from businesses foundations and individuals Since then the hospital has pursued and achieved many successes and increased its services dramatically in an effort to continually improve patient care

In 1964 Community Hospital merged with the 69yearold Syracuse General
Hospital The resulting institution was named Community General Hospital of
Greater Syracuse The Onondaga Hill location absorbed both staff and
equipment from both former institutions

Special services have been added over the years In 1975 Community General
Hospital opened Central New Yorks first oneday surgery service In 1985
Community General Hospital completed construction of a stateoftheart
Intensive Care Unit and the Sleep Center opened in 1987

In 1992 Community General Hospital opened an Outpatient Physical Therapy and
Occupational Therapy service located on Velasko Road and an Industrial
Rehabilitation service was established at the same location in 1994

A number of stateapproved Certificate of Need modernization projects were
completed in 1995 to expand and modernize hospital services These included
renovated and expanded emergency and laboratory services modernized patient
rooms and stateoftheart ambulatory and inpatient surgery suites

CGH facilities and equipment continue to advance as medical technology
progresses Frequent inspections by New York State authorities show
consistent compliance with stringent standards for quality and performance
Community General Hospital is accredited by the nationwide Joint Commission
on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations