Glens Falls Hospital

Description

Glens Falls Hospital
A Vital Health Care Safety Net

Glens Falls Hospital is the sole comprehensive acute care community hospital serving a 2600squaremile predominantly rural region encompassing Warren Washington Hamilton Essex and northern Saratoga counties of Upstate New York

Simply put the notforprofit hospital is a health care safety net for individuals and families from the immediate Glens Falls area to smaller geographically remote communities tucked away in the Adirondack Park

Recognizing the Hospitals importance to the wellbeing of this broad farflung population the Hospitals volunteer Board of Governors and its administrative and medical staffs have worked diligently over the years to recruit outstanding physicians and provide local people with a broad scope of services and expertise that would otherwise not be available without traveling to more distant cities like Albany Boston or New York City

Glens Falls Hospital provides a comprehensive continuum of services which includes medicinesurgery intensive care coronary care obstetrics gynecology pediatrics ambulatory surgery emergency care cardiac catheterization an integrated cancer treatment program a chronic dialysis maintenance and training program primary care home infusion services and a continuum of behavioral health services The hospital has more than 225 affiliated physicians ranging from primary care practitioners to surgical subspecialists Our physicians are boardcertified in more than 25 specialties

The hospital has also established a diverse array of community outreach programs bringing its expertise and services to people in outlying portions of its service area through three rural primary care centers the use of mobile health screening vans schoolbased health programs worksite health projects and community health education

These outreach programs are especially important for lowincome individuals and families who may otherwise fail to seek out health care due to financial or transportation concerns Our objective is to prevent health care problems and detect existing conditions earlier keeping local people healthier and reducing future medical costs In virtually every case these programs are not financially selfsufficient and would not be provided by any other institution or forprofit health care provider in the region

Our Purpose Is
To improve the health and wellbeing of the people and communities in our region

Our Fundamental Values Are
Respect by treating each individual with courtesy and compassion
Responsiveness through innovation and continuous improvement
Responsibility to assure a wide range of high quality healthcare services to all

Our Vision
We will be a great hospital preferred by patients physicians and staff throughout our fivecounty region because of our passion for and excellence in quality and service

We Will Achieve This Through
Our Journey to Greatness a process of emphasizing a culture that inspires continuous improvement of our performance our results and ourselves