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Nassau University Medical Center A. Holly Patterson Extended Care NuHealth Family Health Centers

Facts and Figures:

  • Meadowbrook Hospital opens in 1935 to serve indigent residents of Nassau County.

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  • New 19 story Dynamic care Building with 530 beds opens in 1974. Meadowbrook Hospital renamed Nassau County Medical Center, a safety net level I trauma center and teaching hospital.

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  • In 1999, Nassau Health Care Corporation, a public benefit corporation of New York State, is created and assumes control of the Nassau County Medical Center, A. Holly Patterson Extended Care Facility and seven community health centers. Bonds totaling $260 million were floated with $82 million going to Nassau County.

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  • NCMC renamed Nassau University Medical Center in 2001. NHCC also becomes known as the NuHealth System in 2009, with an operating budget of $543M.

  • NUMC activity in 2009 included:
  • 199,053 outpatient visits in 80 specialty clinics
  • 76,916 emergency room visits
  • 23,861 discharges of inpatients
  • 3980 ambulatory surgical visits
  • 2045 births
  • Holly Patterson had an average daily census of 581 in 2009.

  • Family Health Centers recorded 78,645 visits in 2009.

  • NuHealth employed 3666 in 2009, NUMC had a staff of 2985, AHP had a staff of 595 and the health centers had a staff of 86.

  • Recent renovation projects:
  • Breast Center
  • Burn Center
  • Addition 30 bed Chemical Dependency Rehabilitation
  • Addition 13 bed Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Unit
  • Addition 35 bed Adult Psychiatric Unit
  • Hypertension, Diabetes and Vascular Disease Center
  • New Emergency department under construction
  • New Health Centers opened in Roosevelt and in Hempstead
  • Veterans Center under construction
  • New nursing home to be constructed at A. Holly Patterson campus