Studer Group honors White Plains Hospital with Emergency Care Award

Dec. 1, 2010 - PRLog -- White Plains, NY  – White Plains Hospital recently received an "Excellence in Patient Care" award from the Studer Group®, a healthcare performance improvement and leadership development firm.

The Emergency Department staff received the award for demonstrating outstanding performance in patient satisfaction.  

The "Excellence in Patient Care" award was presented at Studer Group's What's Right in Healthcare conference in Texas held at the end of October.

The Hospital finished renovations on its newly expanded Flanzer Center for Emergencies and Critical Care in early 2010. The construction doubled the size of the former Emergency Department and it is expected to see more than 50,000 visits this year.

White Plains Hospital (WPH) is a 292-bed voluntary, not-for-profit health care organization with the primary mission of offering high quality, acute health care and preventive medical care to all people who live in, work in or visit Westchester County and its surrounding areas.  Centers of Excellence include the Dickstein Cancer Treatment Center, The William & Sylvia Silberstein Neonatal & Maternity Center, The Ruth and Jerome A. Siegel Stroke Center and The Westchester Orthopedic Institute.  The Hospital has the busiest Emergency Department in Westchester County, treating nearly 50,000 patients a year.  White Plains Hospital is the only hospital in Westchester County licensed to perform emergency & elective angioplasty.  The Hospital is a nine-time winner of the Consumer Choice Award, an honor given to the nation’s top hospitals by the National Research Corporation. WPH is a member of the New York-Presbyterian Healthcare System and the Stellaris Health Network, Inc.  For additional information, visit http://www.wphospital.org.


Contact:

Natalia Sturtz-Verastegui      
White Plains Hospital Center      
(914) 681-2435      
nsturtzverastegui@wphospital.org