What's New at Our Hospitals

 

St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Expands HIV-Focused Center for Comprehensive Care to Manhattan’s West Village
On August 13, 2010, the Center for Comprehensive Care (CCC), the nationally renowned HIV program of St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital, assumed clinical responsibility for a major portion of the HIV program of the former St. Vincent’s Catholic Medical Center in Manhattan’s West Village, ensuring continuity of care for over twelve hundred patients who had feared the closing of St. Vincent’s would leave them without critical services.

 

Continuum Health Partners Teams Up With AOL For The “AOL Health Experts” Project
Continuum Health Partners has entered into an exciting new relationship with AOL Health, one of the top health destinations on the Internet.

 

Beth Israel Medical Center Recognized by the American Heart Association
The Betty and Morton Yarmon Stroke Center at Beth Israel Medical Center Recognized by the American Heart Association for Implementing Quality Heart Disease and Stroke Care

 

Aetna and Continuum Health Partners Announce New Network Agreement
New three-year contract will continue in-network coverage for Aetna members at the hospital system and with Continuum physicians retroactive to April 5, 2010.

 

Beth Israel Medical Center and New York Eye & Ear Infirmary Named in “Best Hospitals” Issue of U.S. News & World Report Beth Israel Medical Center and The New York Eye & Ear Infirmary, member institutions of Continuum Health Partners, are among those listed in the 2010 U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Hospitals” annual survey, released online July 15th. The magazine assesses hospital care in 16 key medical specialties and only 152 of the 4,852 hospitals surveyed are named to this prestigious list. Under the specialty of “Ear, Nose and Throat,” NYEE ranks 41st and Beth Israel ranks 45th. Under the specialty of “Ophthalmology,” NYEE ranks 13th. NYEE has consistently been listed on both of these specialties for many years; this is the second consecutive year that Beth Israel has been ranked for excellence in ear, nose and throat care. Read more about Beth Israel Medical Center. Read more about the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary.

 

Beth Israel Comprehensive Cancer Center West Side Campus Officially Opens In Chelsea
As part of a major expansion of cancer care services, Beth Israel Medical Center has opened the Beth Israel Comprehensive Cancer Center - West Side Campus. This state-of-the-art Chelsea site, comprising 88,000 square feet of prime space is located at 325 West 15th Street (between 8th and 9th Avenues in Manhattan.)

 

Beth Israel Receives Third Pinnacle Award for Infection Prevention
Beth Israel Medical Center is the winner of the 2010 Health Care Association of New York State’s Pinnacle Award for its program to prevent catheter-associated urinary tract infections. The effort to reduce these infections was led by Brian Koll, MD, FACP, Chief of Infection Prevention at Beth Israel.

 

Attention Medical Residents and Former House Staff Who Trained at a Continuum Hospital between January 1, 1995 and March 31, 2005
You may be entitled to a refund of taxes you previously paid while you were a resident or clinical fellow. The memos below explain your entitlement and provde details about how to provide the hospital with the information it needs to file for a refund on your behalf and send your refund to you.

Beth Israel
St. Luke's-Roosevelt
Long Island College Hospital