Healthcare providers will work together to offer innovative, high-quality healthcare and collaborate to advance medical science and education
GREAT NECK, N.Y. and BRONX, N.Y., — The North Shore-LIJ Health System and Montefiore Medical Center, the university hospital for Albert Einstein College of Medicine and integrated health system, recently announced they have formed a groundbreaking strategic alliance to build on their success in providing the most innovative, high-quality and cost-effective healthcare services to communities they serve in the New York City metropolitan area. While both healthcare providers remain independent from each other, they will collaborate to share best practices aimed at enhancing quality and access to clinical services, as well as advance medical science, education and operational efficiencies.
“I have always had the upmost respect and admiration for Montefiore Medical Center, in appreciation of its forward-thinking approach to healthcare delivery,” said Michael J. Dowling, president and chief executive officer of North Shore-LIJ. “Given the challenges facing the healthcare industry during this era of shrinking government reimbursements, this unique partnership enables us to share best practices and work cooperatively to strengthen quality and patient safety, improve cost efficiency, and develop community outreach programs focused on chronic illness and public health problems like obesity.”
“Our strategic alliance with North Shore-LIJ builds on a history of mutual respect and positions us to benefit from each other’s strength,” said Steven M. Safyer, M.D., president and CEO of Montefiore. “North Shore-LIJ’s long tradition of organizational development and education, and its infrastructure to support clinical training such as the cutting-edge simulation center will enable us to advance the field of patient safety. Montefiore brings to the alliance ten years of pioneering and successful work in care management which has been enabled by our robust information technology infrastructure. Our centers of excellence in pediatrics and transplantation will be the cornerstone of a model to manage and refer patients in need of advanced specialty care. This alliance will forge new ground in healthcare delivery.”
The strategic alliance will not only promote advances in quality and safety, but develop advanced models of care coordination and care management programs, and launch streamlined alliances in pediatrics and transplantation. It will also enable Montefiore and North Shore-LIJ to share innovative information technology programs, create best practices in medical education, and organizational development and launch public health strategies to improve the health of the population.
About North Shore-LIJ Health System
North Shore-LIJ delivers world-class clinical care at 15 hospitals and about 200 outpatient centers throughout the New York metropolitan area, pioneering research at The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research and a visionary approach to medical education, highlighted by the Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine. Its facilities house about 5,600 beds, employ more than 10,000 nurses and have affiliations with more than 9,000 physicians. Its workforce of about 42,000 is the largest on Long Island and the ninth-largest in New York City. www.northshorelij.com
About Montefiore Medical Center
As the University Hospital for Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore is a premier academic medical center nationally renowned for its clinical excellence and scientific discovery; compassionate, patient-centered model of care; commitment to its community; and medical education, including the second largest residency program in the country. Montefiore is recognized among the top hospitals nationally and 6th out 180 in the New York metro area by U.S. News & World Report. The Children’s Hospital at Montefiore has consistently ranked in U.S. News “Americas Best Children’s Hospitals,” and is 2nd among those in the New York metro area. As an integrated health system, it is comprised of four hospitals, has 1491 beds and 93,000 annual hospital discharges, and is seamlessly linked by advanced technology. State-of-the-art primary and specialty care is provided through a network of nearly 100 locations across the region, including the largest school health program in the nation and a home health program. Inspired by its patients and its community, Montefiore is on the frontlines of developing innovative approaches to care and is a national model for excellence. www.montefiore.org and http://www.montekids.org
