NewYork-Presbyterian Launches Physician Enterprise to Advance Care in the New York Metro Area

The new initiative will broaden and expand healthcare delivery across the NewYork-Presbyterian continuum of care

Jul 16, 2015

New York

NewYork-Presbyterian has launched a new physician enterprise with the NewYork-Presbyterian Medical Groups (NYPMG) to increase access to primary care, NewYork-Presbyterian’s leading healthcare services and world-renowned specialists. In collaboration with ColumbiaDoctors and Weill Cornell Physicians, the new physician enterprise will offer coordinated care delivery throughout the region with an initial focus on Westchester, Queens and Brooklyn.

“The NewYork-Presbyterian Medical Groups are engaged in a major initiative to bring NewYork-Presbyterian’s distinguished and celebrated patient-centered care directly to communities,” said Dr. Laura L. Forese, president, NewYork-Presbyterian Healthcare System, “NYPMG will be clinically integrated through state-of-the-art technology with ColumbiaDoctors and Weill Cornell Physicians to facilitate patient access to world-class care.”

Patients will experience enhanced service through the use of advanced technology that will enable same-day appointments at physician practices and access to medical records online 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

“The NewYork-Presbyterian Medical Groups are designed to suit the needs of our patients, physicians and surrounding communities,” said Dr. Michael Nochomovitz, senior vice president and chief clinical integration and network development officer of the NewYork-Presbyterian Healthcare System. “We are creating a national model for healthcare delivery in the most unique healthcare market in the nation.”

The NewYork-Presbyterian Medical Groups will initially include providers in Lawrence Medical Associates, Westchester Medical Practice and New York Queens Medicine and Surgery which will be renamed NewYork-Presbyterian Medical Group/Westchester, NewYork-Presbyterian Medical Group/Hudson Valley and NewYork-Presbyterian Medical Group/Queens, respectively.

NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital

NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, based in New York City, is one of the nation’s largest and most comprehensive hospitals and a leading provider of inpatient, ambulatory and preventive care in all areas of medicine. With some 2,600 beds and more than 6,700 affiliated physicians and almost 22,000 employees, NewYork-Presbyterian had more than 2 million visits in 2014, including some 14,000 infant deliveries and more than 262,000 emergency department visits. NewYork-Presbyterian comprises six campuses: NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center, NewYork-Presbyterian/Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital, NewYork-Presbyterian/The Allen Hospital, NewYork-Presbyterian/Westchester Division and NewYork-Presbyterian/Lower Manhattan Hospital. The hospital is also closely affiliated with NewYork-Presbyterian/Hudson Valley Hospital, NewYork-Presbyterian/Lawrence Hospital and NewYork-Presbyterian/Queens. NewYork-Presbyterian is the #1 hospital in the New York metropolitan area, according to U.S. News & World Report, and consistently named to the magazine’s Honor Roll of best hospitals in the nation. Affiliated with two world-renowned medical schools, Weill Cornell Medical College and Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, NewYork-Presbyterian is committed to excellence in patient care, research, education and community service. For more information, visit www.nyp.org.

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