A New Beginning
A teenager gets a second chance at life thanks to Westchester Medical Center’s Heart Transplant Program. By Stephanie Davis, RN, MS
Standing Strong
One in three adults over 65 will sustain a traumatic injury from a fall this year. Here’s how to avoid becoming a statistic. By Ali Jackson-Jolley
A Small Miracle
How the staff at Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital helped a 9-ounce baby not only survive, but thrive. By Deborah Skolnik
It Takes a Village
Westchester Medical Center Health Network to develop state-of-the art medical villages for healthcare needs. By Ali Jackson-Jolley
What You Need to Know About E-Prescriptions
The pros, the cons and how patients and medical professionals are affected by the New York State mandate. By Nora Horvath
A Return to Normal
An innovative implant technique offers relief for a young man with epilepsy. By Lisa Arcella
With a Little Help From My Friend
How two young women forged a friendship over hours of dialysis. By Melissa F. Pheterson
A Cancer Patient Finds a Home Away From Home
When she got a breast cancer diagnosis with her family far away, a frightened Falicia Chance found a support system at the Redl Center for Cancer Care. By Sheryl Kraft
Not Your Ordinary Valve Job
George Valentino’s serious heart problem got fixed with an advanced medical procedure. By Mary McIver Puthawala, RN, BSN
The Best of Both Worlds
Patients at the Family Birth Place get the comforts of home with the medical care of a hospital. By Deborah Skolnik
ABOUT WMCHEALTH NETWORK
The Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth) is a 1,700-bed healthcare system headquartered in Valhalla, New York, with 10 hospitals on eight campuses spanning 6,200 square miles of the Hudson Valley. WMCHealth employs more than 13,000 people and has nearly 3,000 attending physicians. The Network has Level 1, Level 2 and Pediatric Trauma Centers, the region’s only acute care children’s hospital, an academic medical center, Primary and Comprehensive Stroke Centers, several community hospitals, dozens of specialized institutes and centers, skilled nursing, assisted living facilities, homecare services and one of the largest mental health systems in New York State. Today, WMCHealth is the pre-eminent provider of integrated healthcare in the Hudson Valley. For more information about WMCHealth, visit WMCHealth.org.
WMCHealth includes Westchester Medical Center, Maria Fareri Children's Hospital, the Behavioral Health Center, MidHudson Regional Hospital, Good Samaritan Hospital, St. Anthony Community Hospital, Bon Secours Community Hospital, HealthAlliance Hospital: Broadway Campus, HealthAlliance Hospital: Mary’s Avenue Campus, and Margaretville Hospital.
WMCHealth Physicians includes the medical practices of Advanced Physician Services and Bon Secours Medical Group.