Going The Distance For Patients
Thanks to WMCHealth’s newest innovation — eHealth — top-notch mental healthcare is just a call away. BY DEBORAH SKOLNIK
Back On Track
A devastating lawn-mower injury didn’t sideline this future track star, thanks to a pediatric surgeon at Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital. BY LAURIE YARNELL
Steadying the Nerves
Thanks to new technology, a Hudson Valley man who suffered a severe injury and nerve damage is on the road to recovery. By Mary McIver Puthawala, RN, BSN
Better Movement Through Botox
How one neurologist’s use of botulinum toxin is improving the quality of his patients’ lives. By Melissa F. Pheterson
There’s Nothing Like a Good Night’s Sleep
Good health often starts with treating and managing sleep conditions. By Melissa F. Pheterson
Teamwork at Its Best
For the Rockland Boulders PR man Christian Heimall, the partnership between his team and Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital is very personal. By Ali Jackson-Jolley
WMCHealth Vs. Diabetes
How Westchester Medical Center Health Network’s diabetes educators are fighting this epidemic BY ALI JACKSON-JOLLEY The drivers of diabetes, the single-fastest-growing chronic disease of our time, are lurking in seemingly innocuous places — in...
WMCHealth Creates a Space for Caring and Healing
Saving limbs and lives, Westchester Medical Center Health Network’s wound-care units work best under pressure. BY DEBORAH SKOLNIK Hands-on care. For years, that’s been the go-to phrase for describing individualized, outstanding attention to patients’...
Keeping Sledders Safe, Not Sorry
After losing control of his sled, a local boy suffered a near-fatal brain injury. Here, Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital professionals share tips for safe winter fun. BY MELISSA F. PHETERSON The sloping hills of...
A Safe Harbor
When this Westchester Medical Center physician needed cardiac care, he chose his own hospital over a New York City facility. BY DEBORAH SKOLNIK Ivan Miller didn’t feel alarmed that morning in 2009 when he...
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.