1. History

2. Cardiac Services in Rockland County

3. Cancer Care Services in Rockland County

4. Surgical Services in Rockland County

5. References

6. External links

Good Samaritan Hospital, in Suffern, NY is a non-profit, 286-bed hospital providing emergency, medical, surgical, obstetrical/gynecological and acute care services to residents of Rockland and southern Orange Counties in New York; and northern Bergen County, New Jersey.  The hospital is home to a recognized cardiovascular program, comprehensive cancer treatment services, the area’s leading Wound and Hyperbaric Institute and outstanding maternal/child services that includes a Children’s Diagnostic Center. Good Samaritan Hospital also provides social, psychiatric and substance abuse services and its certified home care agency supports residents of the Hudson Valley and beyond. Good Samaritan Hospital is a member of the Bon Secours Charity Health System, which also includes St. Anthony Community Hospital in Warwick, New York, and Bon Secours Community Hospital in Port Jervis, New York. The Bon Secours Charity Health System has subsequently become part of the WMCHealth. The hospital currently has a staff of more than 600 doctors and 2000 employees. Its academic affiliate is the New York Medical College School of Medicine.

History

In November 2002, Good Samaritan Hospital celebrated its Centennial and marked a century of continued growth and service to the residents the hospital serves. In 1902, Good Samaritan Hospital opened with seven beds, three doctors, seven nurses and four Sisters of Charity, more than enough to serve Suffern’s population of 1,800 and small business district consisting of: four hotels, three churches, one school, a lumberyard, an opera house and an assortment of small stores.^[2]

A private citizen, said to be Ida Barry Ryan, donated a building at Orange Avenue and East Park Place and $25,000 to the Sisters of Charity of St. Elizabeth to create a hospital. In its first year, the hospital treated 162 patients and was soon forced to expand. During the next ten years, the hospital added an operating room, a pharmacy and X-ray departments. By 1917, the hospital had 35 beds, nine physicians and three specialists. Maternity services had been available at the hospital from the beginning, but the Spring Valley branch of the Ladies Auxiliary funded the furnishings and equipment for a nursery in 1926 and a maternity ward in 1927.

By 1929, a population increase created an urgent need to build a larger hospital. A committee raised $93,000 and, in 1932, bought {{convert|25|acre|m2}} on Lafayette Avenue, the current site of the hospital, for $22,500. The new 72-bed hospital opened on December 14, 1938, and was the first hospital in Rockland County to be fully approved by both the American Medical Association and the American College of Surgeons. In 1939, the hospital won an award as the best-equipped Catholic hospital in the United States and Canada.^[2]

When the Tappan Zee Bridge opened in 1955, it brought a large number of new residents to the region and in 1959, Good Samaritan Hospital responded to the need for medical care with the Cardinal Spellman Pavilion. Home Care was founded in 1962 and today has grown into one of the largest home care programs in New York.^[2] In 1970, the new Sister Miriam Thomas Pavilion, a five-story, $7 million health facility, was opened, with two 35-bed Medical/surgical floors, a maternal and newborn care center, a laboratory, radiology, a nuclear medicine and cobalt center and a recovery room. The Monsignor Patrick J. Frawley Memorial Psychiatric Unit also opened.

The St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Critical Care Center was completed in 1980, and the Frank and Fannie Weiss Renal Dialysis Center was opened in 1982. An $85 million building and renovation project included the construction of a cardiac catheterization laboratory and expansion of the radiology, laboratory and rehab services departments as well as the addition of state-of-the-art equipment.^[2] In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the hospital added: a 28-bed chemical and alcohol dependency outpatient program, a children’s diagnostic center, single-room maternity units and a neonatal intermediate care nursery (NICU-level), and brachytherapy in radiation oncology services.

In 1996, Good Samaritan Hospital and its sponsors, the Sisters of Charity of St. Elizabeth, joined the Franciscan Sisters of the Poor, the Sisters of Mercy and the Franciscan Health System to form the Tri-State Health System.^[2] The Emergency Department earned a Level II trauma services designation in 1997. In January 2000, Good Samaritan Hospital and the Sisters of Charity entered into a co-sponsorship with the Sisters of Bon Secours, creating Bon Secours Charity Health System.^[3] In the fall, the hospital unveiled the Union State Bank Family Birthing Center^[4] and added a full-time maternity consultant.

In May 2015, Westchester Medical Center and the Bon Secours Charity Health System (BSCHS) signed a joint venture announcing a ground-breaking commitment to high-quality care as close to home as possible for the people of the Hudson Valley.

Cardiac Services in Rockland County

Despite the high level of service provided by Good Samaritan Hospital during its first hundred years, Rockland County still lacked cardiac services for the aging community. The hospital was approved to begin performing angioplasties in 2003, but it was clear that the hospital's service area needed more. In 2005, the first major step in remedying this situation was taken when the New York State Hospital Review and Planning Council recommended granting approval of Good Samaritan Hospital's Certificate of Need (CON) application for an adult cardiac surgery program.^[5] Also in 2005, Good Samaritan Hospital became the first hospital in the country to earn Disease Specific Care Certification for the management of acute myocardial infarction. The Stroke Center at Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center is also recognized as a [https://www.goodsamhosp.org/stroke-center Primary Stroke Center] by the New York State Department of Health. Good Samaritan Hospital was the first hospital in New York State to earn both "The Joint Commission" Primary Stroke Center certification, along with state designation as a Primary Stroke Center.^[6]

In 2007, the hard work of the previous two years was realized when the hospital performed its first open heart surgery, which marked

the complete opening of [https://www.goodsamhosp.org/cardiac-programs The Active International Cardiovascular Institute] at Good Samaritan, the only comprehensive cardiac surgery program in New York State west of the Hudson River between the New Jersey border and Albany, more than {{convert|100|mi|km}} to the north.^[7] Only one month previously, the hospital was once again recognized with the Gold Seal of Approval for both the Management of Acute Myocardial Infarction (heart attack) and Management of Stroke from the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO).^[6]

Good Samaritan Hospital’s [https://www.goodsamhosp.org/cardiac-programs Active International Cardiovascular Institute] offers unmatched life-saving [https://www.goodsamhosp.org/cardiac-catheterization-lab2 angioplasty], [https://www.goodsamhosp.org/open-heart-surgery1 open heart surgery], electrophysiology, [https://www.goodsamhosp.org/open-heart-surgery1 cardiothoracic surgery], a comprehensive [https://www.goodsamhosp.org/heart-failure1 heart failure program] and high-resolution imaging all in one place.

Good Samaritan Hospital is one of only two hospitals in Orange and Rockland counties, to receive the 2018 and 2019 Five-Star rating for Coronary Intervention, along with the Coronary Intervention Excellence Award from Healthgrades. Healthgrades is the leading online resource for comprehensive information about physicians and hospitals. A five-star rating indicates Good Samaritan Hospital’s clinical outcomes are significantly better than national averages when treating the condition or performing the procedure being evaluated.

The program has also been recognized by Healthgrades as one of America’s 100 Best Hospitals™ for Coronary Intervention in 2019.  Patients treated at hospitals receiving the America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Coronary Intervention Award have, on average 44.6% lower risk of dying than if they were treated in hospitals that did not receive the award.  

Cancer Care Services in Rockland County

The [https://www.goodsamhosp.org/cancer Bobbi Lewis Cancer Program]—accredited as a Comprehensive Community Cancer Center by the Commission on Cancer of the American College of Surgeons—offers a superior level  of care. It’s an approach that’s critical to every element of cancer diagnosis and treatment.

Our board-certified oncologists, surgeons and radiologists lead a team of dedicated professionals in the diagnosis and management of patients in a comfortable and caring atmosphere. Patients come to us with a wide variety of cancer diagnoses, and we treat them using the latest techniques in surgery, chemotherapy and radiation therapy to achieve the best outcomes. All while enjoying the comfort of being close to home.

Our [https://www.goodsamhosp.org/radiation-oncology Radiation Oncology Department] is Rockland and Orange counties’ leader in radiation therapy offering the latest technology that enhances precision and treatment planning through superior image quality including the [https://www.goodsamhosp.org/truebeam-linear-accelerator-system TrueBeam Linear Accelarator], [https://www.goodsamhosp.org/urology Fusion-guided MRI] for prostate biopsies, [https://www.goodsamhosp.org/radiation-oncology CT Big Bore System] for accurate treatment planning and the protective [https://www.goodsamhosp.org/radiation-oncology SpaceOAR] procedure.  Our image guided approach delivers therapy that is exactly right for you with fast, accurate results and fewer side effects

Good Samaritan Hospital is also home to a comprehensive [https://www.goodsamhosp.org/center-for-breast-health Breast Health Center]. This Center offers a highly advanced program for diagnosing and treating virtually any breast health issue, including [https://www.goodsamhosp.org/first-rate-imaging 3D mammography] exams, a [https://www.goodsamhosp.org/high-risk-breast-cancer-screening-program proactive high-risk screening program] that offers access to genetic counseling from an in-house genetic specialist and c[https://www.goodsamhosp.org/breast-center-surgery utting-edge reconstruction procedures (AirXpanders)].

Surgical Services in Rockland County

At Good Samaritan Hospital, [https://www.goodsamhosp.org/robotic-surgery1 robotic surgery] is available for hernia, prostate, kidney, urologic, gynecologic, colorectal surgery and most recently, bariatric. Robotic surgery means smaller surgical incisions, less pain and faster recovery. For our surgeons, the heightened precision and accuracy lead to better outcomes.

Additionally robotic surgery is available for orthopedic procedures. It is the only hospital in the region to offer the [https://www.goodsamhosp.org/mako-robotic-arm-assisted-technology Mako Robot] for knee and hip replacement surgery which promises faster and easier recoveries. Good Samaritan Hospital’s premier [https://www.goodsamhosp.org/total-joint-replacement Total Joint Replacement program] specializes in total hip, knee and shoulder replacements. 

The [https://www.goodsamhosp.org/surgical-weight-loss-institute Surgical Weight Loss Institute at Good Samaritan Hospital] is the only federally accredited bariatric surgery center in Rockland County. The program offers a team of expert bariatric surgeons, the latest minimally invasive surgical techniques, excellent medical and nutritional advice and a solid support system to insure your weight loss success.  The Surgical Weight Loss Institute specializes in a range of surgical procedures, primarily sleeve gastrectomy, Roux-en-Y gastric bypass and most recently, robotic bariatric surgery. It received a 5-star rating from HealthGrades and was named among the top 10% of hospitals for bariatric surgery.

References

External links

• Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center
• Bon Secours Charity Health System
• New York State Hospital Profile

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