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  Bellevue Hospital Center
Bellevue’s innovations include a microsurgery center, a regional center for brain and spinal cord injuries, and comprehensive pediatric services.
As the core of NYU’s teaching program, Bellevue is the primary location of clinical instruction for NYU medical students and is also a significant hub of research.
Bellevue’s Emergency Service is an internationally recognized model for ER development, and serves as a training ground for NYU physicians in medicine, surgery, pediatrics, and psychiatry.
www.med.nyu.edu /medicaldegree/history/bellevue.html   (372 words)

  
 Bellevue Hospital Center - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bellevue Hospital Center is a hospital located in New York City, New York, United States.
Founded in 1736, it is the oldest public hospital in the United States.
Bellevue is well known for its psychiatric facilities, and being a triage center during disasters.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bellevue_Hospital   (150 words)

  
 Electrical Contractor: Anatomy of a Renovation
Bellevue Hospital has served as the medical facility for visiting presidents, injured police and firefighters, and diplomats from the United Nations.
The plan was to put the consolidated ICU with all the rooms around the perimeter, and bring light into the center of the floor, maintaining a connection with the outdoors—not just for patients and their families but for staff members.
The rooms were designed with nurse stations in the center of the floor and windows on both sides of patient rooms that allow the staff not only clear views into the rooms of the patients, but also considerable natural light at any point on the floor.
www.ecmag.com /index.cfm?fa=article&articleID=3998   (1432 words)

  
 1998 Senior Experience Database   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Bellevue Hospital Center's 2-3 year old Emergency Department is the second largest of its kind in the United States.
As an intern at Bellevue Hospital Center, I had the rare opportunity to learn about health care in a major metropolitan city.
Bellevue maintains about fourteen operating rooms, each specializing in a particular field such as cardiovascular surgery and neurosurgery.
www.bergen.org /cgi-bin/senexp/1998list.pl?action=More&idnum=56   (249 words)

  
 Chevra Hatzalah of Crown Heights
The critical care pavilion at Bellevue Hospital Center is the first major installation of an overhead delivery system for critical care in New York City, and places Bellevue among the largest installations in emerging medical technology in the country.
In other hospitals, when patients improve out of intensive care units, they are typically moved off their floor, causing some discomfort and a less efficient use of services since hospital doctors must travel across many different floors to see their patients.
Bellevue Hospital Center is internationally recognized for its excellence in caring for complex trauma and critical care patients.
www.hatzalah.ch /news02.html   (710 words)

  
 HOSA
Bellevue is the oldest public hospital in the country and has served patients since 1736.
While Bellevue is well known for it’s psychiatric care, it is in fact a full-service medical facility.
Bellevue is the only hospital in New York City with concurrent designations as a Level-I Trauma Center, Heart Station, Microsurgical and Replantation Center, and Regional Center for Head and Spinal Cord Injuries.
www.hosa.org /911/bellevue.html   (157 words)

  
 Bellevue Hospital Center
As the core of NYU’s teaching program, Bellevue is the primary location of clinical instruction for NYU medical students and house staff, and is also a significant hub of research.
Bellevue’s Emergency Department—one of only two Level-I Trauma Centers in New York City—is an internationally recognized model for emergency medicine development, and it serves as a training ground for NYU resident physicians in emergency medicine, internal medicine, surgery, pediatrics, and psychiatry.
The hospital has an attending physician staff of 1,200 and a house staff of more than 500 residents and interns.
www.med.nyu.edu /emergency/facilities/bellevue   (385 words)

  
 HHC - Directions to Bellevue Hospital Center
Take 34th Street as far east as possible, and make a right on the service road adjacent to the entrance to the southbound entrance to the FDR drive.
Follow service road (past NYU) and you will see a tall, grayish/brown building (Bellevue) in front of you.
Bellevue is now on your right and the FDR is to your left.
www.nyc.gov /html/hhc/html/facilities/bellevue-directions.shtml   (187 words)

  
 Advisory Committee - Bellevue Medical Library
Many Bellevue staff members need to wait for a computer or leave without using the Library due to time constraints; most staff visits the Bellevue Medical Library on their lunch break.
Usage of the computers in the Bellevue Medical Library could be monitored, especially during the highest usage times of the day, which was found to be between 11am and 2pm daily.
There is an interest to request funds from the Bellevue Hospital Library Fund to purchase computers, install card readers to charge for printing and copying, install additional computers and wireless.
library.med.nyu.edu /bellevue/information/advisory.html   (935 words)

  
 Network Physics > Case Study > Bellevue Hospital Center   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Founded in 1736, Manhattan 's Bellevue Hospital Center provides comprehensive medical, psychiatric and social services, including inpatient, outpatient and emergency care, annually treating 26,000 inpatients and handling nearly 400,000 outpatient clinic visits, while the hospital's world-famous Emergency Service provides help for another 100,000 people each year.
Bellevue is a member hospital in the South Manhattan Healthcare Network (SMHN), a division of the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation.
The IT staff at Bellevue is therefore also responsible for the other facilities in the network: Gouverneur Healthcare Services, which maintains the largest outpatient diagnostic and treatment center in New York State ; and Coler-Goldwater Specialty Hospital and Nursing Facility, a 2000-bed health center that provides medical, sub-acute, rehabilitative, and long-term specialty services.
www.networkphysics.com /products/literature/case_studies/bellevue_hospital.shtml   (1109 words)

  
 Bellevue Alumnae Association Finding Aid   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The Bellevue school pin, designed by Tiffany and Co., was adopted in 1880 and worn by graduates; it portrayed a crane, representing vigilance, surrounded by a wreath of poppies, signifying the role of nurses of allaying pain and bringing rest to the suffering.
Bellevue Hospital and the nursing school felt the impact of World War I. In June, 1916, Superintendent Clara Noyes initiated the enrollment of nurses for Base Hospital No. 1; in October, the work of organization was transferred to Miss Brink.
The Bellevue Alumnae Association was founded in 1889, and incorporated in 1898 as the Alumnae Association of the New York Training School for Nurses Connected with Bellevue Hospital, New York.
www.foundationnysnurses.org /collections/bellevuefa.htm   (3805 words)

  
 Bellevue Interpreter Program
Bellevue takes care of thousands of patients everyday, and has always responded to the needs of the community and its people regardless of their status, background, or social barriers.
Bellevue is one of the main points of entry for immigrants coming to New York City.
Bellevue has just started a Victims of Torture Program to address issues of patients who come to this country fleeing political persecution, and who are experiencing health problems relating to torture, physical and mental abuse.
www.uhmc.sunysb.edu /prevmed/mns/imcs/contexts/diverse/bellevue.html   (1611 words)

  
 Pastoral learning at Bellevue Hospital Christian Century - Find Articles
I want to do my CPE at Bellevue Hospital because work in a large, ailing New York public hospital is guaranteed to be a "boot camp" experience.
Founded to serve "lunatics and paupers" in 1736, Bellevue is the oldest public hospital in the country.
Level one trauma centers like Bellevue depend on a steady stream of violent-crime victims to maintain the reputation of their ER residency programs.
findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1058/is_24_117/ai_65227437   (865 words)

  
 Carter Center
Among them: an in-patient psychiatric unit for Asians at Bellevue, a bi-lingual treatment program for Latinos and their families, and the NYU Center for Global Health which is working on a number of fronts in the mental health field (including aiding refugees from Kosovo).
I have come to believe that centers need to assemble multidisciplinary teams for different populations (depending on the area of the country) that include such translators, rather than relying on "on-call" interpreters, who may not always be available.
Bellevue (and other city hospitals in other locations) have found a way to obtain those funds via grants from city and departments of mental health.
www.cartercenter.org /healthprograms/326_adoc6.htm   (2043 words)

  
 Bellvue Hospital Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The first hospital-based ambulance service in the world was established at Bellevue in 1869 by Dr. Edward L.
Today, Bellevue Hospital occupies a 25-story, multi-million dollar patient care facility, directly behind the old complex of Bellevue buildings.
The heritage of the School of Medicine, its remarkable opportunities for service, teaching, and investigation through its association with Bellevue Hospital and the building of a new Medical Center all contribute to the strength of the institution.
www.bonecancer.org /hospitals/index.cfm?id=102   (854 words)

  
 American College of Medical Toxicology
The patient was admitted to the hospital for observation.
The patient had a prolonged hospital admission and on discharge his anticonvulsant regimen was changed.
Because neither of the parents are health care providers (as is most often the case), this medication prescription error lacked an important check that occurs in hospitalized patients: the nurse who administers the drug to the patient is in a position to recognize such errors.
www.ijmt.net /ijmt/7_1/7_1_2.html   (1236 words)

  
 Bellevue Hospital Center New York City, New York (Hospitals)
They are a 911 receiving hospital in the nationally-designated categories of cardiac, neurological, toxicologic, neonatal and psychiatric emergencies.
Bellevue today is also a regional center for brain and spinal cord injuries, using new diagnostic methods and techniques.
Their hospital also serves as the medical facility for dignitaries visiting New York City, including the President of the United States and United Nations' diplomats.
www.ohwy.com /ny/m/md330204.htm   (191 words)

  
 Bellevue Literary Review
To Dr. Ofri, an attending physician at Bellevue Hospital Center, a part-time writer and the editor in chief of the Bellevue Literary Review, every patient's history is a mystery story, a narrative that unfolds full of surprisesÂ…read more.
The Bellevue Literary Review explores the connective tissue between the practice of medicine and literature in a way that is sensitive, surprising, and compassionate.
Bellevue Hospital in New York City, chartered in 1731, is the oldest public hospital in the U.S. In 2001, it also became the first and only hospital to sponsor a literary journal, the Bellevue Literary Review (BLR).
www.blreview.org /BlrInTheNews.htm   (469 words)

  
 BPHC - New York HD Clinic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Bellevue Hospital Center is a tertiary level hospital that offers primary care, a rich array of high quality subspecialty services and world-renowned emergency, surgical, psychiatric and other services.
The hospital’s Dermatology service offers expert care to patients with Hansen’s disease, and has on-site access to excellent neurology, ophthalmology, plastic and orthopedic surgery, rehabilitation medicine, behavioral health and other specialty services.
Geographically and in terms of transportation services, Bellevue is conveniently located for the majority of the population of the New York area.
bphc.hrsa.gov /nhdp/New_York.htm   (92 words)

  
 Esther Coupet - 2001 Sloan Public Service Awards Brochure   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Esther Coupet was born and still lives in the shadow of Bellevue Hospital, the oldest public hospital in the nation.
Some might have expected gridlock or worse, but in a shining example of doing more with less, she has won the respect and admiration of the full range of people involved in home care: hospital administrators, doctors, nurses, social workers, home care agencies and insurance providers throughout the hospital and the city.
Bellevue is a beacon for the poor and elderly and those with a weak command of English.
www.fcny.org /psap/brochures/2001/coupet.htm   (273 words)

  
 Children of Bellevue
The mission of Reach Out and Read at Bellevue Hospital Center is to make literacy promotion a standard part of pediatric primary care, so that children grow up with books and a love of reading.
Volunteer readers turn our hospital waiting room into a “reading room” while educators talk to parents about the importance of talking with their babies, looking at pictures and reading to them.
Children of Bellevue is grateful to The Dreyfus Corporation, The HGI Foundation, KiDS of NYU Medical Center, Reach Out and Read National Center, Reach Out and Read of Greater New York, and The Reisert Foundation for their support for Reach Out and Read.
www.childrenofbellevue.org /html/reachout.htm   (208 words)

  
 AMA@NYU Homepage
Bellevue Babies is a program through which medical students may volunteer at the newborn nursery at Bellevue Hospital Center.
Bellevue Babies is both an educational and enjoyable experience.
The Child Health and Injury Prevention Program (CHIP) is an outreach program in which medical students meet new mothers at Bellevue Hospital Center 1-2 days after giving birth and discuss their feelings as well as teach important information on child health and development.
students.med.nyu.edu /ama/home.html   (224 words)

  
 New Page 1
Bellevue has several units/programs which include child outpatient, child inpatient, adolescent outpatient, adolescent inpatient, adult, inpatient, alcohol outpatient, cocaine recovery, medically ill chemical abusers, neuropsychology, consultation liaison, rehabilitation medicine (traumatic brain injury), geriatric outpatient, and geriatric inpatient.
LIJ Medical Center is composed of several smaller departments and clinics including: Long Island Jewish Hospital, Hillside Hospital, and Schneider Children’s Hospital.
MHC is a municipal hospital with a 14 floor mental health services department.
alpha.fdu.edu /clinical/inpatient.htm   (1669 words)

  
 Advisory Committee - Bellevue Medical Library   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Committee Membership: The Advisory Committee was assembled in September 2004 with fourteen initial members representing various areas of the Bellevue Hospital Center, NYU School of Medicine, and Ehrman Medical Library.
Terry Miles, Manuel Trujillo, and Mei Kong reported that Bellevue Hospital Center staff have been pleased with the outreach and efforts to communicate with departments.
To raise awareness of the Bellevue Medical Library among Bellevue Hospital Center staff and other interested parties both within and outside the hospital.
library.med.nyu.edu /bellevue/information/minutes/111204.html   (582 words)

  
 AIDS / HIV Treatment at NYU Medical Center
NYU Medical Center, along with its affiliate hospital, Bellevue, is a first-class research and education center and provides a prominent training ground and clinical base for leaders in the battle against AIDS and other infectious diseases.
The Center For AIDS Research (CFAR) at NYU Medical Center is one of thirteen original Centers for AIDS Research designated by the NIH to coordinate, enhance and expedite HIV/AIDS research efforts at selected institutions.
The Adult AIDS Clinical Trials Unit of the NYU Medical Center is located in Bellevue Hospital's C and D Building (5th Floor) on 27th Street and 1st Avenue.
www.nyumc.org /nyuth/nyu_aids_program.jsp   (1859 words)

  
 Relatives Hope For Good News - Newsday.com
At Bellevue Hospital Center, Anita Beblase, 62, searched in the confusion for sons who worked at each of the Twin Towers that once stood blocks away.
But outside the main entrance of Bellevue, she continued to search for one of her sons, James Beblase, 45, a broker who worked on the 102nd floor of Tower One.
Mary Ellen Vatalaro, 39, saw the second plane strike the World Trade Center from the Trump apartment buildings that she is helping to construct across from the United Nations.
www.newsday.com /news/nationworld/ny-nyfam122362116sep12,0,1374018.story   (484 words)

  
 For Moms-to-Be, a Prenatal Marvel: the Midwife Is a Man - Boston.com - Health & Fitness - Your Life
In the feminine world of midwives and doulas (as birth coaches are known), a male midwife is a curiosity, and the male midwife at Bellevue, Richard Jennings, has provoked a fair amount of ambivalence among his female colleagues.
State statistics show that Bellevue, one of the largest public hospitals in the country, had a 21 percent Caesarean rate in 2003.
The current rate in the birth center, staffed by midwives for low-risk women, is 3 percent.
www.boston.com /yourlife/health/other/articles/2005/07/31/for_moms_to_be_a_prenatal_marvel_the_midwife_is_a_man   (761 words)

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