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Scope

  • Nation's third-largest, non-profit, secular healthcare system, based on number of beds
  • Nation's 16th-largest, integrated healthcare network, based on net patient revenue, and the largest in New York State
  • Service area of 5.5 million people in Long Island, Queens and Staten Island
  • Recipient of Joint Commission’s Codman Award, the first health system to attain this distinction
  • Recipient of Healthcare Association of New York State’s (HANYS) Pinnacle Award
  • Home of the largest “corporate university” in the healthcare industry – the Center for Learning and Innovation
  • Nursing school affiliations with 15 colleges and universities
  • Recipient of J.D. Power and Associates’ Distinguished Hospital designation at Syosset Hospital

Economic Impact

  • $5 billion annual operating budget
  • More than 38,000 employees — the largest employer on Long Island and the ninth-largest in New York City
  • More than 7,500 physicians
  • More than 9,500 nurses
  • 772 medical students
  • More than 1,230 medical residents and fellows
  • More than 3,200 volunteers

2008 Operating Statistics

  • More than 4,344 hospital and long-term care beds*
  • 3.6 million patient contacts
  • 21,764 babies delivered
  • 242,200 in-patients treated
  • 109,900 ambulatory surgeries performed
  • 494,447 emergency visits
  • 548,215 home care visits
  • 1,150 clinical research studies
  • 1,813 community education programs

*Does not include affiliate organizations

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Last Update

January 27, 2010
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