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Wyckoff Heights Medical Center is a 350-bed[1] teaching hospital located in the Wyckoff Heights section of Bushwick, Brooklyn in New York City. The hospital is an academic affiliate of the NewYork-Presbyterian's Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University, the New York Medical College and New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine.[2][3] The primary goal of the center is to train future physicians that are qualified medically and personably.[4]
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| Geography | |
| Location | 374 Stockholm Street Brooklyn, NY 11237, Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States |
| Coordinates | 40°42′15″N 73°55′2″W |
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| Beds | 350 |
| History | |
| Opened | 1889 |
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| Website | www |
| Lists | Hospitals in New York State |
| Other links | Hospitals in Brooklyn |
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In 1887 the German Hospital Society of Brooklyn was organized by the Plattdeutscher Volksfest-Verein for the purpose of raising funds, purchasing land, and constructing a hospital to serve the large German immigrant community in Brooklyn.[5]
The hospital opened its doors in 1899 as the German Hospital of Brooklyn,[6] but was renamed Wyckoff Heights Hospital after World War I because of anti-German sentiments[7] and eventually renamed Wyckoff Heights Medical Center.
During the 1990s, Wyckoff was managed by Preferred Health Network.[8]
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Wyckoff Heights Medical Center is a New York State designated stroke center and level III perinatal center.[9][10]
The American Heart Association and the American Stroke Association awarded the hospital with a "Silver Performance Achievement Award" in 2011[11] and a "Gold Plus Performance Achievement Award" in 2012.[12]
Surgeons at Wyckoff Medical Center were the first in the state and surrounding Tri-state area to perform an artificial disc implant into a spine.[13]
In 2006 Wyckoff Heights Medical Center received top honors from HSS Incorporated (a medical coding software developer) for the hospital's medical coding practices, as part of the third-annual Top 200 Coding Hospital Report.[14]
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Asthmapolis
Wyckoff Heights Medical Center is the first New York area hospital to use Asthmapolis.[15] Marketed as the BreathEasy program, the hospital provides participants with the smartphone application and a snap-on sensor that tracks how often participants use their asthma inhaler. Wyckoff physicians receive immediate notification of a patient's worsening condition. The program is offered through the hospital's pediatric department.[16]
In 2012, Consumer Reports ranked Wyckoff Heights Medical Center worse than average in the NYC area in patient safety.[17]
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