Frequently Asked Questions: Westchester Medical Center Health

Network (WMCHealth) and HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley

Announce Plans to Transform Healthcare in Ulster County
Q. What are the details of the project?
A. HealthAlliance Hospital: Marys Avenue Campus will undergo a 70,000-square-foot
renovation, and a new, 110,000-square-foot bed tower addition will be constructed, to
accommodate all inpatient medical services currently located there and at HealthAlliance
Hospital: Broadway Campus. The HealthAlliance Hospital will include a new main entrance and
lobby, emergency center, endoscopy center, same-day surgery suite, medical imaging center,
birthing center, intensive care unit, medical-surgical floors and hospital pharmacy.
All diagnostic and surgical services in the new hospital will be strategically located to maximize
efficiency and promote quality outcomes and patient safety. There will also be a separate
ambulance entrance away from the main entrance to provide patient privacy. Additionally, the
new main entrance will provide ample space for vehicles to drop off and pick up patients, with
adequate parking onsite.
Q. What will the new bed tower include?
A. The bed tower will consist of four floors and will add 110,000 square feet to the existing
327,000-square-foot hospital and house the new emergency center, endoscopy center,
intensive care unit and medical-surgical floors. Of the 201 total beds in the hospital, 141 of them
will be private.
There will be sound-absorbing features in patient care corridors, including acoustical ceiling tiles
and a quiet nurse-call system to promote a private, tranquil environment.
Q. Why does another facility need to be built at the Marys Avenue Campus?
A. As is, neither of the Kingston hospitals can accommodate all the current services. Of the two
campuses, Marys Avenue is the best option for expansion, in terms of construction and
services, to provide a better patient experience. Additionally, this consolidation will allow us to
establish a medical village at the Broadway Campus, all of which is part of our Healthy
Neighborhood Initiative collaboration with the City of Kingston. Learn more by visiting
http://www.hahv.org/state-endorses-healthalliance-plans-awards-88-8-million-toward-capitalprojects/
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A. A medical village is a convenient, integrated primary care and outpatient destination for
medical services in a one stop location, providing easy and open access to medical care and
services. The medical village will focus on wellness and community services to support
population health through innovative approaches. In this case, it will be a neighborhood focal
point where HealthAlliance, WMCHealth and community partners will offer primary care,
behavioral health and other support services, including retail, educational programs, community
events and transportation.
Q. What is the projected cost for the project?
A. The project is anticipated to cost a total of $133.6 million over five years. Phase One of the
project, the construction and renovation at the Marys Avenue Campus, will cost $112 million.
While not finalized, Phase Two, the medical village at the Broadway Campus, is expected to
cost $21.6 million.
Q. How can we pay for all of these improvements?
A. Earlier this year, New York State announced nearly $1.2 billion in healthcare awards for
hospitals and health systems in New York. HealthAlliance received a grant award of $88.8
million for the Kingston campuses, which are critical to the continued provision of healthcare
services in the community. WMCHealth, HealthAlliance and a capital campaign will support the
cost balance.
Q. Why did the projects change?
A. When the single-campus hospital was initially planned, HealthAlliance was still a standalone
health system. Now that HealthAlliance is affiliated with and has the support of WMCHealth, we
are able to develop a project that is more substantial and better suited to the needs of the
community. Economies of scale are better as part of a network, plus the partnership enables
HealthAlliance to work with WMCHealths strategic partners, like healthcare technology leader,
Philips.
Q. What is the expected project timeframe?
A. Construction for Phase One is expected to start in the second half of 2017 and completed
about two years later. Plans for Phase Two will be finalized by the end of 2016. The entire
project is expected to be completed within five years.
Q. What happens to HealthAlliance programs and services?
A. WMCHealth will continue its commitment to retain already-provided services at
HealthAlliance locations, enhance and strengthen many offerings that currently exist and
expand advanced services not currently available at HealthAlliance facilities

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Q. How will Kingston and the surrounding communities benefit from the new
hospital?
A. The construction and renovations to HealthAlliance Hospital: Marys Avenue Campus will
create a hospital of the size, importance and influence that will meet the needs of our
community and ensure that the residents in our region have access to the highest level of care,
as close to home as possible. By investing in and modernizing equipment, we will provide the
best patient experience. Additionally, the new facility will attract top doctors and staff to deliver
the best practices of medicine.
The community also will benefit from WMCHealths new e-Health initiative, which uses the latest
technologies to connect clinical expertise among all of our network partners in eight counties.
Through a strategic network partnership with healthcare technology leader Philips, patients will
receive care from doctors and specialists in other locations without the patient having to travel to
visit them. It even lets healthcare professionals in multiple locations share information and
discuss patient issues as if they were in the same room. Its been successfully used to save
lives in critical care and emergency situations.
Q. What is WMCHealth?
A. The Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth) is a 1,700-bed healthcare
system headquartered in Valhalla, New York, with 10 hospitals on seven campuses spanning
6,200 square miles of the Hudson Valley. WMCHealth employs more than 12,000 people and
has nearly 3,000 attending physicians. From Level 1, Level 2 and Pediatric Trauma Centers, the
regions only acute care childrens hospital, an academic medical center, 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.
Q. What is HealthAlliance?
A. HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley operates a 315-bed hospital bed healthcare system
comprising HealthAlliance Hospital: Marys Avenue Campus and HealthAlliance Hospital:
Broadway Campus in Kingston, New York, and Margaretville Hospital in Margaretville, New
York. It also operates Mountainside Residential Care Center, an 82-bed facility in Margaretville.
As Ulster Countys largest employer, HealthAlliance is committed to attracting the best-qualified
medical and support staff; providing outstanding, responsive, coordinated, compassionate
patient- and family-centered care; excelling in clinical outcomes and patient experiences; and
ensuring patient rights, privacy and respect are honored at all times, while improving the overall
health and well-being of the diverse communities it serves. For more information about how
HealthAlliance is delivering the promise of medicine, visit hahv.org or follow
Facebook.com/HealthAllianceHV or Twitter.com/HAllianceHudVal.

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