Statement: The Mount Sinai Hospital Emergency Department
As part of our continuous pursuit of excellence, we undertook a strategic review of the Emergency Department back in 2016. This report in no way reflects the current status of our Emergency Department. Currently, patients admitted through the Mount Sinai Hospital Emergency Department with heart attacks, heart failure, severe lung conditions and stroke have among the best survival rates in the nation. Additionally, since the review was issued over three years ago, we have made major investments and improvements to the Emergency Department, including adding over 130 additional employees, spanning all categories of clinical and support staff. We have also opened the Mount Sinai Express Care facility on the same block to alleviate Emergency Department crowding by taking care of patients with less serious conditions in a separate location. Now, we have plans for a complete renovation of both our emergency department and our observation unit to more than double the number of treatment locations and further improve patient care.
We are deeply proud that our Emergency Department reflects the diverse community we serve. As it was on day one, the safety, care and accessibility for all of our patients has - and will always remain - our first and singular focus.
About the Mount Sinai Health System
Mount Sinai Health System is one of the nation’s leading integrated academic health systems and one of the largest in the New York metropolitan area. Its comprehensive system includes seven hospitals, more than 400 outpatient practices, over 600 research and clinical laboratories, the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, and the Mount Sinai Phillips School of Nursing. Together, the Health System comprises approximately 48,000 employees, more than 9,000 physicians, and 8,600 nurses.
As a leading learning health system, Mount Sinai combines clinical expertise with scientific discovery to improve patient care while training the next generation of health care and biomedical leaders. The Health System provides care across every stage of life, from prenatal care through geriatrics, while advancing personalized medicine through artificial intelligence, data science, and biomedical research.
Mount Sinai is consistently recognized among the nation’s leading academic health systems for patient care, research, and education. The Mount Sinai Hospital is ranked No. 1 in New York by Newsweek and No. 5 on the magazine’s World’s Best Hospitals list. The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai ranks No. 11 among U.S. medical schools and No. 1 among freestanding medical schools for National Institutes of Health funding, reflecting the strength of its scientific enterprise and leadership in biomedical research.
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