Beth Israel Medical Center

Beth Israel Medical Center is one of the four demonstration sites working on the prevention of pressure ulcer project with the Nurse Safety Scholar-in-Residence.

Beth Israel Medical Center, a 1,106-bed, tertiary care, teaching hospital, serves as University Hospital and the Manhattan Campus of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.  Founded on Manhattan’s Lower East Side in 1889, Beth Israel originally was dedicated to serving vulnerable populations in that community, specifically recent Eastern European Jewish immigrants.

Beth Israel provides inpatient care through two major divisions: The Milton and Carroll Petrie Division in Lower Manhattan and the Kings Highway Division in the Midwood section of Brooklyn, as well as through a network of outpatient and ambulatory facilities. It is notable among hospitals in New York for its unique approach to combining medical excellence with clinical innovation.

Beth Israel has recruited world-class specialists to expand services in heart disease, cancer, neurology, and orthopedics. At the same time, the Medical Center has forged links between conventional medicine and complementary approaches to therapy. The Continuum Center for Health & Healing and the Department of Pain Medicine and Palliative Care are establishing new benchmarks of care in these important areas.  Beth Israel also continues its long tradition of excellence in medical specialties including gastrointestinal disease, chemical dependency, psychiatric disorders and HIV/AIDS research and treatment.

More than a century after its founding, Beth Israel continues to serve individuals and families from every walk of life.  And the medical Center remains true to its 100-year-old Mission – to provide the highest quality of care with compassion and concern for patient well being.

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“Having the evidence translated into bedside patient care processes has helped us look at the big picture in the reduction and prevention of pressure ulcers,” said Betty Furr, Director, Patient Care Services for Quality, Standards and Practice at Beth Israel Medical Center and the project leader.

Irene Jankowski, the JCR Hill-Rom Nurse Safety Scholar, says “Being my home hospital, Beth Israel is obviously close to my heart, and I am glad to have been able to take the time to work on the evidence and bring it back to help patients.”