MISSION STATEMENT
The Department of Family
Medicine at Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center is driven to improve quality of life
in the Bronx, one patient at a time.
CORE VALUES
Innovation - We create new solutions that continuously
advance patient care.
Excellence - We work efficiently,
using the highest and most up-to-date standards of care.
Individualized Care - We take a culturally competent approach to
the whole person and the whole family.
Education - We teach and learn from each other in the spirit
of lifelong inquiry.
Integrity - Through self-reflection we learn from our mistakes, and use these
lessons to improve future
performance while we hold ourselves accountable.
Social Responsibility – We are here to be the force of positive change in our diverse communities.
Nurturing - We will advance and promote a culture of
diversity, growth, transparency and holistic care to our patients, staff and
trainees.
Collaboration – In working together toward a common vision, we
will value the contributions of all team members within the hospital, department
and our community of partners.
The Department of
Family Medicine is committed to providing outstanding, comprehensive and
continuous care to people of all ages and backgrounds. The Department is a
dynamic program dedicated to the education of medical students, residents and
attending physicians at the highest levels. The Department is proud of our
commitment to cutting edge health care and truly innovative programs designed to
change the lives of people we serve and
care for.
SCOPE OF CARE:
Patients
Served: The Department of Family Medicine, under
the direction of the Chairman, provides inpatient care and ambulatory care to
patients of all ages, who reside in the surrounding South and Central Bronx
neighborhoods. This community has long been documented as coping
with the myriad of issues associated with poverty, including inadequate or
absent housing, substance abuse, inadequate nutrition, poor access to health
care services, high unemployment, teenage pregnancy, and high rates of disease,
(e.g. diabetes, hypertension, HIV infection.) The overwhelming
majority of patients are African American and Latino. Many are
undocumented immigrants or have recently arrived from such places as West
Africa, Haiti, Dominican Republic or other areas.
COMPOSITION OF
THE DEPARTMENT:
- HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis C Care
- Community Health Worker Program
- Infant, Pediatrics, and Adolescents Care
- Colonoscopy and Gynecology Care
- Preventive Medicine and Health Care
Maintenance
- Community Collaboration and Outreach Projects and
Programs
Availability of
Services
Services are available 24 Hours per day, seven days per week.
Inpatients are seen daily by their attending physician and residents, who
assure that patients are cared for appropriately. Ambulatory care
is provided by appointment at the sites detailed above, but patients may be seen
at any time for emergency services at the Concourse Division.
Success in
Meeting Patient Care Needs
Efforts to successfully
meet the goal of providing outstanding patient care are ongoing.
Performance improvement indicators allow us to measure clinical and
non-clinical issues. Interdisciplinary collaboration, including
the patient and family in decision-making, cultural sensitivity training,
medical education and many other programs combine to assure success in meeting
patient care needs.
Standards of
Practice
At all times, best practices and evidence based medicine are
utilized. Utilizing peer journals, books and our own research, we have
developed critical pathways to insure that standards of care are maintained at
the highest level possible.
