STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – Richmond University Medical Center (RUMC) is embarking on a clinical and academic partnership with the Mount Sinai Health System, which the hospital says is aimed at improving quality and outcomes for Staten Islanders.
President and CEO of RUMC Daniel Messina said the integration is an opportunity for the hospital to build and expand on its own tertiary care teaching medical center by exploring opportunities for new joint programs and initiatives.
“We share many goals, including patient care outcomes and quality, expanding access to advanced primary, specialty, and ambulatory services, and the over-all clinical commitment to population health,” said RUMC President and CEO Daniel Messina.
The hospital says the partnership will give borough residents access to “world-class primary, specialty, ambulatory, and inpatient care” through the Mount Sinai network, an integrated system of eight hospitals and a nationally ranked school of medicine.
Both hospitals will maintain their own individual governance while growing an integrated clinical and academic relationship.
Arthur Klein, president of the Mount Sinai Health Network said, “Our commitment to the community and shared mission to provide the care that this community deserves is our main goal."
“For any health need, from maintenance of chronic conditions to having access to the most complex medical procedures, Staten Island residents can rest assured that their medical needs will be met,” Klein said.
RUMC is one of the two private hospital systems serving Staten Islanders, and the only hospital on the borough’s North Shore.
At the peak of the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak on Staten Island in April, RUMC was providing in-patient treatment for more than 200 people with the virus, at least 50 of them in their intensive care unit.
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