Brooklyn Health Inc

COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING/CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING - CONSTRUCTION

INITIAL EQUIPMENT OUTFITTING OF OBH/THE BROOKDALE HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER'S NEONATOLOGY UNIT. - OBH/BHMC OBH IS REQUESTING SUPPORT TO OUTFIT ITS LEVEL III NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT (NICU) AT BHMC. OBH HISTORICALLY SERVES COMMUNITIES THAT EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT SOCIOECONOMIC AND HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES COMPARED TO THE REST OF NEW YORK CITY. A CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING AWARD OF $1,182,620 WOULD ENABLE OBH TO OUTFIT THIS CRITICAL AREA WITH ESSENTIAL EQUIPMENT AND LEVERAGE THE GENEROUS AWARD PROVIDED BY THE BROOKLYN BOROUGH PRESIDENT’S OFFICE. THE EQUIPMENT TO BE ORDERED WOULD INCLUDE GIRAFFE INCUBATORS, PATIENT MONITORS, TRANSPORTING INCUBATORS, PROCEDURE CARTS, IV POLES, SYRINGE PUMPS, AND TRANSPORT SHUTTLES. IN AN EFFORT TO MODERNIZE THE BHMC NICU, OBH WOULD CONTINUE TO PROVIDE ITS TINIEST PATIENTS WITH THE HIGHEST-QUALITY SERVICES, ENSURING THE BABIES’ OVERALL WELL-BEING AND DEVELOPMENT.

COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING/CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING - CONSTRUCTION - ONE BROOKLYN HEALTH (OBH) SYSTEM, INC. MEDICAL EQUIPMENT PROJECT IS TO SECURE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT NEEDED THROUGHOUT OBH, TO REPLACE OBSOLETE EQUIPMENT ITEMS AND TO EXPAND AND UPGRADE SERVICE CAPACITY AND DELIVERY. THE NEW STATE-OF-THE-ART EQUIPMENT ITEMS WILL IMPROVE PATIENT HEALTH OUTCOMES THROUGH EARLY AND EFFECTIVE DIAGNOSIS, INCREASE PATIENT SAFETY, AND IMPROVE OVERALL PATIENT EXPERIENCE. OBH-BROOKDALE HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER CAMPUS IS REQUESTING 15 ENDOSCOPES TO EXPAND AND UPGRADE THE SERVICE CAPACITY, DELIVERY, AND QUALITY OF CARE OF THE ENDOSCOPY DEPARTMENT, IN ITS PROVISION OF VARIOUS ENDOSCOPIC EVALUATIVE, DIAGNOSTIC, AND TREATMENT SERVICES FOR PATIENTS REFERRED FROM VARIOUS POINTS OF SERVICE THROUGHOUT THE HOSPITAL. IMPROVED QUALITY AND ACCESS TO ENDOSCOPIC SERVICES WILL RESULT IN IMPROVED AND EARLIER IDENTIFIED DIAGNOSIS AND CARE. THROUGH THE ACQUISITION OF SIX (6) ICU SMART HOSPITAL BEDS, THE BROOKDALE CAMPUS WILL REPLACE ITS CURRENT OBSOLETE HOSPITAL BEDS IN ITS CARDIAC INTENSIVE CARE UNIT, TO UPGRADE AND IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF ITS SERVICE DELIVERY, PATIENT CARE, AND HEALTH OUTCOMES. THE SMART HOSPITAL BEDS ARE DESIGNED FOR IMPROVED SAFETY IN PREVENTING PATIENT FALLS, AND TO FACILITATE EARLY PATIENT MOVEMENT, FROM THE BED LATERAL ROTATION, VIBRATIONS, AND PERCUSSIONS, TO BE USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE HILL-ROM, BREATH, TILT, SIT PROGRESSIVE MOBILITY PROGRAMME. EARLY PATIENT MOVEMENT HELPS WITH BETTER PATIENT BREATHING, PREVENTS MUSCLE ATROPHY AND RENAL AND GASTROINTESTINAL ISSUES, PROTECTS PATIENTS’ SKIN FROM PRESSURE ULCERS, AND HELPS TO PREVENT HOSPITAL-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; RESULTING IN INCREASED POSITIVE PATIENT HEALTH OUTCOMES, AND A REDUCTION IN PATIENT ICU LENGTH OF STAY WITH FEWER READMISSIONS. OBH-INTERFAITH MEDICAL CENTER CAMPUS IS REQUESTING VARIOUS EQUIPMENT ITEMS TO EXPAND SERVICE CAPACITY, DELIVERY, PATIENT ACCESS, AND THE OVERALL PATIENT EXPERIENCE AT THE NEWLY RENOVATED OBH-IMC BISHOP WALKER AMBULATORY CARE CENTER AND ITS RECENTLY ESTABLISHED WOMEN AND ADOLESCENT HEALTH CARE CENTER. STARTING WITH THE PATIENT RECEPTION/WAITING ROOM AREA, OBH-IMC IS SECURING 12 ORTHOPEDIC AND 10 BARIATRIC CHAIRS, TO ACCOMMODATE PATIENTS WITH DISABILITIES, CHRONIC CONDITION, BARIATRIC CONDITIONS, AND IN RECOVERY FROM VARIOUS TYPES OF SURGERY. FOR THE EXAMINATION ROOMS, OBH-IMC IS REQUESTING 18 ADA COMPLIANT BARRIER-FREE EXAMINATION TABLES TO REPLACE ITS CURRENT OBSOLETE TABLES, TO LIMIT PATIENT AND STAFF SAFETY RISKS AND ENSURE THE COMFORTABILITY AND STABILITY OF ALL PATIENTS AND VISITORS-TO INCLUDE THE ELDERLY, EXPECTANT MOTHERS, WHEELCHAIR PATIENTS, BARIATRIC PATIENTS, AND OTHERS WITH LOW MOBILITY. OBH-IMC WILL IMPROVE AND UPGRADE ITS SERVICE CAPACITY AND DELIVERY IN ITS ULTRASOUND, X-RAY, PEDIATRICS, AND OPHTHALMOLOGY DEPARTMENTS THROUGH THE ACQUISITION OF ONE (1) ULTRASOUND MACHINE, ONE (1) DEXA BONE DENSITY SCANNER, ONE (1) SPOT VISION SCREENER, AND THREE (3) RETINAVUE TELERETINAL PROGRAMS. TO ENSURE PATIENT SAFETY AND COMFORTABILITY, ONE (1) PATIENT STRETCHER IS BEING REQUESTED TO ENABLE THE TRANSPORT OF INJURED OR HIGHLY IMMOBILE PATIENT WITHIN THE FACILITY.

COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING/CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING - CONSTRUCTION - ONE BROOKLYN HEALTH (OBH) SYSTEM, INC. IS UPGRADING AND EXPANDING ITS MED-SURG UNITS AT ITS INTERFAITH MEDICAL CENTER (IMC) CAMPUS TO PROVIDE ADVANCED MEDICAL EVALUATION AND CARE ACROSS THE CENTRAL BROOKLYN COMMUNITIES IT SERVES. THE PRIMARY GOAL OF THIS EQUIPMENT-ONLY PROJECT WILL REPLACE EXISTING OBSOLETE TELEMETRY SYSTEMS, MONITORS, AND MED-SURG BEDS, IMPROVING THE MED-SURG UNITS AT OBH-IMC. THE FUNCTION OF THESE MED-SURG UNITS IS TO SERVE A VARIETY OF SERVICES INCLUDING GENERAL MEDICINE, ACUTE CARE SURGERY, AND HOSPITALIST SERVICE. IT ALSO SERVES PATIENTS WHO HAVE BEEN TRANSFERRED FROM OTHER ACUTE-CARE AREAS, SUCH AS SURGERY. THE NEW UNITS ARE DESIGNED WITH PANDEMIC-READY CAPABILITIES, WHICH ARE CRITICAL DURING EVENTS THAT EXCEED THE LIMITS OF THE NORMAL MEDICAL INFRASTRUCTURE OF AN AFFECTED COMMUNITY. IT ENCOMPASSES THE ABILITY OF THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM TO SURVIVE A HAZARD IMPACT AND MAINTAIN OR RAPIDLY RECOVER OPERATIONS THAT WERE COMPROMISED. THE ADJUSTABLE ICU-CAPABLE HOSPITAL BEDS SUPPORT PATIENTS THROUGH EARLY MOBILIZATION, INCLUDING SIDE EGRESS AND CHAIR EGRESS POSITIONS. EMPOWERING ESSENTIAL CARE TEAMS TO GET THE MOST CRITICAL PATIENTS BACK ON THEIR FEET, AND NEW MED-SURG BEDS ARE NEEDED TO SUPPORT THE EXPANSION OF A NEW UNIT.

INTERFAITH MEDICAL CENTER (IMC)

BEHAVIORAL HEALTH NAVIGATION (BHN)