Erie County Medical Center
42°55′33″N 78°49′54″W / 42.925776°N 78.831646°W
| Erie County Medical Center | |
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| Erie County Medical Center Corporation | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | 462 Grider Street Buffalo, New York 14215 |
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| Affiliated university | University at Buffalo |
| Network | Great Lakes Health System of New York |
| Services | |
| Beds | 550 inpatient |
| History | |
| Opened | 1912 |
| Links | |
| Website | http://www.ecmc.edu/ |
Erie County Medical Center (ECMC) is a hospital with 550 beds located in the East Side of Buffalo, New York and a member of the Great Lakes Health System. It is the primary teaching hospital for the University at Buffalo.
History
Erie County Medical Center (then known as Buffalo City Hospital) was formed in 1912 when the nearby Municipal Hospital on East Ferry Street had become overcrowded due to outbreaks in scarlet fever and tuberculosis and opened in 1918. Three years later, ECMC opened its first medical library, and later a social services department. The hospital would be named for Dr. Edward J. Meyer, its first chairman, in 1939. The current hospital facility would be opened in 1978 and was renamed Erie County Medical Center. In 1989, it would open its burn treatment center.[1]
Care and services
ECMC is designated as Western New York's designated trauma and HIV/AIDS treatment center.[1] It also features the Roger W. Seibel Burn Treatment Center,[2] which is the regional burn center for Western New York. Buffalo Public Schools' P.S. 84 (Health Care Center for Children @ ECMC), the designated school in the district for students with severe disabilities/illnesses, is housed at ECMC.
Healthgrades ratings: mortality rates for medical procedures
Healthgrades is a United States based company that provides information about physicians, hospitals and health care providers. According to Healthgrades, which indicates it based its results on Medicare/Medicaid data, ECMC has higher than expected deaths in procedures where mortality is usually very low and higher than expected deaths following a serious complication after surgery.[3]
Cafeteria and patient menu controversies
On January 19, 2015, the Buffalo Evening News indicated that a report by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine criticized ECMC for "serving some of the least-healthy food options of any public hospital in the country. The Grider Street hospital received the fourth-lowest score, out of 200 hospitals reviewed, because it is home to three fast-food restaurants and because its cardiac patient menu has some items that aren’t heart-friendly."[4]
References
- ^ a b Evolution to the Erie County Medical Center Corporation (ECMCC). (n.d.).
- ^ http://www.ecmc.edu/health-services-and-doctors/trauma-and-emergency-care/regional-burn-treatment-center/
- ^ Healthgrades - Erie County Medical Center - patient safety
- ^ Report raps ECMC for Tim Hortons, Mighty Taco other unhealthy food options, Buffalo Evening News by Stephen T. Watson on January 19, 2015