Albany Medical Center is the only academic health sciences center in the 25 counties of eastern New York and western New England
The Center incorporates the 651-bed Albany Medical Center Hospital, one of New York's largest teaching hospitals; Albany Medical College, one of the nation's first private medical schools; and the Albany Medical Center Foundation, Inc., one of the largest fund-raising organizations in the region.
** MISSION **
As an academic health sciences center, Albany Medical Center has a mission of providing excellence in medical education, biomedical research and patient care.
Albany Medical Center has a responsibility to:
* Educate medical students, physicians, biomedical students, and other health care professionals in order to meet the future health care needs of the region and nation;
* Foster biomedical research that leads to scientific advances and the improvement of the health of the public; and
* Provide a broad range of patient services to the people of Eastern New York and Western New England, including illness-prevention programs, comprehensive care, and the highly complex care associated with academic medical centers
The mission will be achieved through commitment to the values of Quality, Excellence, Services, Collaboration, Compassion, Integrity, and Fiscal Responsibility.
** VISION **
We at Albany Medical Center will continue to develop as a nationally recognized academic health science center. In collaboration with the community, we will provide excellence in education, research, and patient care programs.
Our vision for the future includes a commitment to working with other providers to make comprehensive and advanced clinical services available to the public while emphasizing quality and service. We will be a leader in developing an innovative health care delivery system and educational consortium that respond to the needs of the community.
Albany Medical Center will sustain a working and learning environment that fosters teamwork and commitment to share values and goals. Through sound fiscal management, the Medical Center will be able to enhance its teaching and research programs to be on the forefront of medical knowledge and innovative patient care.
** VALUES **
* Quality and Excellence
* Assure continuous quality improvement in all aspects of our mission
* Commit to excellence in all we do
** Service **
* Provide excellent service to patients, students, staff, and all others who use, work in, or visit our facility
* Recognize and value the contributions and potential of the entire Medical Center community
* Seek and be sensitive to the advice of our constituents
** Collaboration **
* Collaborate in a way that enhances the health of our region
** Integrity **
* Maintain the highest standards of ethical and professional conduct
* Assure that relationships are open, honest, and fair
** Compassion **
* Recognize an individual's basic rights to respect, privacy, dignity, understanding, and spiritual guidance
** Fiscal Responsibility **
* Manage all resources in a fiscally responsible and prudent manner
* Meet our charitable responsibilities
History Of Albany Medical Center
Written by Greg McGarry, Albany Medical Center's Vice President for Communications, The History of the Formation of Albany Medical Center chronicles the events leading up to the formation of the Center in 1982.
SECTION I
Traces the founding of Albany Medical College and Albany Hospital (the predecessor to Albany Medical Center Hospital) in 1839 and 1849 respectively, and discusses their complementary and reinforcing missions and the fact that they remained separate organizations for nearly a century and a half.
SECTION II
Details the various attempts at consolidation that occurred between 1970 and 1982.
SECTION III
Addresses the incorporation of Albany Medical Center in 1982 and its ensuing difficulties.
SECTION IV
Provides an overview of organizational and cultural changes made during the past decade, when the vision of a unified Albany Medical Center was finally
realized.
