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	HVHC Grand Opening HVHC Video July 19, 2010 Watch video...	HVHC... Moving Day News 12 June 30, 2010 Watch video...	HVHC... A Better Place to Get Better News 12 June 24, 2010 Watch video...
	HVHC... A Better Place to Get Better WABC Eyewitness News Jun 24, 2010 Watch video...	Federspiel announces new HVHC to open June 2010 HVHC Commercial March 8, 2010 Watch video...	HVHC Opens New Surgery Center News 12 March 12, 2010 Watch video...
	Brand New 8,000 sq. ft. Rehabilitation Center Opens at HVHC News 12 October 15, 2009 Watch video...	Swine Flu Update with Dr. Nutovits, Director of Emergency Services News 12 September 2009 Watch video...	Insurance Reform Legislation News 12 August 2009 Watch video...
	New Pataki Center Opens News 12 July 2009 Watch video...	Swine Flu Epidemic: Robert Bernasek of Hudson Valley Hospital WCBS News at 5 April 2009 Watch video...	Editorial Board Talks with Lower Hudson Valley Hospital Officals Courtesy of LoHud.com March 2009 Watch video...
	Healthy Living Newsletter Summer 2010 News and Happenings from HVHC

Hudson Valley Hospital Center Dedicates Room for EMS Workers in Honor of First Mohegan Fire Chief

Cortlandt Manor, NY - (September 1, 2010) - In February of 1922, a group of local citizens met in a tiny school house on Barmore Hill to organize Mohegan's first fire department. The group of 27 men elected Louis Zugner, a local merchant who sold his wares from a horse-drawn wagon, as the Mohegan Volunteer Fire Department's first chief.

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Mom gives birth to 10th baby at Hudson Valley Hospital Center

Cortlandt Manor, NY - (August 27, 2010) - Number 10 was the charm for Doreen Sheridan and her husband Brian, whose 10th baby was both at Hudson Valley Hospital Center on Thursday night.

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Hudson Valley Hospital Center's Active Aging Week Offers Free Health Education for Seniors

Cortlandt Manor, NY - (August 30, 2010) - From Cardio-Bingo to more serious subjects such as caring for a loved one with a chronic illness, Hudson Valley Hospital Center's Active Aging Week from September 20-24 will offer free health education programs to seniors.

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Hudson Valley Hospital Center Names New Director of Marketing and Public Relations; and New Special Events Manager

(Cortlandt Manor, NY) - August 26, 2010 - Hudson Valley Hospital Center has added to two top professionals to its Marketing Department and Foundation staff, John C. Federspiel, President, Hudson Valley Hospital Center announced today.

Victoria Hochman, formerly Communications Director for Westchester County, has been appointed to the position of Director of Marketing and Public Relations. She will oversee the hospital's marketing and public relations efforts, including community awareness and internal communications. Allyson Curtis, formerly Director of Marketing and Development for Make-A-Wish Foundation of the Hudson Valley, will serve as Special Events Manager, planning and directing events including the hospital's Annual Ball as well as cultivation and community outreach efforts.

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Hudson Valley Hospital Center Breaks Ground on $12 million Cancer Center and Medical Offices

Cortlandt Manor, NY - (August 7, 2010) - Hudson Valley Hospital Center broke ground recently on a $12 million Cancer Center and Medical Office Building.

Designed by the architectural firm of Pallante Design of Newark, the 54,000 square-foot building will house a new state-of-the-art Cancer Center and medical offices. The Cancer Center will be located on the ground floor of the three-story glass and stucco structure with medical offices on the second and third floors. A first-floor walkway will connect the Cancer Center to the main building, giving doctors and patients convenient access to the hospital.

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Hudson Valley Hospital Center was "Featured Facility" in the March 2010 issue of Managing Health Today

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Ribbon?  Check… Scalpel? Check…
Hudson Valley Hospital Center Opens New Surgery Center

March 2, 2010

Cortlandt Manor, NY… Using a scalpel to cut the ribbon, surgeons, nurses, anesthesiologists and administrators opened a new Surgery Center at Hudson Valley Hospital Center today.  The 9,800 square foot Surgery Center includes two new state-of-the-art Operating Rooms (ORs) and a bigger and brighter Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU).  
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Hudson Valley Hospital Center Adds to the Senior Management Team

February 8, 2010

Cortlandt Manor, NY…Edmund Coletti, of Mohegan Lake, has been appointed Vice President, Facilities at Hudson Valley Hospital Center (HVHC), John C. Federspiel, President of HVHC, announced today. In this newly created role, Coletti will oversee all of facilities management, construction design, buildings, equipment and grounds for the Hospital.
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Hudson Valley Hospital Center Wins First Westchester Hospital Cup Trophy

Hospital employees were un-BEAT-able in fundraising effort 

December 2009

Cortlandt Manor, NY… Hudson Valley Hospital Center (HVHC) is proud to announce it recently was named winner of the first Westchester Heart Walk Hospital Cup trophy presented by The American Heart Association. 
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Hudson Valley Hospital Center’s Laboratory Recognized for Excellence of Services Provided 

December, 2009

Cortlandt Manor, NY…The Laboratory at Hudson Valley Hospital Center (HVHC) was recently awarded accreditation for the “excellence of the services it provides“ by the Accreditation Committee of the College of American Pathologists (CAP).
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Hudson Valley Hospital Center Nurse Named NY Times Tribute to Nurses Winner

November 2009

Cortlandt Manor, NY …Hudson Valley Hospital Center (HVHC) is pleased to announce Maryann Maffei, RN, MSOL was recently named a 2009 New York Times Tribute to Nurses award winners.  Mafffei is the Clinical Nurse Manager of the Hospital’s no-wait Emergency Department. She was honored for her leadership skills.  Under Maffei’s guidance, HVHC transformed its emergency department (ED) into a “no-wait” ED four years ago.  She also led the way in the Hospital’s journey to earn Stroke designation and played a prominent role in helping the Hospital attain Magnet designation. HVHC is the only Hospital between Albany and New York City to achieve Magnet status, the gold standard for nursing excellence.
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Hudson Valley Hospital Center Adds Extra
Precautions to Help Protect Patients from the Flu

November 18, 2009

Cortlandt Manor, NY… In an effort to protect patients from exposure to seasonal and H1N1 flu, Hudson Valley Hospital Center announced new visitation guidelines today.  The restrictions are based on recommendations provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and New York State Department of Health and are similar to policies in place at other Hospitals across the state.
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New Class on What to Expect for the New *Grand-parent!*

Hudson Valley Hospital Center introduces new grand-parenting 101 class 

November 2009
Cortlandt Manor, NY... Remember when you put a baby to bed on his stomach?  Or when car seats weren’t mandatory?  Many new grandparents remember those days of raising children, but the times have changed and so have some of the recommendations.  To help new grandparents ease into their new roles, Hudson Valley Hospital Center is introducing a *new* monthly class designed especially for expectant or first time grandparents.
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Entergy Nuclear Donates Toddville Training Center to
Hudson Valley Hospital Center

November 2009
Cortlandt Manor, NY...The Hudson Valley Board of Directors recognized at its meeting of the board last month a donation by Entergy of the Toddville Training Center building, in Cortlandt Manor, N.Y., to Hudson Valley Hospital Center, one of Indian Point’s top community neighbors and friends.
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HVHC and Entergy Nuclear Conduct Emergency Training Drill

September 2009
On Thursday, September 18th Hudson Valley Hospital Center (HVHC) and Entergy Nuclear teamed up to conduct an emergency training drill.
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Hudson Valley Hospital Center Thinks Pink!

October 2009
October is breast cancer awareness month. On Thursday, October 1st dozens of Hospital staff members tied pink ribbons and bows around the campus of the Hospital. The tying of the ribbons kicked-off the start of a month-long awareness with various events scheduled at the Hospital for staff, patients and visitors. At Hudson Valley Hospital Center we believe early detection is key to survival. Regular mammograms, clinical breast exams and self exams are tools available to protect your health. The Hospital hopes the pink ribbons will remind women to schedule an annual mammogram.
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Hudson Valley Hospital Announces "Active Aging Week"
Schedule of Events

August 28, 2009
Cortlandt Manor, NY – Hudson Valley Hospital is proud to announce their participation in “Active Aging Week.”  Active Aging Week is an annual event held the last full week of September (prior to October 1, International Day of Older Persons). The week was initiated by the International Council of Active Aging to give as many older adults as possible the means to experience activities and exercise in a safe, friendly and fun atmosphere.
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Hudson Valley Hospital Center Announces its 2009 Gala Honorees

September 8, 2009
Cortlandt Manor, NY... Mark your calendars, Hudson Valley Hospital Center’s 2009 Auxiliary Ball titled “A Golden Gala” will be held on Saturday, November 7th at Trump National Golf Club in Briarcliff Manor.  This is the 49th year for the event.  The gala honors various community members for their support of the hospital. 

The honorees this year are:

• Auxiliary Honoree: Jeanne Riedel of Yorktown Heights, NY
• Corporate Honoree: Michael Balduzzi of Entergy Nuclear, Cortlandt Manor, NY
• Hospital Honorees: Pat & Marion Dugan of Garrison, NY

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Hudson Valley Hospital Center’s “No-Wait” Emergency Department Celebrates 4 Years of Success  

August 19, 2009
Patients spend an average of 4 hours and 48 minutes in New York Emergency Departments (ED) according to a recent Press Ganey report making New York’s ED waits among the longest in the nation. That’s not the case at Hudson Valley Hospital Center (HVHC), where the average time for discharge is nearly two hours sooner at approximately 3 hours. The Hospital credits its revolutionary “No-Wait” ED for getting patients in and out of the Emergency Department as fast as possible. Most patients who walk into HVHC’s Emergency Department are escorted right into registration, then move into triage, without ever spending time in the waiting room.
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Hudson Valley Hospital Center Opens New “Institute for Wound Care & Hyperbaric Medicine”

ONE OF THE MOST ADVANCED CENTERS IN THE WORLD

August 13, 2009
Cortlandt Manor, NY …Dozens of community and business leaders joined elected officials and administrators from Hudson Valley Hospital Center (HVHC) to cut the ribbon and officially open the state-of-the-art Institute for Wound Care & Hyperbaric Medicine at the Hospital. The Institute is one of the most advanced mono-place (single patient) hyperbaric chamber facilities in the world today, equipped with the latest software, chamber technologies and monitoring systems.
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Hospital Unveils Pataki Center on Grounds of Historic Home

LoHud.com • July 10, 2009
By Brian J. Howard

CORTLANDT - Valerie Dempsey Carano surveyed the renovated screen porch at the east end of her childhood home and voiced approval for the posh makeover.
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U.S. Emergency Rooms find Ways to Fix What Ails Them

USA Today, 12/14/2008
By Phil Galewitz, Special for USA TODAY

Hospital emergency rooms could use some intensive care of their own. Long waits. Patients spending hours or days on beds in ER hallways. Shortages of specialists willing to see emergency patients.
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Getting On the Fast Track in the ER

Posted by Sarah Rubenstein on The Wall Street Journal Health Blog

December 15, 2008, 7:54 am
After Cooper Hospital-University Medical Center in Camden, N.J., noticed a lot of patients were leaving its emergency room without being seen, it decided to try something to speed up service: the “fast track.”
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A New Digital Mammography Suite at Hudson Valley Hospital Center

April 2008
RIBBON-CUTTING CEREMONY ON APRIL 11TH DREW AREA VIPS; SENATOR VINCENT LEIBELL PRAISED HVHC AS “A JEWEL IN THE COMMUNITY OF HOSPITALS IN NEW YORK STATE”

At ribbon-cutting ceremony, New York State Sen. Vincent L. Leibell, HVHC CEO and President John Federspiel, HVHC VP of Administration Deborah Neuendorf, and Chairman of Radiology Maurice Poplausky, MD officially opened the state-of-the-art suite, which features digital and film technology, reflecting cutting-edge practice in mammography. A New York State grant sponsored by Sen. Leibell provided funding for the digital mammography equipment.
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