Auburn Community Hospital (ACH) is a acute-care medical facility in
Auburn, New York
Auburn is a city in Cayuga County, New York, United States. Located at the north end of Owasco Lake, one of the Finger Lakes in Central New York, the city had a population of 26,866 at the 2020 census. It is the largest city of Cayuga County, the ...
. The hospital hosts a
VA community-based outpatient clinic. ACH is the largest employer in Cayuga County.
["URMC Announces Strategic Partnership with Auburn Community Hospital, St. Joseph’s Health", University of Rochester Medical Center, December 14, 2017]
/ref>
History
"Auburn City Hospital" was founded in 1878, helped in no small part by a bequest of $30,000 from James S. Seymour, President of the Bank of Auburn. William H. Seward Jr.
William Henry Seward Jr. (June 18, 1839 – April 29, 1920) was an American banker and brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He was the youngest son of William Henry Seward Sr., the United States Secretary of State un ...
was one of the incorporators. The hospital was built of the Lansing Property, former home of Rev. Dirck Cornelius Lansing of Auburn Theological Seminary
Auburn Theological Seminary, located in New York City, teaches students about progressive social issues by offering workshops, providing consulting, and conducting research on faith leadership development.
The seminary was established in Auburn, N ...
.["Our History", Auburn Community Hospital]
/ref>
In 1885, the construction of an annex added twenty additional beds to the original thirteen. Three years later a nursing school was added. The West Pavilion was built in 1902. In 1927, a new hospital building was completed. In 1944, ACH became the polio care center for the county. The War Memorial Wing was added in 1946, bringing the total bed capacity to 274.[
In 1953, at the annual meeting of the Hospital Association, the name was changed from Auburn City Hospital to "Auburn Memorial Hospital". In 1960, the first floor of the War Memorial Wing was converted to a psychiatric unit. The following year an ICU was opened on the fourth floor of the Memorial Wing. The nursing home extended care unit was opened in 1966. With the opening of a nursing curriculum at Auburn Community College, the School of Nursing closed.][ In 2022 The hospital established The Auburn Community Hospital Nursing Student Angel Fund to assist with funding for Nursing program students’ transportation to campus and to their clinical assignments.
In 2012 Auburn Memorial Hospital changed its name to "Auburn Community Hospital" to reflect the stronger connections which the hospital was developing through the communities in the ]Finger Lakes Region
The Finger Lakes are a group of eleven long, narrow, roughly north–south lakes located south of Lake Ontario in an area called the ''Finger Lakes region'' in New York, in the United States. This region straddles the northern and transitional ...
.
Present day
ACH is a Health Care Delivery System that includes the Hospital, an 80-bed Long Term Care and Rehabilitation Center,[ The hospital has a heliport. In the Fall, ACH sponsors a Women's Health Expo generally held at the Holiday Inn.
In 2017 the hospital signed an agreement with ]St. Joseph's Health (Syracuse, New York)
St. Joseph's Health Center is a not-for-profit hospital network anchored by St. Joseph's Hospital (Syracuse, New York).
History
In March 1860 the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia came to Syracuse in response to a request to teach at Ass ...
and the University of Rochester Medical Center
The University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC), now known as UR Medicine, is located in Rochester, New York, is one of the main campuses of the University of Rochester and comprises the university's primary medical education, research and pat ...
(URMC) to share services with each maintaining their own identity and independence:[ This includes retaining the name "Auburn Community Hospital" (ACH).][
In 2019, hospital administration was criticized for being slow to investigate complaints regarding a doctor's inappropriate and allegedly abusive behavior. A lawsuit was later filed alleging the doctor's carelessness caused a patient's death, The doctor is no longer employed at ACH.
In 2021, the NY Health foundation awarded Auburn Community Hospital (ACH) a grant to support the launch of a rural residency program to address physician shortages and improve health care access for rural residents in Central New York. In July 2022, it was announced that the hospital plans to construct a Radiation Treatment Center. "When the expansion is finished, patients will no longer need to drive to Syracuse or Rochester for treatment...""Auburn Community Hospital to begin construction on $15M cancer center", ''The Citizen'' Auburnpub.com, November 29, 2022]
/ref>
References
External links
ACH website
{{authority control
Hospitals in New York (state)
Hospitals established in 1878