Glens Falls Hospital:
A Vital Health Care Safety Net
Glens Falls Hospital is the sole, comprehensive, acute care community
hospital serving a 2,600-square-mile, predominantly rural region
encompassing Warren, Washington, Hamilton, Essex and northern Saratoga
counties of Upstate New York.
Simply put, the not-for-profit hospital is a health care safety net
for individuals and families from the immediate Glens Falls area to
smaller, geographically remote communities tucked away in the Adirondack
Park.
Recognizing the Hospital’s importance to the wellbeing of this
broad, far-flung population, the Hospital’s volunteer Board of
Governors and its administrative and medical staffs have worked
diligently over the years to recruit outstanding physicians and provide
local people with a broad scope of services and expertise that would
otherwise not be available without traveling to more distant cities like
Albany, Boston or New York City.
Glens Falls Hospital provides a comprehensive continuum of services
which includes: medicine/surgery; intensive care; coronary care;
obstetrics; gynecology; pediatrics; ambulatory surgery; emergency care;
cardiac catheterization; an integrated cancer treatment program; a
chronic dialysis maintenance and training program; primary care; home
infusion services; and a continuum of behavioral health services. The
hospital has more than 225 affiliated physicians, ranging from primary
care practitioners to surgical subspecialists. Our physicians are
board-certified in more than 25 specialties.
The hospital has also established a diverse array of community
outreach programs, bringing its expertise and services to people in
outlying portions of its service area through three rural primary care
centers, the use of mobile health screening vans, school-based health
programs, worksite health projects and community health education.
These outreach programs are especially important for low-income
individuals and families who may otherwise fail to seek out health care
due to financial or transportation concerns. Our objective is to prevent
health care problems and detect existing conditions earlier, keeping
local people healthier and reducing future medical costs. In virtually
every case, these programs are not financially self-sufficient and would
not be provided by any other institution or for-profit health care
provider in the region.
