DRIVE
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Patient-Centered Excellence
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DRIVE
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Patient-Centered Excellence
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Vision, Values and Mission
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About St. Barnabas Hospital
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Your Responsibilities as a Patient
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Being Involved in Your Healthcare
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Visiting Hours
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Telephone Directory
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Hospital Amenities
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Interpreter Services
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TV Channels
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Patient Representatives
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Advance Directives
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Ethics Committee/Compliance Hotline
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During Your Stay
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Smoking Cessation
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Planning for Your Discharge
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Pain Assessment and Management
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A Message to Our Patients
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Questions for My Doctor
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St. Barnabas Hospital Map
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Patients’ Bill of Rights
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Parents’ Bill of Rights
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Breastfeeding Mothers’ Bill of Rights
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Patient Safety
Please be sure to read the “Your Rights as a Hospital
Patient in New York State” booklet in the admitting packet.
Your Patient Guide Contents
A Leader in Healthcare in the Bronx
St. Barnabas Hospital is the flagship
of SBH Health System, a major
heathcare network providing the
Bronx community with quality
inpatient and outpatient medical,
surgical, emergency, dental and
mental healthcare services at multiple
locations throughout the borough.
Since its founding more than 150 years ago, SBH Health System has
continually adapted to the changing healthcare needs of the community.
Today, the hospital assures timely access to the highest quality of care
for the increasingly diverse populations residing in the Bronx.
St. Barnabas is a not-for-profit, nonsectarian, 435-bed, acute care,
911-receiving hospital that holds state designations as a regional
trauma center, stroke center and AIDS center, as well as a federal
designation as a Community Center of Excellence in women’s
health. The hospital’s outstanding emergency department has nearly
100,000 visits annually, contributing to the phenomenal growth of the
St. Barnabas Trauma Center, which now ranks among some of the
busiest in New York City.
SBH Health System also includes adult, pediatric and geriatric primary
care and specialty outpatient clinics, a state-of-the-art Hemodialysis
Center, the St. Barnabas Rehabilitation & Continuing Care Center
with a Short-Stay Rehabilitation Unit, a Short-Term Hospice Unit, and
SBH Behavioral Health. Together, these facilities play a vital role in the
provision of quality healthcare for the Bronx.
SBH is a smoke-free campus; smoking is not permitted anywhere on
our grounds or in any of our facilities.
Thank you for not smoking.
About St. Barnabas Hospital
