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Saint Vincent Catholic Medical Centers (SVCMC) is one of the New York metropolitan area's most comprehensive health care systems, serving nearly 600,000 people annually. SVCMC was established in 2000 as a result of the merger of Catholic Medical Centers of Brooklyn and Queens, Saint Vincents Hospital and Medical Center of New York and Sisters of Charity Healthcare on Staten Island. Sponsored by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn and Sisters of Charity of New York, SVCMC serves as the academic medical center of New York Medical College in New York City. The system includes eight hospitals:
The system also operates four skilled nursing facilities, a system-wide home care agency, a hospice and over 60 ambulatory care sites which provide a broad array of medical, psychiatric and substance abuse services. In 2003, SVCMC recorded more than 1,500,000 outpatient visits, 77,000 home care visits and 98,000 inpatient discharges. Its emergency rooms, which include three Level 1 Trauma centers, received 275,000 visits in that same year. SVCMC is the largest provider of EMS services in the New York City Fire Department's 9-1-1 service. In 2003, St. Clare's Hospital, now St. Vincent's Midtown, became affiliated with the healthcare system.
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