About Hospitals in New York State

The New York State Department of Health is dedicated to ensuring quality health care in all of the State's health care facilities. We strive toward this goal by measuring the care rendered to patients in comparison to a code of rules and regulations which all facilities must follow. This code involves minimum standards of care which facilities are required to provide.

Any complaints against a hospital submitted to the Department regarding patient care or environmental concerns will be reviewed and a determination will be made whether the complaint will be investigated by Department staff.

The information on these web pages is presented to provide consumers with basic information on the hospitals of New York State. By identifying a region of the State, consumers can obtain information on the local State Department of Health office which oversees hospitals in that area. In selecting a specific county, hospitals located in that county are identified along with basic information on each of the hospitals (address, telephone number, certified number of beds, and teaching status). The PFI number that is provided on this and other web pages refers to the "Permanent Facility Identifier" - a unique number assigned to each hospital by the Department. Where the teaching status is noted as "Yes" this indicates those hospitals where post graduate year physicians (formerly referred to as interns and residents) are working under the supervision of a physician. If a hospital has provided the Department with a link to their own web site, that link is also provided on this web page. (Whenever the name of the hospital is underlined, a link to that hospital's web site is available by "clicking" on the name.)

In accessing the Hospital Services web page and the Complaint and Survey Information web page, the following information can be obtained: