More Patients Chose ECMC for Care in 2018 Than Ever
Inpatient stays exceed 20,000 for first time in hospital’s history; bariatrics, head & neck, orthopaedic and transplant surgery increases contribute to historic 2018 operations
- 6.7 % inpatient increase through 2018 (20,558) versus 2017 (19,260).
- Total surgeries up 5.7%, with outpatient surgeries increasing by 11% over 2017, continued strong growth occurred in: head and neck surgeries (22%), ENT surgeries (13%), orthopaedic surgeries (11%), and kidney transplants (144 transplants in 2018 versus 138 transplants in 2017).
- Additional growth occurred in the hospital’s outpatient clinics, including the Center for Occupational and Environmental Medicine (71.7%), Neurology (46.9%), Urology (34.7%), Cardiology (20.2%) and Primary Care (2%).
- Additional increases occurred in ECMC’s Department of Rehabilitation Services, with inpatient admissions and outpatient services increasing in 2018 over 2017 by 6.5%.
- Total outpatient services increased 2% from 301,773 in 2017 to 307,854 in 2018.
- ECMC also saw an increase in the acuity, or level of illness in patients, with a 9.3% increase of patients (15,464) admitted through the Emergency Department versus 14,152 patients in 2017.
- And another indicator of its vital role in Western New York, ECMC received 7,428 transfers from other hospitals in Western New York in 2018 marking a 15% increase over 6, 446 transfers in 2017.
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