A former Oppenheimer Group chairman and CEO, Stephen K. Robert and his wife, Pilar Crespi Robert, contribute to improving healthcare, infrastructure, and educational and economic opportunities for people in multiple countries through their Source of Hope Foundation. Thanks to their generous funding, the Pilar Crespi Robert and Stephen Robert Rapid Medical Evaluation Center at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center now serves the needs of some of New York’s most vulnerable patients, many of them uninsured.
Situated in Washington Heights, the Rapid Medical Evaluation Center is an integral component of the Morgan Stanley Adult Emergency Department, offering an innovative model of emergency care for people presenting with non-critical conditions. The center provides a video conference with a medical professional within 15 minutes of a patient’s arrival to facilitate improved post-evaluation testing and treatment. This model allows patients to receive high-quality care and return home in a timely manner. Before the upgrades to the medical facility and the inauguration of the Rapid Medical Evaluation Center, patients could wait as long as nine hours before being examined. Now, the average time from intake to release is about 2.5 hours. Studies have demonstrated the value of shorter emergency room response times. Shorter waits lead to improved triage, faster diagnosis and treatment, better clinical outcomes, and increased patient satisfaction.
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