About Us

 

The Mid-Hudson Family Health Institute was established in July 1983 to promote primary care education, healthcare services and medical research in the Mid-Hudson Valley region. The Institute is an Article 28 Diagnostic and Treatment Center not-for-profit 501c3 corporation, licensed by the New York State Departments of Education and Health. The major goals of the Institute are:

• Provide comprehensive and accessible primary health care services to residents of the Mid-Hudson Valley, regardless of their ability to pay.

• Train and recruit primary care health manpower to the Mid-Hudson region.

• Provide community outreach to special populations at risk such as the frail elderly, young families at risk economically, socially and medically, the mentally ill and physically challenged.

• Develop areas of clinical research integrated with the educational objectives of the Institute.

Since its incorporation, the Institute has expanded from its initial clinical location in Kingston to eight academic health centers, three community outreach programs and administrative offices located  throughout Ulster, Orange and Dutchess Counties, for a total of 21 different offices.  It has correspondingly extended its primary care focus beyond family practice to include the full-time presence in the specialties of obstetrics, gynecology, internal medicine, gastroenterology, pulmonology, critical care medicine, pediatric neurology, pediatrics, psychiatry, podiatry and dental services. Part-time specialty services are also provided on site in adult neurology, minor surgery, pediatric cardiology, and others. In 1983, the first year of operation, the Institute employed 20 staff members. This number has steadily increased over the 22-year history to a current staff complement of over 300 professionals and support staff. 

The Institute is the sponsoring corporation for its academic health centers and the Mid-Hudson Family Practice Residency Program in Kingston, New York. The Program is accredited by the Liaison Committee on Graduate Medical Education to train 15 allopathic residents per year and the American Osteopathic Association to train six osteopathic residents per year. In addition, the Institute has established academic affiliations with New York College of Osteopathic Medicine in Old Westbury, Albany Medical College and Medical Center and resident rotations at Westchester Medical Center.

Over the years, the Institute has maintained a commitment to its communities, providing services outside the walls of the academic health centers. We have established many vital partnerships with local industry, schools, community agencies, nursing homes and other healthcare providers through service contracts as well as major programs in early intervention in Ulster and Dutchess Counties.

The governing board of the Institute is comprised of 13 Directors, many of whom have been on the Board since 1983. All members are volunteers, representing Institute administration, the residency program, county and  the community a large. The Institute created a full partnership with The Westchester Medical Center in June, 2000 in order to create a comprehensive system of health care delivery between the two organizations in the mid and lower Hudson Valley regions. The partnership will allow the orderly, strategic growth and development of an integrated delivery system.

The Institute accepts patients of all payor categories including private pay, Managed Care Plans, Commercial insurance, Medicaid, Medicare and offers indigent families a sliding fee scale. The Institute has been working closely with the New York State Department of Health on many projects including the early intervention programs to families at risk noted earlier.

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Page last updated August 27 2005