[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 9 (Wednesday, January 24, 1996)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E69-E70]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  THE PHILLIPS AMBULATORY CARE CENTER

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                        HON. CAROLYN B. MALONEY

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, January 24, 1996

  Mrs. MALONEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to bring to the attention of 
my colleagues Beth Israel Medical Center's Phillips Ambulatory Care 
Center, which is opening its doors today in New York's 14th 
Congressional District.
  The Phillips Ambulatory Care Center is an extraordinary new health 
care facility that is designed to provide a single standard of 
ambulatory care to all patients, regardless of health insurance status. 
The development of new ambulatory care facilities such as this one is 
particularly important at a time when health insurance plans are 
increasingly emphasizing out-of-hospital service.
  Phillips proposes to provide each patient medical services at a 
designated patient care module that is small, patient-friendly, and 
modeled after the most modern and comfortable private physician office.
  As a state-of-the-art ambulatory care center, this new facility 
incorporates many technological innovations into its design and 
operation. For example, the Phillips Ambulatory Care Center has the 
Nation's first digitized filmless radiology service.
  Filmless radiography will allow physicians to view radiographic 
images promptly at convenient locations within the facility and will 
make it possible to consult with a radiologist moments after the 
studies are done.
  Another technological innovation at the Phillips Ambulatory Care 
Center is a computer-based, paperless medical records system. With this 
system, physicians and other clinical staff will have immediate access 
to a patient's 

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most up-to-date medical records. This state-of-the-art medical records 
system will strengthen the continuum of care for patients. For example, 
notes made in a patient's chart during a morning visit to the Phillips 
Ambulatory Care Center will be accessible to emergency room staff at 
the Petrie Division of Beth Israel Hospital the same day, should the 
patient need emergency care.
  Located in Zeckendorf Towers, the Phillips Ambulatory Care Center 
will play an important role in revitalizing the Union Square area. 
Early this summer, Beth Israel Hospital will open a comprehensive 
cancer center and a six-unit ambulatory surgery center in the same 
building that houses the Phillips Ambulatory Care Center. The combined 
facilities are expected to bring additional visitors into the area and 
to add to its economic vitality.
  Mr. Speaker, Beth Israel Medical Center has a reputation for 
innovation and care. The Phillips Ambulatory Care Center should prove 
to be another fine example of the extraordinary work done by this 
institution. I ask my colleagues to join me in wishing the Phillips 
Ambulatory Care Center all the best as it begins its work in our 
community.

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