Ithaca has excellent medical facilities for a community of its size. The Cayuga Medical Center, a 204-bed acute care facility that provides inpatient and outpatient care, has the only emergency medical care facility in the area. The Medical Center serves more than 150,000 patients each year. Its 180 board certified and board eligible physicians offer specialties from neurosurgery to oncology, cardiology and rheumatology. The medical center is the only hospital in the region to have earned the Accreditation with Commendation from the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations. In 2005 Cayuga Medical Center was named a Top 100 Hospital for the value it contributes to the community it serves, ranked in the top 100 of over 3,550 hospitals nationwide for the services provided compared to the cost of providing the services.
Health Care Information: Tompkins County Health Department, 401 Harris B. Dates Drive, Ithaca, NY, 14850; telephone (607)264-6674; fax (607)274-6680