Founded by the Religious Sisters of Mercy in 1869
as St. Peter's Hospital, St. Peter's Health Care
Services today provides New York's Capital Region
with a comprehensive, integrated continuum of care.
Patients in every area of the St. Peter's continuum
of care discover a more personal kind of care, given
by professionals who keenly comprehend the medical
importance of individual attention. The level of
technological sophistication in diagnosis and treatment
at St. Peter's is equally high, with equipment, technicians,
and physicians as advanced as any in the region.
Bringing the very best that medical technology can
offer together with the fundamental powers of real
human compassion, St. Peter's Health Care Services
cares for the whole individual. For at the core of
St. Peter's Health Care Services is the belief that
each human life is to be treasured, and that every
moment of that life is precious. From the first breaths
of the newborn in the Birthing Center, to the last
days of care in Hospice, St. Peter's Health Care
Services is dedicated to providing the most advanced,
individualized and compassionate care anywhere.
Solucient has ranked St. Peter's Hospital a Top 100
Cardiovascular Hospital for seven years in a row
(the only Hospital in New York State and one of only
seven nationally to earn the award for six years
in a row.) HealthGrades has also ranked the St. Peter's
Hospital Cardiac Program a Five Star program and
listed us as #1 in New York State for Heart Surgery
three years in a row. HealthGrades has also awarded
St. Peter?s Hospital its Distinguished Hospital Award
for Patient Safety, the only hospital in New York
state to achieve this honor for three years in a
row and one of only 41 nationally to do so. St. Peter's
Hospital is also a Magnet Hospital for consistent
Excellence in Nursing Services.
