CCHN Member Hospital: WCA Healthcare System

WCA Healthcare System

ur Mission

… is to improve the health and well-being of the people of Chautauqua County and the surrounding area with compassion, dedication, a commitment to quality, while maintaining economic viability and a vision for the 21st Century.

ur History

WCA first began its mission as a one room hospital for the sick and injured and a boarding house for young working women in 1885 - Major expansion of the medical and surgical areas took place from the 1950s to the 1970s. In the mid-1980s, WCA purchased the assets of the former Jamestown General Hospital. Today, WCA is a non-profit, regional medical center for acute care as well as tertiary levels of care such as cancer treatment, dialysis, trauma surgery, behavioral health and advanced diagnostic and rehabilitative services. WCA Healthcare System includes seven locations, more than twelve hundred employees, one hundred ten physicians, and over one hundred services and programs.

WCA serves a population of more than 160,000 people of western New York and northwestern Pennsylvania. The system offers an extensive range of inpatient and outpatient acute care and rehabilitation services, as well as numerous wellness programs, health related classes and support groups.

ummary of Services

WCA is fully accredited by The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) and the NYS Department of Health. Ultrasound and Mammography are both certified through the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer. WCA is a member of Voluntary Hospitals of America (VHA).

The following is a list of major programs and services:

State of the art diagnostics in
- CT
- MRA/MRI
- Mammography
- Stereotactic Breast Biopsy
Behavioral Health - inpatient and outpatient adult and adolescent
Alcoholism Rehabilitation and Mental Health
Cancer Treatment
Cardiac Diagnostics and Rehabilitation
Dialysis

24-hour Emergency Service
Employee Assistance Program
Full laboratory services
Maternity
Medical Rehabilitation
Neurology
Primary Care Centers
Occupational Health
Starflight medical helicopter
Same day surgery
Sports Medicine
Surgery and recovery
Women's Services

ontact Information

WCA Healthcare System
207 Foote Avenue
P.O. Box 840
Jamestown, New York 14702-0840
Telephone: (716) 487-0141
Facsimile: (716) 664-8336
E-Mail: Webmaster@wcahospital.org
Website: http://www.wcahospital.org/