ENT and Allergy Associates, which says it is the largest ear, nose, throat, allergy and audiology practice in the country, and Montefiore Medical Center, the University Hospital for the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, announced an affiliation.
The main purpose of the affiliation is to improve access and care for pediatric patients affected by disorders related to ears, nose, throat, head and neck. The agreement will also allow “seamless transitions of medical information and advanced care for patients throughout their continuum of care.”
Through the new affiliation, officials said pediatric patients in the Bronx and Hudson Valley will benefit from newly created protocols that begin with local access to health screenings at ENTA. Patients who are found to need hospital care will be quickly and seamlessly transferred to Montefiore within 24 to 48 hours. Post hospital stay, coordinated care teams will continue treatments and additional screenings, officials said.
ENT and Allergy Associates has 40 clinical sites throughout New York and New Jersey, with six offices within proximity to Montefiore in the Bronx and Westchester County. Montefiore consists of six hospitals and provides primary and specialty care through a network of more than 150 locations across the region.
