One Brooklyn Health
The One Brooklyn Health initiative was conceived and established in 2016. It is composed of three hospitals and their affiliated facilities, Interfaith Medical Center, Brookdale Hospital Medical Center and Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center.
These communities are some of the most vulnerable areas in all of New York State, with measurably higher rates of obesity, diabetes and high blood pressure, limited access to healthy foods or opportunities for physical activity, high rates of violence and crime, wide economic disparities due to unemployment, and high poverty levels, and inadequate access to high quality health care and mental health services.
The Goal: Unify the three hospitals and in turn, preserve and enhance health care services, empower the communities of Central Brooklyn and provide a unified and branded identity that telegraphs strength, community and the urgency of proper healthcare.
“This holistic investment creates a sustainable, unified health care system to empower historically underserved communities, support health and wellness and ensure a brighter future for the people of Brooklyn,” – Andrew Cuomo