The Regional Perinatal Center Level IV designation for NYU Tisch Hospital is held jointly with Mt. Sinai's Division of Neonatology. Affiliate hospital oversight is provided to NYU Downtown Hospital as well as other tertiary centers in NY and NJ. As a New York State designated Regional Level III Perinatal Center, comprehensive maternal and newborn services to high-risk pregnant women, including all aspects of specialized maternal and neonatal care, education, evaluations, and data collection are provided.
In 2004, Tisch Hospital delivered maternal care to nearly 4,800 obstetrical patients. The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit provides the most sophisticated care in the area, including general and cardiac surgery, neurosurgery and craniofacial surgery serving greater than 550 infants in 2004 and supporting infant transport services to over 120 infants annually. There are 29 NICU beds at Tisch Hospital. Although there are hospital affiliations with the center, no hospital without an affiliation with the center would be turned away should they require assistance. The inborn population at Tisch is 50% white, 25% African American, 12% Hispanic, 8% Asian and 5% other.
In addition to providing Level III maternal-fetal medicine services and a Level III neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), as the RPC is responsible for outreach training and education for affiliate hospitals. Other responsibilities of the RPC are to participate in regional quality improvement activities, and region-wide data collection and analysis using the Statewide Perinatal Data System.
The RPC designation also means that all neonatal patients requiring higher-level services can be transported from any hospital requiring expert services or other affiliate outlying hospitals to NYU Tisch Hospital for care. At the time of discharge infants are referred to a New York State designated Regional Perinatal Center Neonatal Comprehensive Continuing Care Program (NCCCP) initiated in 1992. Early intervention evaluation services and comprehensive family support and education are provided.
