‘Not your father’s RUMC’: Inside $200M transformation at the West Brighton hospital

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The ongoing metamorphosis at Richmond University Hospital is guided not only by management and architects — but by all levels of medical personnel with an up-close view of patient experience and outcomes — the hospital’s CEO and president, Dr. Daniel Messina, recently told the Advance/SILive.com.

And though it was once solely a North Shore-centered hospital, RUMC continues its transformation into a robust provider of outpatient care at nearly 30 facilities. These include ambulatory sites and group physician practices across Staten Island and in Brooklyn, with another in Manhattan, bringing care to patients where they need it, Messina said during a recent conversation focusing on the hospital’s three phases of transformation.

And within its West Brighton walls, RUMC