Metropolitan Jewish Health System (MJHS) provides a continuum of care to more than 20,000 persons in the Greater New York metropolitan area. The organization is a leading provider of post-acute and long-term care with an extensive network of home care, rehabilitation, extended care, hospice, adult day health care, senior residences, community services, gerontological research and Elderplan.

     MJHS has grown to become a recognized health care leader offering patients and families a comprehensive system of care. Because of this unique structure, we can provide a wide variety of integrated services to meet patients’ changing health needs, either over a course of treatment or throughout a lifetime.

     Part of this service includes supporting education and research to promote better and more effective care. Through the efforts of the Institute for Applied Gerontology, we’re constantly improving quality of life for people of all ages through technological advances and innovative new services.

Some of these innovative services include:

• Elderplan, Inc., New York’s only not-for-profit Social HMO
• HomeFirst, Inc., a unique Managed Long-Term Care Plan that meets the needs of chronically ill patients at home
• Telemedicine, which uses two-way audio/video technology to allow the home monitoring of patients
• Disease State Management Programs, which are designed to help patients self-manage their chronic conditions

     From home care to rehabilitation to long-term care, Metropolitan Jewish Health System is one name to trust for a lifetime of care.