Health Facility General Information

health.data.ny.gov | Last Updated 3 Jun 2024

This dataset contains the locations of Article 28, Article 36, Article 40, and Article 7 health care facilities and programs from the Health Facilities Information System (HFIS). Article 28 facilities are hospitals, nursing homes, diagnostic treatment centers and midwifery birth centers. Article 36 facilities are certified home health care agencies, licensed home care services agencies, and long term home health care programs. Article 40 facilities are hospices. Article 7 are licensed adult care facilities. The dataset currently only contains the locations of hospitals and hospital extension clinics. The data for the remaining facility types will be added in the future.

Tags: hfis, opcert, operating certificate, operator, beds, services, county, facilities and services

This dataset has the following 36 columns:

Column NameAPI Column NameData TypeDescriptionSample Values
Facility IDfac_idnumberSite specific facility identification number.
Facility Namefacility_nametextCurrent facility name.
Short Descriptionfac_desc_shorttextAbbreviated name for type of facility.
DescriptiondescriptiontextType of facility.
Facility Open Datefac_opn_datcalendar_dateDate facility opened.
Facility Address 1address1textAddress Line 1 of facility.
Facility Address 2address2textAddress Line 2 of facility (if applicable).
Facility CitycitytextCity of facility.
Facility StatestatetextState of facility (always New York State).
Facility Zip Codefac_ziptextZip Code of facility.
Facility Phone Numberfac_phonetextPhone Number of facility.
Facility Fax Numberfac_faxtextFax Number of facility.
Facility Websiteweb_sitetextWebsite of Facility.
Facility County Codecnty_cdnumberGazetteer Code for County facility is located in.
Facility CountycountytextCounty where facility is located.
Regional Office IDro_idnumberIdentification number of NYSDOH Regional Office.
Regional Officeregion_officetextName of NYSDOH Regional Office for facility.
Main Site Namemain_site_nametextName of facility's main site, if facility is an extension clinic.
Main Site Facility IDmain_site_facidnumberFacility identification number of main site, if facility is an extension clinic.
Operating Certificate Numberopcert_numtextOperating Certificate number for facility.
Operator Nameoperator_nametextName of the current operator of facility.
Operator Address 1operator_address1textAddress Line 1 of the current operator.
Operator Address 2operator_address2textAddress Line 2 of the current operator (if applicable).
Operator Cityoperator_citytextCity of current operator.
Operator Stateoperator_statetextState of current operator.
Operator Zip Codeoperator_ziptextZip Code of current operator.
Cooperator Namecooperator_nametextName of current cooperator (if applicable).
Cooperator Addresscooperator_address1textAddress Line 1 of current cooperator (if applicable).
Cooperator Address 2cooperator_address2textAddress Line 2 of current cooperator (if applicable).
Cooperator Citycooperator_citytextCity of current cooperator (if applicable).
Cooperator Statecooperator_statetextState of current cooperator (if applicable).
Cooperator Zip Codecooperator_ziptextZip Code of current cooperator (if applicable).
Ownership Typeownership_typetextType of Legal Ownership
Facility LatitudelatitudenumberSystem for representing healthcare facilities on map. Geo-coded to mailing address.
Facility LongitudelongitudenumberSystem for representing healthcare facilities on map. Geo-coded to mailing address.
Facility Locationfacility_locationlocation