Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center

What Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center does

Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center operates as a not-for-profit acute care hospital and is the flagship facility of One Brooklyn Health (OBH) System Inc., a consolidated Brooklyn-based integrated delivery network comprising three hospitals — Brookdale, Interfaith Medical Center, and Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center — plus the Rutland Nursing Home @ Kingsbrook and multiple outpatient facilities. Founded in 1921 and reorganized under the OBH brand in 2023, the system employs approximately 7,000 staff, fields 1,200+ board-certified providers across 50+ specialty service lines, and operates a Level I Trauma Center alongside disease-specific programs including a Diabetes Center of Excellence, a Sickle Cell Program, Chemical Dependency Outpatient Services, behavioral health, cardiology, and long-term care. Service reach is geographically concentrated in Brooklyn, NY, with care delivered to a predominantly local, underserved urban population via inpatient, outpatient, emergency, and nursing home channels, supported by community events, multilingual patient access (100+ languages), and a centralized MyChart (Epic) patient portal.

The underlying technology stack combines a standard Epic MyChart patient portal for records access, scheduling, and care management with a recently announced (June 2026) AI-powered virtual care platform delivered through a strategic partnership with hellocare.ai, described as a multimodal system supporting autonomous patient interaction. There is no evidence of proprietary in-house AI development, patented technology, or external API/SDK offerings; technology differentiation is partnership-mediated rather than internally engineered. OBH markets through a multi-channel community-led GTM motion spanning its website, organic social (Facebook, X, Instagram, LinkedIn), email newsletters, community events (Brooklyn Pride, Family Health Fairs), and earned media placements on CBS Eye on Health, Eyewitness News ABC 7, and local Brooklyn press.

The business model is a fee-for-service and value-based care revenue model funded through hospital services, outpatient clinics, primary and specialty care, and long-term care delivery. Pricing is not publicly disclosed; financial assistance programs are offered to eligible patients. As a not-for-profit safety-net provider, the system is structurally dependent on public payors (Medicaid/Medicare) and philanthropy (a DONATE link is prominent on the website) rather than enterprise B2B contracts, and revenue concentration is assessed at the payor-mix level rather than the customer-account level. There are no disclosed funding rounds, M&A transactions, or executive leadership changes in the input data; the parent entity is One Brooklyn Health System Inc., incorporated in New York.

Name

Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center

Legal name

One Brooklyn Health System Inc.

Website

https://brookdalehospital.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1920

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center is a not-for-profit acute care hospital and flagship of One Brooklyn Health, a Brooklyn-based integrated system of three hospitals and a nursing home employing 7,000 staff and 1,200+ providers across 50 specialties serving local community patients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Acute Care Hospital Services

NAICS

General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (6221), Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers (621420), Nursing Care Facilities (Skilled Nursing Facilities) (623110), Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals (62221)

SIC

Services-General Medical & Surgical Hospitals, Nec (8062), Services-Hospitals (8060), Services-Skilled Nursing Care Facilities (8051), Services-Nursing & Personal Care Facilities (8050)

akta.pro primary industry

Community & Regional General Hospitals (HLAFAAAB)

Keywords

• Acute care hospital
• Outpatient clinical services
• Behavioral health services
• Long-term nursing care
• Community healthcare network

Headquarters

HQ city

Brooklyn

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Healthcare Services Revenue: Fee-for-service and value-based care delivery through hospital services, outpatient clinics, primary care, specialty care, and long-term care facilities

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center is an acute care, Level I trauma hospital operating as part of the One Brooklyn Health (OBH) system, providing inpatient and outpatient clinical services across more than 50 medical specialties. The system delivers primary care, specialty care, behavioral health, long-term nursing care, diabetes and endocrinology, cardiology, trauma, and retail pharmacy services to Brooklyn residents through three hospitals, a nursing home, and outpatient facilities.

Product overview

One Brooklyn Health (OBH) is a comprehensive integrated healthcare system comprising three major hospitals (Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center, Interfaith Medical Center, and Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center), nursing homes (including Rutland Nursing Home @ Kingsbrook), and multiple outpatient facilities. The system offers over 50 specialty health services with 1,200 board-certified providers serving Brooklyn communities. Key clinical services include Primary Care, Behavioral Health, Cardiology, Diabetes Center of Excellence, Long Term Care, Trauma Center, and specialized programs like Sickle Cell and Chemical Dependency Outpatient Services. The system leverages technology through MyChart patient portal and an AI-powered virtual care partnership with hellocare.ai. OBH has approximately 7,000 employees and has been serving Brooklyn communities for 300 combined years.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• OBH Diabetes Center of Excellence: Specialized diabetes care center providing comprehensive diabetic treatment and management services.
• MyChart Patient Portal

Products and services

• Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center Acute care hospital and Level I Trauma Center providing emergency, trauma, and comprehensive medical services to Brooklyn communities. Part of the One Brooklyn Health system.
• Interfaith Medical Center

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

AI capability2 records

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• hellocare.aicoreTechnology or Integration · 17 June 2026One Brooklyn Health partnered with hellocare.ai to advance AI-powered virtual care capabilities. Featured in Our Time Press and Canarsie Courier publications. The partnership aims to enhance virtual care delivery across the OBH network.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Northwell Health: Largest private NY health system operating hospitals, ambulatory sites and home health across NYC and Long Island. Not a direct safety-net peer but a powerful incumbent competing for talent, specialty referrals and outpatient volume in Brooklyn-adjacent markets.
• NYU Langone Health: Major academic system with growing Brooklyn ambulatory and hospital footprint (NYU Langone Hospital–Brooklyn). Competitor for specialty and surgical volumes and a counterweight on commercial payer mix that OBH struggles to attract.
• Mount Sinai Health System: NYC-wide academic system increasingly expanding ambulatory and specialty care into Brooklyn. Not a like-for-like safety-net peer, but a meaningful competitive incumbent for specialty referrals, employed physicians, and commercial patient share.
• NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital: Largest NYC academic medical center with multiple campuses including Brooklyn Methodist. Competes for specialty referrals and employs many of the same physicians; broader scope but overlapping acute, trauma and tertiary services in the Brooklyn catchment area.

Direct peers

• Montefiore Medical Center: Bronx-based academic non-profit health system with a similar safety-net patient mix and an integrated network of hospitals, outpatient and behavioral services. Highly comparable operating model and reimbursement exposure to OBH.
• Maimonides Medical Center: Large community teaching hospital in Brooklyn offering acute care, trauma, behavioral health and ambulatory services. Competes directly for Brooklyn patient volume across overlapping clinical specialties and is a key local competitor to OBH for both insured and safety-net populations.
• NYC Health + Hospitals: Public safety-net system operating 11 hospitals across NYC. Most direct structural analog to OBH: non-profit-equivalent governance, heavy Medicaid exposure, multi-site acute care with Level I trauma, behavioral health and long-term care, and a focus on underserved communities.
• SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University: Brooklyn-based academic medical center providing acute, trauma and specialty care with a strong safety-net population and academic mission. Overlaps OBH's geography, payer mix and clinical scope, including behavioral health and primary care residency training.
• Wyckoff Heights Medical Center: Brooklyn community hospital providing acute care, primary care and behavioral health to a comparable lower-income demographic. Overlaps directly with OBH on patient base, payer mix and service-line scope in northern/central Brooklyn.
• Kings County Hospital Center: Brooklyn-based public safety-net hospital and Level I trauma center providing acute, behavioral and specialty care to the same underserved population OBH serves, with overlapping service lines (primary care, behavioral health, trauma, specialty outpatient).

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/brookdalebk
• Facebookfacebook.com/OBHSatBrookdale
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/one-brooklyn-health-system-inc
• Instagraminstagram.com/onebrooklynhealth

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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