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+++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++ +++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++ HOSPITAL ROUNDS + + What's New at Area Hospitals The American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM) has granted Winthrop- University Hospital's Maternal Fetal Medicine Team accreditation for fetal echocardiograms. Throughout the country, fewer than 25 sites have been awarded this certification. In fact, Winthrop-University Hospital is the only site in the Tri-State area to hold such accreditation. Women identified as being at high risk for delivering a baby with congenital cardiac defects are often referred for fetal echocar- diography for screening and diagnosis of these defects. This enables the patients' ob- stetricians and Winthrop-University Hospital's Maternal Fetal Medicine Team to make deci- sions on how to best manage the pregnancy through a multidisciplinary approach that involves collaboration among physicians from achieve accreditation show they have met or exceed these standards. Members of Winthrop-University Hospital's maternal fetal medicine team other Winthrop-University Hospital special- ties, such as pediatric cardiology, neonatol- ogy and genetics. Ultrasound practice accreditation is a voluntary peer-review process that measures practices against nationally accepted proto- cols in training, practice and safety. Sites that Southside Hospital in Bay Shore and Staten Island University Hospital were among 620 hospitals nationwide and 16 in New York state ranked among top national performers based on key quality measures by The Joint Commission, the nation's leading health care accreditation organization. This is the second consecutive year that Southside Hospital has achieved this national recognition, one of only 244 hospitals to achieve this distinction during the two years that The Joint Commission has recognized top performers. As two of only 620 hospitals to receive this ranking, Southside and Staten Island