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governance, diversity and initiatives to support strong cultural values. The process was streamlined and question set expanded to gauge how applicants adapted and responded to the global health pandemic, environmental, social and governance factors, safety, equity and inclusion, and social justice. "We are truly honored and grateful to be counted among The World's Most Ethical Companies," says Greg Radinsky, Senior Vice President and Northwell's Chief Corporate Compliance Officer. "Congratulations to everyone at Northwell Health for earning this recognition. This is a testament to the collective work our entire organization performs in serving our patients and communities — especially in such a trying year." For the full list of the 2021 World's Most Ethical Companies, go to worldsmostethicalcompanies.com/honorees. Northwell Health frontline staff donning PPE huddle during their shift at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, NY. Catholic Health's Mercy Hospital in Rockville Centre was awarded grants from the Department of Health and Mother Cabrini Health Foundation to enhance patient access for its underserved populations. With those funds, Mercy has begun to develop a new state-of-the- art 16,000-square-foot medical office building and will move its existing outpatient medical clinics located in the hospital to this new outpatient setting. The new building will help expand its existing outpatient clinic services and offer new clinical services, including primary care, cardiology and endocrinology. Construction of the new space began at the beginning of March. A rendering of the new ambulatory care center at Mercy Hospital, which is scheduled to be completed in early 2022. Lenox Hill Hospital has been granted accreditation by the Commission on Cancer (CoC) for its cancer program, which is part of the Northwell Health Cancer Institute, one the largest oncology programs in the New York metropolitan area. Lenox Hill is one of six CoC-accredited medical centers in Manhattan and the ninth Northwell hospital to receive the coveted recognition. To earn this voluntary accreditation, a cancer program must meet national quality care standards in 34 key areas and maintain specific levels of excellence in the delivery of comprehensive, patient-centered care. "This very important accreditation is the culmination of many years of hard work and dedication on the part of our talented clinicians and staff," says Dennis Kraus, MD, Vice Chair of the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and Director of the Center for Head and Neck Oncology, who led the charge on pursuing the CoC accreditation. "It highlights the exceptional level of comprehensive, innovative and personalized cancer care we offer at Lenox Hill." Like all other programs accredited by the CoC, Lenox Hill maintains a cancer registry and contributes data to the National Cancer Database, a joint program of the CoC and American Cancer Society. The nationwide oncology outcomes database is the largest clinical disease registry in the world and is used to analyze trends in cancer care. This gives Lenox Hill access to exclusive information used to create national, regional and state benchmark reports, which in turn help hospital leadership develop essential quality improvement initiatives. Northwell Health Cancer Institute, which brings comprehensive care and support to patients throughout Long Island, Staten Island, Westchester, Queens and greater Manhattan, is one of the largest cancer programs in the country, with a team of more than 200 world- class oncology experts across 25 medical disciplines who diagnose and treat 19,000 new cancer patients each year. It seamlessly integrates world-class hospitals, innovative treatments and leading oncology experts who can treat the most complex cancer cases. n CREDIT NORTHWELL HEALTH Share your story in the next issue of MD News. For consideration, please email your press releases to Press@LexMediaGroup.com. M D N E W S . C O M /// M D N E W S L O N G I S L A N D ■ 2 0 21 2 9

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