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Local News Stony Brook University Hospital Diabetes Program team members celebrate 2019 Pinnacle Award for Quality and Patient Safety. Stony Brook University Hospital has received a two-year Advanced Inpatient Diabetes certification from The Joint Commission after a comprehensive review of its diabetes program. Stony Brook becomes the seventh hospital in New York State and the first hospital in Suffolk County to achieve advanced certification. Only 66 hospitals nationally have achieved this distinction after a rigorous three-day review by Joint Commission surveyors. Certification demonstrates continuous compliance with The Joint Commission's performance standards. As The Joint Commission's "Gold Seal of Approval" for Advanced Inpatient Diabetes, it reflects a healthcare organization's commitment to providing safe, quality patient care. To achieve Joint Commission certification, a team of reviewers evaluated Stony Brook's compliance with related standards, including program management and delivering and facilitating clinical care. Certification recognizes healthcare organizations that provide clinical programs across the full range of care for patients with diabetes. The review process evaluates how organizations use clinical outcomes and performance measures to identify opportunities to improve care, as well as to educate and prepare patients and their caregivers for discharge. Mather Hospital has been designated an age-friendly health system at the highest level of "Committed to Care Excellence" by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement. Age-Friendly Health Systems aim to follow a set of evidence-based practices, cause no harm and align with what matters to the older adult and their family caregivers. The 4Ms make up a set of four evidence-based elements of high- quality care that Age-Friendly Health Systems must reliably adhere to: • What matters most — align care to each older adult's specific health outcome goals and care preferences • Medication — use age-friendly medications that don't interfere with what matters, mobility or mentation • Mentation — prevent, identify, treat and manage dementia, depression and delirium • Mobility — ensure that older adults move safely to maintain function and do what matters According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the U.S. population aged 65+ will go from 43.1 million in 2012 to an estimated 83.7 million in 2050. Catholic Health's Good Samaritan Hospital achieves Magnet recognition for excellence in nursing care The American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) has awarded Catholic Health's Good Samaritan Hospital one of the most coveted and prestigious honors a hospital and its nurses can achieve — Magnet recognition for excellence in nursing care. This recognition highlights exceptional clinical outcomes and patient satisfaction, as well as nursing professionalism, collaboration and teamwork. Good Samaritan is the only hospital on the south shore of Suffolk County to earn this distinction, which is held by less than 9% of hospitals nationwide. Research has shown that Magnet recognition benefits hospitals and their communities with a nursing staff that is well qualified and promotes quality patient care. The Magnet Recognition Program highlights healthcare organizations that demonstrate excellence in nursing philosophy and practice, adhere to national standards for improving patient care, have an active research program, and display leadership and sensitivity to cultural and ethnic diversity. The ANCC is a subsidiary of the American Nurses Association and is the largest and most prominent nursing credentialing organization in the U.S. Good Samaritan Hospital's Magnet designation is valid for four years with ongoing review. The West Islip hospital now joins Catholic Health's St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center, which has held Magnet designation since 2006. Emergency Nurses Association recognizes Northwell Health with a 2021 Lantern Award Four Northwell Health emergency departments have been recognized by the Emergency Nurses Association with a 2021 Lantern Award for demonstrating exceptional and innovative performance in leadership, practice, education, advocacy and research. North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, Cohen Children's Medical Center, New Hyde Park, South Shore University Hospital, Bay Shore and Phelps Hospital, Sleepy Hollow are four of only 33 hospital emergency departments in the United States to receive the distinction. Consisting of more than 50,000 members worldwide, the Emergency Nurses 2 8