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Association is the premier professional nursing organization dedicated to defining the future of emergency nursing. This year's recipients were recognized for many accomplishments, including efforts to improve patient mortality from severe sepsis and septic shock, better clinical outcomes and quality of life for stroke patients, and developing efficiencies for the triage process during high patient volume times. Recently, North Shore University Hospital was ranked fifth in the metro area and state and is Long Island's top hospital, while Cohen Children's Medical Center was ranked the best children's hospital in New York State, according to U.S. News & World Report. Glen Cove Hospital has earned the American Heart Association/ American Stroke Association's Get With the Guidelines (GWTG) Stroke Gold Plus with Honor Roll Elite and Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll Achievement Award. The hospital also received GWTG's Heart Failure Silver Achievement Award. The hospital earned the award by meeting specific quality achievement measures for stroke patients. These indicators include evaluation of the proper use of medications and other stroke treatments aligned with the most up-to-date guidelines of speeding recovery and reducing death and disability for stroke patients. Before discharge, patients are educated about managing their health, scheduling a follow-up visit and other care interventions. Recognizing and quickly treating stroke is paramount. Stroke is a leading cause of death in the U.S. and is a major source of serious disability for adults. About 795,000 people nationwide have a stroke each year, according to the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association. The goals of the hospital's heart failure program include decreasing hospitalizations and emergency care visits as well as reducing symptoms or maintaining stabilization. Northwell Health has been recognized as a 2021 PEOPLE Companies that Care organization Northwell Health has been recognized as a 2021 PEOPLE Companies that Care organization, a ranking based on employee surveys compiled by Great Place to Work and PEOPLE magazine. Northwell placed 54th on the list, one of nine health systems nationally to be honored. The Companies that Care award is based on survey responses from more than 5 million employees derived from 60 employee experience questions at organizations nationwide. In that survey, 84% of Northwell's employees validated it as a great place to work. More than 90% of those surveyed said they felt good about the ways Northwell contributed to the community. This is Northwell's first appearance on the list, which reflects the health system's employee experience as a measure of success. Great Place to Work is the only company culture award in America that selects winners based on how fairly employees are treated. Companies are assessed on how well they are creating a great employee experience that cuts across race, gender, age, disability status or any aspect of who employees are or what their role is. Mather Hospital's Cardiac Catheterization Lab ribbon-cutting Mather Hospital celebrated the opening of its Cardiac Catheterization Lab following final approval by the New York State Department of Health. The Cath Lab, as it is commonly known, will allow Mather to enhance the region's cardiac services by performing minimally invasive tests and procedures to diagnose and treat cardiovascular conditions. Patients were previously transferred from Mather to have these services performed elsewhere. The electrophysiology lab will open later this year. The electrophysiology lab will be used to assess and repair the heart's electrical system and diagnose abnormal heartbeats (arrhythmia). Northwell blood drive Long Island is in the midst of a critical blood shortage due to the COVID-19 pandemic. To help combat the deficit, Northwell Health responded to the New York Blood Center's urgent call by holding a blood drive appealing to new and veteran donors to meet the need. Joining Northwell staff during the blood drive was Tina Kovolisky, New York Blood Center's Assistant Director of donor recruitment, who further described the critical need for donations. "The pandemic has caused a significant gap between actual blood donations and the needs of hospitals and patients," she says. "Blood usage is at pre-pandemic levels. We had three semesters of virtually no youth donors due to remote and blended learning, resulting in a loss of 50,000 youth high school donations and 25,000 youth college donations." n 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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