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Local News Nassau County Police Department brings holiday spirit to young patients. Is it a bird or a plane? Recently, Commissioner of Police Patrick Ryder and 14 members of Nassau County Police Department's Emergency Service Unit (ESU) visited Cohen Children's Medical Center to bring the holiday spirit to young patients. Members from ESU rappelled off the hospital's roof and waved to the children inside. Catholic Health's three skilled nursing facilities scored high marks in U.S. News & World Report's annual Best Nursing Homes report. Out of 616 nursing homes in New York State, Our Lady of Consolation Nursing and Rehabilitation (OLC) in West Islip is 1 of 44 locations to receive a 5 out of 5 score. The West Islip long-term care facility also achieved 3 of out 3 in short-term care and long-term care. OLC's short-term program was lauded for being well above the state average in several important categories. These include having a high percentage of rehabilitating patients return home instead of transferring to another healthcare facility after treatment and for registered nurse staffing levels. The nursing facility's long-term care program was rated excellent for having a minimal number of patient emergency department visits and for being above average in hospital readmissions. Catholic Health's St. Catherine of Siena Nursing & Rehabilitation in Smithtown was rated "high performing" for short-term care, and the system's Good Samaritan Nursing & Rehabilitation in Sayville earned a "high-performing" rating for long-term care. Playback Health and Northwell Health sign multiyear deal Playback Health, a software technology company dedicated to helping care providers build deeper, more meaningful connections with their patients, and Northwell Health announced a multiyear agreement to launch Playback's patient engagement platform at select locations across the health system. Playback's software technology empowers patients by supplying them with medical information that they can revisit, replay and share with others, enabling them to better understand their condition or treatment and more fully engage with their care. With a rich user interface and robust integration, Playback's software is purpose-built. It is designed to promote mobility and sharing of point-of-care medical data and information captured in a hospital's electronic medical record and patient portals or from third- party medical devices, while adhering to strict security standards for health information. Long Islanders will soon benefit from the new Ambulatory and Family Care Center at Catholic Health's Mercy Hospital. The modern facility, located on the hospital campus, will provide expanded services, including primary care, cardiology, endocrinology and more, to the community. The project is being supported, in part, by a $1.3 million grant from the Mother Cabrini Health Foundation. The state-of-the-art 16,000-square-foot medical office building will serve as the home of Mercy's women's and children's services, which are currently located inside the hospital. Good Samaritan Hospital's Neurointerventional Team Catholic Health's Good Samaritan Hospital has earned The Joint Commission's Gold Seal of Approval and the American Stroke Association's Heart-Check mark for Comprehensive Stroke Certification for the second time. The designation puts Good Samaritan in an elite group of providers focused on highly specialized stroke care. It recognizes those hospitals that have state-of-the-art infrastructure, staff and training to receive and treat patients with the most complex strokes. Charlie Arrowood, Esq., leads a workshop on name change and gender marker change. Members of the transgender community gathered en masse for the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic to connect on several key issues, from employment opportunities and best practices to understanding the current legal status of key rights, such as the ability to self-identify or change names. The Center for Transgender Care at Northwell Health and the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell hosted the third annual Long Island Transgender, Gender Non- Confirming, Non-Binary Conference at Hofstra University. More than 100 participants attended the conference, which was supported by the Northwell Health Transgender Community Advisory Board and an ongoing contribution for transgender education from Steven and Stacy Hoffman. Several community-based organizations took part: LGBT Network, Pride for Youth, Transgender Legal Defense Fund, Camp Ga'avah, PFLAG Long Island, Thursday's Child, Family Residences and Essential Enterprises, The Out Foundation, Changing the Game and the NY Transgender Bodybuilding Federation. The event also took time to commemorate the national Transgender Day of Remembrance, which is Nov. 20. In 2021 alone, at least 51 individuals nationwide have been killed due to transgender violence. 2 8

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