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Share your story in the next issue of MD News. For consideration, please email your press releases to Press@LexMediaGroup.com. A Northwell patient at a long-term care facility prepares for a COVID-19 vaccine. Despite the complex challenges faced by Northwell Health's four nursing homes and short-term rehabilitation facilities during the COVID-19 pandemic, each received a high-performance rating from U.S. News & World Report's annual Best Nursing Homes report. U.S. News's data recognizes top-rated facilities in all 50 states and offers important guidance to families and healthcare providers caring for people in need of short-term rehab or a nursing home. Northwell nursing homes ranked among the top 8% of high- performing facilities in the nation, and its short-term rehab care centers rated top 12% of similar programs. Northwell short-term rehab facilities recognized for their top-quality care include: • Stern Family Center for Rehabilitation, Manhasset (256 beds) • Orzac Center for Rehabilitation, Valley Stream (120 beds) • Peconic Bay Skilled Nursing Facility, Riverhead (60 beds) • Northern Westchester Hospital Transitional Care Unit, Mount Kisco (12 beds) David Garry, DO The Maternal Safety Foundation has named Stony Brook University Hospital an Accreta Center of Excellence, recognizing its ability to provide superior care for the life-threatening childbirth complication called placenta accreta spectrum disorder. Placenta accreta is a condition in which the placenta attaches too firmly and too deeply to the uterus, and it is unable to detach from the uterus after childbirth. It is a serious condition which can cause severe blood loss if not properly managed and treated. Placenta accreta spectrum disorder was once very uncommon but is now four times as likely as 40 years ago. The increase is linked to the rise in cesarean births over the last few decades. Women who have had cesarean births are at higher risk of diagnosis, and the likelihood increases depending on the prior number of cesarean births. Women with previous childbirths and who are over age 35 are also at higher risk of an accreta diagnosis. Stony Brook Cardiology Team Stony Brook University Hospital has received the American Heart Association's Gold Plus Get With The Guidelines – Heart Failure Quality Achievement Award. The Gold Plus award, which Stony Brook has received for the third consecutive year, recognizes the hospital's commitment to ensuring heart failure patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally recognized, research-based guidelines grounded in the latest scientific evidence. The goal is speeding recovery and reducing hospital readmissions for heart failure patients. Good Samaritan Hospital receives Magnet recognition for excellence in nursing care. The American Nurses Credential Center has awarded Catholic Health's Good Samaritan Hospital with 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. A 2021 Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccination Honor Roll Award was presented to two family health centers in the Long Island FQHC Inc network. Both the Hempstead and Elmont Family Health Centers received this award for achieving the largest percentage increase in HPV vaccination on Long Island. They are the only two practices on Long Island to achieve this honor. With at least 40% of adolescents in New York State (NYS) not vaccinated against HPV, the NYS HPV Coalition, the NYS Department of Health and the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene united to develop an awards campaign in 2021 to recognize health systems across the state that have excelled at increasing HPV vaccination rates in youth. An estimated 80% of people will become infected with HPV during their lives. HPV is known to cause six different types of cancer. St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center was named a 2021 Guardian of Excellence Award winner in four categories and a 2021 Pinnacle of Excellence Award winner in two categories by Press Ganey, a national leader in healthcare consumer workforce management. Press Ganey recognized St. Francis as a top-performing healthcare organization achieving the 95th percentile or above for performance in the Guardian of Excellence Award categories: Outpatient Oncology, Outpatient Services, Emergency Department, and Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) and Inpatient Services. Additionally, Press Ganey honored St. Francis with its Pinnacle of Excellence awards for maintaining consistently high levels of quality for consecutive years in the categories of Inpatient and HCAHPS. ■ 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 2 2 2 9