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Catholic Health's Good Samaritan Hospital broke ground on its $500 million Patient Care Pavilion. The 300,000-square-foot addition will be located on the northeast portion of the campus and feature a state-of-the-art, 75-bay Emergency Department, 16 high-tech replacement operating rooms and three floors of private patient rooms. The project will not increase the hospital's overall bed count. Instead, it provides patients with more private space, larger and enhanced clinical areas, and closer access within the hospital to key services. The project is scheduled to be completed in early 2025. Bishop Barres alongside members of the Catholic Health/Good Samaritan leadership teams The Sandra Atlas Bass Heart Hospital at North Shore University Hospital (NSUH) has been rated Long Island's top-ranked hospital for cardiac surgery and coronary intervention — and among the top three programs in New York State, including No. 2 in cardiac surgery — according to a new analysis released by Healthgrades. Healthgrades also ranked NSUH as a top three hospital in New York State for stroke care, and NSUH is an America's 100 Best Hospitals for Stroke Care Award recipient. Hospitals recognized as among the top ranked in their state by Healthgrades provide patients with measurably superior clinical outcomes. Healthgrades is a leading medical resource that connects consumers, physicians and health systems. Alan Hartman, MD, who oversees cardiovascular and thoracic surgery The Critical Care Unit at Long Island Jewish Valley Stream Hospital has earned the Gold Beacon Award for excellence from the American Association of Critical Care Nurses. The gold level is the highest achievement of the Beacon Award for Excellence. The award recognizes individual units that distinguish themselves by improving every facet of patient care and achieving optimal outcomes. The Beacon Award for Excellence recognizes hospital units that employ evidence-based practices to improve patient and family outcomes. The award provides gold, silver and bronze levels of recognition. The unit achieved the Bronze level in 2021. Long Island Jewish Valley Stream Hospital achieves Gold Beacon Award for Critical Care Nursing Excellence Northwell's Center for Global Health, in cooperation with the Ukrainian military, is launching telemedicine platforms to several undisclosed health centers where intense fighting has left millions displaced and thousands of civilians wounded and killed — stressing already taxed medical resources and providers in those areas. Telemedicine is a unique area of opportunity for the health network to provide 24/7 consultations and a support mechanism that lends expertise to clinicians in the field caring for wounded soldiers and civilians. In February, Northwell aligned with Doctors Without Borders, an organization with extensive experience in combat medicine and humanitarian relief across the globe. As part of the health system's humanitarian efforts for Ukraine, Northwell collected more than $210,000 earmarked for Doctors Without Borders and shipped 18,000 pounds of medical supplies to the government. Michael Dowling, Northwell Health's President and CEO, stands in front of 28 pallets holding 18,000 pounds of medical supplies that Northwell sent to Ukraine in March. Mather Hospital had an economic impact on the local economy of $712 million with 4,000 jobs created during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new Healthcare Association of New York State economic impact report. The figures, which draw on 2020 data, looked at the economic impact of hospitals across the state. During that same period, the hospital served 154,000 patients, including 30,000 in the Emergency Department and 9,200 admitted to the hospital. The report found that 71% of inpatient discharges and 52% of outpatient visits at Mather were covered by Medicare and Medicaid. Stony Brook Cancer Center was awarded a $1 million state-funded grant by the New York State Legislature in the FY23 State Budget. This marks the fifth year in a row that the legislature, led by the advocacy and support of Assemblyman Steven Englebright, was able to secure funding to support the Cancer Center's application process for National Cancer Institute (NCI)-Designated Cancer Center status. To date, Assemblyman Englebright has secured nearly $3.7 million in state grants to support this effort. There are currently 71 NCI-Designated Cancer Centers across the country, with the closest clinical NCI facility to Long Island residents based in New York City. NCI designation would enable Stony Brook Medicine to hire additional researchers and clinical investigators to work in its research laboratories, spurring even more federal funding for breakthrough discoveries. ■ Stony Brook Cancer Center was awarded a grant of $1 million. Share your story in the next issue of MD News. 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