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Catholic Health is also collaborating with Catholic Charities and Health & Welfare Council of Long Island to enroll individuals and families identified as food insecure in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistant Program. Catholic Health has been helping Long Islanders with food insecurity since 2017 when it launched a partnership with Island Harvest and Adelphi University. The team collaborated with the health system's Catholic Health Home Care to create a program aimed at improving health and decreasing the risk of chronic disease for low-income individuals and families by providing healthy food, patient-tailored nutrition-and disease-related information to individuals identified as food insecure. Catholic Health addresses food insecurity. Cohen Children's Medical Center marks the opening of the Pediatric Surgical Operating Complex, a $110 million, 24,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art home for pediatric surgery. The new complex features eight child- friendly OR suites with majestic photo walls that create a comforting environment. Potentially frightening surgical instruments are initially hidden, patients can enjoy their own music or videos before surgery and several play spaces populate the facility. The completion of this project will reduce wait times for pediatric and adult patients and transform care for the more than 8,000 patients who seek medical procedures at Cohen Children's each year. Cohen Children's Medical Center opens the Pediatric Surgical Operating Complex. Catholic Health presented its 2022 Annual Pinnacle Awards for Quality, Safety and Experience to Mercy Hospital and Catholic Health Home Care. The event, now in its eighth year, was held at the Tilles Center. In the acute care category, Mercy Hospital won with its project Decreasing Health Disparities in Our Elderly Population. Catholic Home Care won in the continuing care category with its submission, Use of Remote Patient Monitoring to Increase Adherence in Patients with Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. In the special projects category, St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center won the Continuous Learning Award for In Support of Lifelong Learning: Creation of a Clinical Education and Simulation Science Center. Catholic Health's Emergency Department Service Line won Best System Transformation Project for Emergency Medicine Monoclonal Antibody Administration Program during COVID-19. Good Samaritan Hospital won the first- ever High Reliability Bullseye Award for its submission Hat Trick! Cross-Training ICU RNs Achieves the IHI Triple Aim. In the individual award categories, St. Joseph Hospital critical care nurse Kaci Snidersich won the Patient Safety Hero award, St. Charles labor and delivery nurse Elizabeth Hammer was the Golden Key Award Acute Winner and Good Shepherd Hospice nurse manager Karen Costello was the Golden Key Award Continuing Care Winner. Catholic Health announces Mercy Hospital (top) and Catholic Health Home Care (bottom) as winners of the 2022 Pinnacle Awards for Quality, Safety and Experience/Courtesy Catholic Health. Northwell Health has joined the Healthcare Climate Council, and separately, New York's largest health system signed on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Health Care Sector Pledge to reduce organizational emissions. Northwell joined the Biden Administration for a White House event with HHS, where industry colleagues pledged meaningful action to decarbonize the healthcare industry and make medical facilities more resilient to the effects of climate change. Northwell has committed to meet the Biden administration's climate goal to reduce emissions 50% by 2030 and achieve net zero emissions by 2050. The HHS' Office of Climate Change and Health Equity developed the health sector climate pledge in conjunction with the White House to help focus the health care sector's response to climate change. Signatories have also committed to producing detailed plans to build climate resilience for their facilities and the communities they serve. In addition to the White House pledge, Northwell has been granted membership into the Healthcare Climate Council, an organization of leading health systems that have committed to reduce their carbon footprint, build resilient health systems and communicate climate change's health impacts. The Healthcare Climate Council was established in 2014 by the Virginia-based international nongovernmental organization Healthcare Without Harm. Members implement innovative climate solutions and inspire and support others to act while using their trusted voice and influence to move policy and drive the transformation toward climate-smart health care. Northwell has committed to meet the Biden administration's climate goal. Share your story in the next issue of MD News. For consideration , please email your press releases to P ress@ 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 2 2 2 9

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