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National Wear Red Day. On Friday, Feb. 7, the providers and staff at all of Crystal Run Healthcare's locations personally donated money and wore red to help raise funds and awareness about heart disease and its effects on women. Employees purchased red dress pins to wear along with their red clothing to show their support. In total, $1,932 was raised by Crystal Run Healthcare and donated to the American Heart Association. Crystal Run Healthcare has long been committed to heart health and preventative medicine for its patients and the communities it serves. In addition to National Wear Red Day, the physicians of Crystal Run Healthcare organize monthly walks called "Walk with a Doc" that encour - age heart health. The Orthopedic & Spine Institute at Northern Westchester Hospital (NWH) recently brought new technology into the operating room — the O-arm. The O-arm Surgical Imaging System provides orthopedic surgeons with a detailed, multidimensional CT scan of the spine at the time of surgery. The excellent views offered by the O-arm allow surgeons to op- erate with increased precision and patient safety when performing complex neuro and spine surgery. The O-arm lowers the risk of spinal nerve damage, and when the O-arm is used for implants or fus- ing vertebrae, it helps reduce the chance that a screw or pin will be placed in a poor position — a situation that can require further surgery. To learn more about the advanced technologies offered at the Orthopedic & Spine Institute at NWH, visit www.NwhOrthoAndSpine.org. HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley's Mountainside Residential Care Center and Woodland Pond at New Paltz received five-star ratings in U.S. News & World Report's annual Best Nursing Homes is- sue. Mountainside is receiving a five-star rating for the fourth year in a row. In New York state, 23 percent of all nursing homes received a rating of five stars. Mountainside was one of 13 five-star facilities located in Central New York, out of 126 total facilities. Of 124 nursing homes in the Hudson Valley, Woodland Pond was one of 20 to receive five stars. White Plains Hospital and Montefiore Health System recently announced plans to form a new healthcare partnership. The Board of Directors of White Plains Hospital approved the signing of a letter of agreement to enter into a partnership with Montefiore at its Feb. 5 board meeting. This new affiliation enhances the missions of both hospitals as they continue to provide advanced, quality health care to their communities and an expanding service area of nearly 3 million people. Montefiore, with a main campus just 10 miles south of White Plains, has a growing network of practices in Westchester. The formalization of the new partnership will take several months to be finalized. State applications will also need to be approved. The Center for Rehabilitation at Hudson Valley Hospital Center has developed a new Sports Medicine program that specializes in injury prevention, performance enhancement and rehabilitation of sports injuries. The center is now also offering a SportsMetrics ACL Injury Prevention program to schools and individual athletes, as well as Return to Sports programs to help athletes recover from injuries more quickly and return to sports safely. HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley's Mary's Avenue Campus has once again earned The Joint Commission's Gold Seal of Approval for accreditation by demonstrating compliance with The Joint Commission's national standards for healthcare quality and safety in hospitals. The accreditation award recognizes Mary's Avenue Campus' dedication to continued compliance with The Joint Commission's state-of-the-art standards. The accreditation lasts for three years. Mary's Avenue Campus underwent a rigorous, unannounced on-site sur - vey in September 2013. A team of Joint Commission expert surveyors evaluated Mary's Avenue Campus for compliance with standards of care specific to the needs of patients, including infection prevention and control, leadership, and medication management. ■ From left to right, Virginia Moore-Stam, RN; Karen Gilmour, MA; Noemi Ayala, MA; and cardiologist Sandeep Singh, MD, pose for a picture while wearing red during Crystal Run's Go Red For Women fundraiser. HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley's Mountainside Residential Care Center entrance +++++++++++++++++++ + +++ + +++ +++++++++++++++++++ LOCAL NEWS 1 8 | Mid Hudson MD NEWS ■ M D N E W S . CO M