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Victor F. Politi, MD, FACP, FACEP, President/CEO of the NuHealth System, announced that the Nassau University Medical Center (NUMC) has achieved an "A" score in hospital safety for fall 2014, fol - lowing receiving the "A" award in spring 2014 also. Designed to rate how well hospitals protect patients from accidents, errors, injuries and infections, the latest Hospital Safety Score honored NUMC with an "A" — its top grade in patient safety. The Hospital Safety Score is compiled under the guidance of the nation's leading experts on pa - tient safety and is administered by The Leapfrog Group, an indepen- dent industry watchdog. The first and only hospital safety rating to be peer-reviewed in the Journal of Patient Safety, the score is free to the public and designed to give consumers information they can use to protect themselves and their families when facing a hospital stay. In celebration of National PA Week Oct. 6–12, Southside Hospital was proud to recognize the nearly 150 PAs on their healthcare team. In addition to the hospital administration and national and state PA leadership, New York State Senator Phil Boyle and Suffolk County legislator Monica Martinez presented the Southside PAs proclamations honoring their medical care and service to the patients of the community. Island Digestive Disease Consultants have partnered with Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center. Neil Lobo, MD, Kourosh Adhami, MD, James Kohlroser, DO, and Babak Danesh, MD, are located at 400 W. Main St., Suite 300, Babylon. Their practice is limited to gastroenterology. For information call 631-321-6400. The Garden City High School swim and dive team collected pink nail polish and lipsticks for breast cancer awareness month and generously donated them to the Nassau University Medical Center Oncology clinic to be given out to the patients. Last month the team collected snacks and donated them as well to the clinic. Southampton Hospital has received the Get With The Guidelines– Stroke Gold-Plus Quality Achievement Award for implementing specific quality improvement measures outlined by the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association for the treatment of stroke patients. Get With The Guidelines–Stroke helps hospital teams provide the most up-to-date, research-based guidelines with the goal of speeding recovery and reducing death and disability for stroke patients. Southampton Hospital earned the award by meeting specific quality achievement measures for the diagnosis and treatment of stroke patients at a set level for a designated period. These measures include aggressive use of medications and risk- reduction therapies aimed at reducing death and disability and improving the lives of stroke patients. Southampton Hospital also received the association's Target: Stroke Honor Roll for meeting stroke quality measures that reduce the time between hospital arrival and treatment with the clot- buster tPA, the only drug approved by the FDA to treat ischemic stroke. People who suffer a stroke who receive the drug within Victor F. Politi, MD, FACP, FACEP, President/CEO of the NuHealth LOCAL NEWS One small team, one huge impact! Pictured (L–R) are Nassau University Medical Center's Ellen Murlock, RN, Karen Staib, RN, Elizabeth Reno (patient), Lois Paul, RN, Caroline Germano (GCHS swimmer), Kerri Heuser (GCHS swimmer), Camille Persaud, RN. (L–R) Lawrence Herman, PA-C, immediate past president of the American Academy of PAs; Daniel Forsberg, PA-C, President of the New York State Society of PAs; Martin Morales, PA-C, Corporate Director of PAs for the North Shore/LIJ Health System; Senator Phil Boyle; John Hallowell, PA-C, Director of PA Services at Southside Hospital; Suffolk County legislator Monica Martinez; Donna Moravick, Executive Director of Southside Hospital; and Dr. Jay Enden, Medical Director of Southside Hospital M D N E W S . CO M ■ MD NEWS Long Island | 2 9