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the Leapfrog Hospital Survey, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and the American Hospital Association's Annual Survey of Hospitals from 2010 to 2013, graded hos - pitals on how well they prevented errors, injuries, infections and drug mix-ups. Recently, Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center was the recipient of "Splashes of Hope" therapeutic murals commissioned by local philanthropist and Good Samaritan benefactor Theresa Patnode Santmann. Splashes of Hope is a non-profit organization that creates artwork in focal points of medical settings as tools for pain management, therapeu - tic distraction and soothing visualization during procedures. The murals are located in the hallway and family waiting room of the open-heart surgery unit, in the waiting room of the Theresa Patnode Santmann Center for Cardiovascular Services, and in the hallway leading to the catheterization labs. The newly "splashed" suite at Good Samaritan Hospital will bring smiles to the faces of patients, staff and visitors. Stony Brook University Hospital and Southampton Hospital can move forward with a proposed affiliation agreement follow - ing a unanimous vote at the State University of New York (SUNY) Board of Trustees meet - ing in Albany. The planned collaboration will allow the two hospitals to work even more closely together to improve healthcare qual - ity and access, coordinate care and improve efficiency for their patients through shared resources and managing the flow of patients between the two facilities. The affiliation will combine a financially sound community hos - pital with a high-quality tertiary academic medical center to improve healthcare deliv- ery and education in the rapidly changing landscape of healthcare reform. ■ Representatives from the North Shore-LIJ Health System on Thursday joined with local elected officials, community and business leaders to celebrate the opening of the GoHealth Urgent Care Center in Massapequa, New York. The new facil - ity, located at 5165 Merrick Road, is the first of several GoHealth Urgent Care Centers opening on Long Island in the coming weeks. In addition to Massapequa, GoHealth Urgent Care Centers are sched - uled to open in early 2015 in Plainview, Bay Shore and Syosset. As part of a collabora - tion with Access Clinical Partners, North Shore-LIJ is opening 50 GoHealth Urgent Care Centers throughout the metropolitan area during the next three years. ■ +++++++++++++++++++ + +++ + +++ +++++++++++++++++++ LOCAL NEWS The opening reception at the GoHealth Urgent Care Center in Massapequa attracted numerous elected officials, business and community leaders. Avoiding eye contact is one early sign of autism. Learn the others today at autismspeaks.org/signs. Early diagnosis can make a lifetime of difference. YOU THINK SOMETHING MAY BE WRONG. THE ANSWER IS NOT STARING YOU IN THE FACE. © 2013 Autism Speaks Inc. "Autism Speaks" and "It's time to listen" & design are trademarks owned by Autism Speaks Inc. All rights reserved. The child depicted has been diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder. T:7" T:4.875" 3 0 | Long Island MD NEWS ■ M D N E W S . CO M