The Syde Hurdus Foundation has an extensive history of loyal support of South Nassau, donating annually for more than a decade to fund various hospital expansion and renovation projects.
Due to the generosity of many local business and individual sponsors, the event raised a gross total of $760,020 (a net of $637,805) in support of the expansion campaign, realizing a net increase of 8 percent over last year's gala.
The donation is the largest single one of its kind the hospital received in 2017 and the largest single year gift to South Nassau by the Feil Family Foundation.
Clinical Pearls for Stroke Patients in Geriatric PopulationGuangxia Meng
The document discusses stroke prevention services for geriatric populations. It outlines the objectives of stroke prevention clinics, which include comprehensive assessments, facilitating access to diagnostics and interventions, and providing education. It also discusses risk factors for stroke, management of risks like hypertension and diabetes, and antithrombotic therapies including aspirin and newer oral anticoagulants. Nursing implications are outlined for medications like monitoring for bleeding and ensuring adherence.
The Feil Family Foundation donated $1.75 million to South Nassau Communities Hospital to support the hospital's plan to establish an on-campus comprehensive cancer center. This is the largest single gift the hospital received in 2018 and will help relocate the cancer program from its current location off-campus to a new centralized cancer center on the main Oceanside campus. The donation is part of over $8.45 million in donations the Feil family has provided to South Nassau over the past several years to support expansion and improvements to cancer care services. The new cancer center will provide patients with access to cutting edge cancer treatments and clinical trials through the hospital's new partnership with the Mount Sinai Health System
Richard Humphries and Laura Bennett: Making best use of the Better Care FundThe King's Fund
The £3.8 billion Better Care Fund is a single pooled budget to support health and social care services to work more closely together in local areas.
In this audio slideshow, Richard Humphries and Laura Bennett explore the different ways in which clinical commissioning groups, local authorities and health and wellbeing boards can use the grant to promote integrated care and help shift care closer to home.
This document discusses personalised care planning for patients with scleroderma. It begins by introducing shared decision making and the role of personalised care plans. It then discusses the Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust experience developing a scleroderma personalised care plan through patient focus groups and piloting. Feedback from patients who used the care plan was positive, finding it increased their feeling of control and was informative. The document concludes personalised care plans can promote patient choice and support self-management of long-term conditions.
Sharon Cordery has over 10 years of experience in healthcare administration and reception roles. She currently works as an administrator and receptionist in the anaesthetics department at Southport Hospital, assisting consultants, registrars, and medical students. Her skills include office management, records management, database administration, spreadsheets, event management, and executive support. She is proficient in Microsoft Office applications and has experience in roles supporting mental health teams, acute care services, and hospital CEOs. References are available from her current administration coordinator and deputy director of anaesthetics.
Due to the generosity of many local business and individual sponsors, the event raised a gross total of $760,020 (a net of $637,805) in support of the expansion campaign, realizing a net increase of 8 percent over last year's gala.
The donation is the largest single one of its kind the hospital received in 2017 and the largest single year gift to South Nassau by the Feil Family Foundation.
Clinical Pearls for Stroke Patients in Geriatric PopulationGuangxia Meng
The document discusses stroke prevention services for geriatric populations. It outlines the objectives of stroke prevention clinics, which include comprehensive assessments, facilitating access to diagnostics and interventions, and providing education. It also discusses risk factors for stroke, management of risks like hypertension and diabetes, and antithrombotic therapies including aspirin and newer oral anticoagulants. Nursing implications are outlined for medications like monitoring for bleeding and ensuring adherence.
The Feil Family Foundation donated $1.75 million to South Nassau Communities Hospital to support the hospital's plan to establish an on-campus comprehensive cancer center. This is the largest single gift the hospital received in 2018 and will help relocate the cancer program from its current location off-campus to a new centralized cancer center on the main Oceanside campus. The donation is part of over $8.45 million in donations the Feil family has provided to South Nassau over the past several years to support expansion and improvements to cancer care services. The new cancer center will provide patients with access to cutting edge cancer treatments and clinical trials through the hospital's new partnership with the Mount Sinai Health System
Richard Humphries and Laura Bennett: Making best use of the Better Care FundThe King's Fund
The £3.8 billion Better Care Fund is a single pooled budget to support health and social care services to work more closely together in local areas.
In this audio slideshow, Richard Humphries and Laura Bennett explore the different ways in which clinical commissioning groups, local authorities and health and wellbeing boards can use the grant to promote integrated care and help shift care closer to home.
This document discusses personalised care planning for patients with scleroderma. It begins by introducing shared decision making and the role of personalised care plans. It then discusses the Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust experience developing a scleroderma personalised care plan through patient focus groups and piloting. Feedback from patients who used the care plan was positive, finding it increased their feeling of control and was informative. The document concludes personalised care plans can promote patient choice and support self-management of long-term conditions.
Sharon Cordery has over 10 years of experience in healthcare administration and reception roles. She currently works as an administrator and receptionist in the anaesthetics department at Southport Hospital, assisting consultants, registrars, and medical students. Her skills include office management, records management, database administration, spreadsheets, event management, and executive support. She is proficient in Microsoft Office applications and has experience in roles supporting mental health teams, acute care services, and hospital CEOs. References are available from her current administration coordinator and deputy director of anaesthetics.
The award recognizes South Nassau’s commitment and success to ensuring that stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally recognized, research-based guidelines.
South Nassau Communities Hospital's Center for Cardiovascular Health has earned designation as an Aetna Institute of Quality for interventional cardiology and rhythm disease diagnosis and treatment. This designation recognizes South Nassau's excellence in cardiovascular care and commitment to quality improvement. To earn this designation, South Nassau had to meet strict criteria including annual case volumes, 24/7 emergency heart services, quality reporting, and availability of cardiac support services. The Center for Cardiovascular Health provides advanced treatments for conditions like abnormal heart rhythms using latest technologies and best practices.
SNUCC provides hospital grade treatment and triage for a wide array of urgent medical conditions as well as ambulatory care with subspecialty backup supported through an integrated IT system connecting the center to South Nassau’s main campus.
South Nassau's Level II Trauma Center remains the only one of its kind located on the South Shore of Nassau County, providing critical emergency care to some 900,000 residents in the hospital's service area.
Under an agreement between the hospital and Long Beach, South Nassau ambulances stationed at the current Urgent Care Center in Long Beach will respond when needed as backup for 9-1-1 calls.
The trio of 50-year volunteers was honored today at a special ceremony to mark their incredible achievement of service that stretches over five decades.
The telephone survey also found that nearly two-thirds of barrier island residents have a positive view of South Nassau Communities Hospital, which has served the Long Beach community for decades.
The campaign is a five-year, $10 million fundraising initiative to help support a $60 million renovation and expansion of the hospital's Emergency Department, serving all residents of the South Shore from Queens to Suffolk.
Joint Commission accreditation and certification is recognized nationwide as a symbol of quality that reflects an organization's commitment to meeting certain performance standards.
This past fall the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) agreed that the Central, Founders and East buildings should be demolished as the cost of repairs necessary to bring them into code compliance was cost prohibitive.
Does dyeing your hair increase your risk of cancer? Does a heart attack feel like an elephant is sitting on your chest? Will you be less active after joint replacement surgery?
The Fellows of the AANP (FAANP) impact national and global health and enhance the mission of the AANP by engaging recognized nurse practitioner leaders who make outstanding contributions to clinical practice, research, education, or policy.
In addition to the Get with the Guideline-Stroke award, South Nassau is a recipient of the association’s Target: Stroke Honor Roll, for improving stroke care.
Skin cancer is the most common form of cancer in the United States, with more than 3.5 million skin cancers in over two million people diagnosed annually.
The Deloitte executive has more than 40 years’ experience in the public accounting profession, most of which is with Deloitte, and specializes in healthcare finance and planning.
The opportunity to support the SIBSPlace mission of compassion presents itself Saturday, May 2, when the 2015 SIBSPlace Annual Auction is held at The Seawane Club in Hewlett Harbor (NY) from 6:30-10:00 p.m.
The 2016 Annual Carnation Ball raised $707,217 in support of South Nassau Communities Hospital's $10 million Emergency Department expansion campaign. Paul Black, CEO of Allscripts, was honored as the Corporate Honoree. Former LIRR President Helena Williams received the Mary Pearson Award for her contributions. Trauma Program manager Margaret Puya received the Cupola Award for going above and beyond. The funds raised will support expanding the Emergency Department from 16,000 to 30,000 square feet to accommodate the hospital's growing patient volume.
Since the Emergency Department Expansion Campaign began in 2015, the hospital's supporters have donated $3,376,910, pledged an additional $364,731 and secured grants of $500,000.
The South Nassau Emergency Department at Long Beach treated 906 patients in its first month of operation from August 10th to September 10th, averaging approximately 30 patients per day. This patient volume is triple what the facility saw as an Urgent Care Center operating 12 hours per day. The majority (166) of patients arrived via ambulance and 20 patients required admission to the hospital. The new emergency department has provided a wide range of critical care to the community.
Recently awarded the prestigious ACS Commission on Cancer Outstanding Achievement Award, South Nassau was selected for inclusion in the list based on a number of factors, including clinical outcomes, clinical expertise and cancer research.
South Nassau Communities Hospital has been recognized for providing quality care to heart failure patients. The hospital received the Get With The Guidelines–Heart Failure Silver-Plus Quality Achievement Award from the American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology Foundation for meeting specific measures related to heart failure treatment. These measures included evaluating patients, using appropriate medications, and providing education to reduce readmissions. South Nassau was also named to the Target: Heart Failure Honor Roll for efforts to improve medication adherence and provide follow-up care for heart failure patients.
The award recognizes South Nassau’s commitment and success to ensuring that stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally recognized, research-based guidelines.
South Nassau Communities Hospital's Center for Cardiovascular Health has earned designation as an Aetna Institute of Quality for interventional cardiology and rhythm disease diagnosis and treatment. This designation recognizes South Nassau's excellence in cardiovascular care and commitment to quality improvement. To earn this designation, South Nassau had to meet strict criteria including annual case volumes, 24/7 emergency heart services, quality reporting, and availability of cardiac support services. The Center for Cardiovascular Health provides advanced treatments for conditions like abnormal heart rhythms using latest technologies and best practices.
SNUCC provides hospital grade treatment and triage for a wide array of urgent medical conditions as well as ambulatory care with subspecialty backup supported through an integrated IT system connecting the center to South Nassau’s main campus.
South Nassau's Level II Trauma Center remains the only one of its kind located on the South Shore of Nassau County, providing critical emergency care to some 900,000 residents in the hospital's service area.
Under an agreement between the hospital and Long Beach, South Nassau ambulances stationed at the current Urgent Care Center in Long Beach will respond when needed as backup for 9-1-1 calls.
The trio of 50-year volunteers was honored today at a special ceremony to mark their incredible achievement of service that stretches over five decades.
The telephone survey also found that nearly two-thirds of barrier island residents have a positive view of South Nassau Communities Hospital, which has served the Long Beach community for decades.
The campaign is a five-year, $10 million fundraising initiative to help support a $60 million renovation and expansion of the hospital's Emergency Department, serving all residents of the South Shore from Queens to Suffolk.
Joint Commission accreditation and certification is recognized nationwide as a symbol of quality that reflects an organization's commitment to meeting certain performance standards.
This past fall the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) agreed that the Central, Founders and East buildings should be demolished as the cost of repairs necessary to bring them into code compliance was cost prohibitive.
Does dyeing your hair increase your risk of cancer? Does a heart attack feel like an elephant is sitting on your chest? Will you be less active after joint replacement surgery?
The Fellows of the AANP (FAANP) impact national and global health and enhance the mission of the AANP by engaging recognized nurse practitioner leaders who make outstanding contributions to clinical practice, research, education, or policy.
In addition to the Get with the Guideline-Stroke award, South Nassau is a recipient of the association’s Target: Stroke Honor Roll, for improving stroke care.
Skin cancer is the most common form of cancer in the United States, with more than 3.5 million skin cancers in over two million people diagnosed annually.
The Deloitte executive has more than 40 years’ experience in the public accounting profession, most of which is with Deloitte, and specializes in healthcare finance and planning.
The opportunity to support the SIBSPlace mission of compassion presents itself Saturday, May 2, when the 2015 SIBSPlace Annual Auction is held at The Seawane Club in Hewlett Harbor (NY) from 6:30-10:00 p.m.
The 2016 Annual Carnation Ball raised $707,217 in support of South Nassau Communities Hospital's $10 million Emergency Department expansion campaign. Paul Black, CEO of Allscripts, was honored as the Corporate Honoree. Former LIRR President Helena Williams received the Mary Pearson Award for her contributions. Trauma Program manager Margaret Puya received the Cupola Award for going above and beyond. The funds raised will support expanding the Emergency Department from 16,000 to 30,000 square feet to accommodate the hospital's growing patient volume.
Since the Emergency Department Expansion Campaign began in 2015, the hospital's supporters have donated $3,376,910, pledged an additional $364,731 and secured grants of $500,000.
The South Nassau Emergency Department at Long Beach treated 906 patients in its first month of operation from August 10th to September 10th, averaging approximately 30 patients per day. This patient volume is triple what the facility saw as an Urgent Care Center operating 12 hours per day. The majority (166) of patients arrived via ambulance and 20 patients required admission to the hospital. The new emergency department has provided a wide range of critical care to the community.
Recently awarded the prestigious ACS Commission on Cancer Outstanding Achievement Award, South Nassau was selected for inclusion in the list based on a number of factors, including clinical outcomes, clinical expertise and cancer research.
South Nassau Communities Hospital has been recognized for providing quality care to heart failure patients. The hospital received the Get With The Guidelines–Heart Failure Silver-Plus Quality Achievement Award from the American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology Foundation for meeting specific measures related to heart failure treatment. These measures included evaluating patients, using appropriate medications, and providing education to reduce readmissions. South Nassau was also named to the Target: Heart Failure Honor Roll for efforts to improve medication adherence and provide follow-up care for heart failure patients.
Assuming timely review and approval of South Nassau’s CON application, the hospital’s goal is to have the free-standing emergency services department fully operational by July 1st, 2015.
Patient satisfaction with the care and clinical staff at the Long Beach Emergency Department stands at among the highest recorded when compared to other emergency departments nationwide, according to HealthStream®.
The four-story addition in Oceanside also would increase the number of treatment spaces in the Emergency Department with expanded and improved waiting areas and separate treatment areas for pediatric, geriatric and behavioral patients.
South Nassau Communities Hospital Home Care has earned a spot in the top 25% of home health care providers in the United States for the ninth consecutive year based on quality measures. The program offers various home care services including skilled nursing, rehabilitation, and medical equipment. South Nassau Home Health Care is licensed, certified, and accredited to provide care to patients in their homes.
The world's largest local philanthropy organization, UJA - Federation of New York helps 1.4 million people in New York City, Westchester County and Long Island as well as 3 million people in Israel and 60 other countries around the world.
South Nassau Communities Hospital is taking this action so that there will be no disruption of residents’ access of hospital-quality urgent medical care while expediting a $5 million expansion and upgrade of the center to a 24/7 OCHBED.
The grant will be used to establish a diabetes self-management education program (DSME) to teach patients with poorly controlled diabetes the lifestyle changes necessary to manage the condition.
South Nassau was also named to 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 program was made possible by South Nassau's affiliation with the Mount Sinai Health System, which provided the 30 graduate medical education slots for use at South Nassau.
This is the third consecutive time that South Nassau has earned the national mark of excellence, which is awarded to eligible ACS accredited cancer programs every three years.
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Breast cancer in postmenopausal women with hormone receptor-positive (HR+) status is a common and complex condition that necessitates a multifaceted approach to management. HR+ breast cancer means that the cancer cells grow in response to hormones such as estrogen and progesterone. This subtype is prevalent among postmenopausal women and typically exhibits a more indolent course compared to other forms of breast cancer, which allows for a variety of treatment options.
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Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulators (SERMs): Tamoxifen is a SERM that binds to estrogen receptors, blocking estrogen from stimulating breast cancer cells. It is effective but may have side effects such as increased risk of endometrial cancer and thromboembolic events.
Aromatase Inhibitors (AIs): These drugs, including anastrozole, letrozole, and exemestane, lower estrogen levels by inhibiting the aromatase enzyme, which converts androgens to estrogen in peripheral tissues. AIs are generally preferred in postmenopausal women due to their efficacy and safety profile compared to tamoxifen.
Selective Estrogen Receptor Downregulators (SERDs): Fulvestrant is a SERD that degrades estrogen receptors and is used in cases where resistance to other endocrine therapies develops.
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Combining endocrine therapy with other treatments enhances efficacy. Examples include:
Endocrine Therapy with CDK4/6 Inhibitors: Palbociclib, ribociclib, and abemaciclib are CDK4/6 inhibitors that, when combined with endocrine therapy, significantly improve progression-free survival in advanced HR+ breast cancer.
Endocrine Therapy with mTOR Inhibitors: Everolimus, an mTOR inhibitor, can be added to endocrine therapy for patients who have developed resistance to aromatase inhibitors.
Chemotherapy
Chemotherapy is generally reserved for patients with high-risk features, such as large tumor size, high-grade histology, or extensive lymph node involvement. Regimens often include anthracyclines and taxanes.
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$20,000 Gift in Support of the Expansion of South Nassau’s ED
1. For Immediate Release October 16, 2015
Contact: Damian Becker, Manager of Media Relations
(516) 377-5370
$20,000 Gift in Support of the Expansion of South Nassau’s ED
Oceanside, NY – South Nassau Communities Hospital has received a gift of $20,000
from the Syde Hurdus Foundation in support of the hospital’s $60-million emergency department
renovation and expansion project.
The project will increase the Emergency Department’s square footage from 16,000 to
30,000 square feet, increasing its overall size by 87%, giving it the necessary room to
accommodate in excess of 80,000 patient visits each year as well as establishing dedicated areas
for behavioral health and pediatric emergencies. The Emergency Department currently sees some
65,000 patients a year, but is designed to handle just 35,000 annually.
“We are grateful benefactors of the generosity and honorable mission of the Syde Hurdus
Foundation,” said South Nassau President & CEO Richard Murphy. “The foundation’s
generosity and mission has been essential to the robust growth of South Nassau to meet the needs
of the patients it serves.”
The Syde Hurdus Foundation has an extensive history of loyal support of South Nassau,
donating annually for more than a decade to fund various hospital expansion and renovation
projects. Previous gifts to South Nassau include funding for the purchase of cancer treatment
planning technologies and equipment for South Nassau’s Gertrude & Louis Feil Cancer Center;
to support construction of the hospital’s North Addition and Center for Cardiovascular Health;
for the purchase of bedside ultrasound equipment; and for the renovation and modernization of a
medical/surgical patient care unit.
This latest donation from the foundation will be used to fund the first phase of the ED
expansion, which encompasses a much-needed renovation of the patient and family waiting area,
the construction of dedicated units for pediatric and psychiatric emergencies, and the
reconfiguration of floor space for the addition of ten new treatment bays. The total cost of this
phase is approximately $15.5 million, which is expected to be completed in 2016.
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2. South Nassau’s Emergency Services Department is one of the busiest in Nassau County,
realizing an 8.5 percent increase in patient visits in 2013.
Presently housing 35 treatment bays, South Nassau’s ED is a New York State
Department of Health regional stroke center and the only Level II Trauma Center located in
southern Nassau County. The department is staffed by a team of dedicated professionals
including board-certified, residency-trained emergency medicine physicians as well as nurses,
nurse practitioners, certified emergency nurses and physicians' assistants who have been
specially-trained in emergency medical care. It is one of few hospitals in New York with such
staffing.
To reduce waiting times, the department has a special unit dedicated to treat minor
emergencies from abrasions to fractures, flu and fevers. Additionally, the ED deploys advanced
imaging technology with state-of-the-art CAT scanning, ultrasound and digital radiology
services with on-site radiologists available for rapid diagnostic results. Recognizing that
children have unique presentations for disease and sometimes require special handling, the
emergency department's staff includes physicians with specialized training in pediatrics and
emergency medicine.
A recipient of the Get With The Guidelines® Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement
Award, and a recipient of the American Stroke Association’s Target: Stroke designation, the
department is among the top 10% of stroke programs in the nation, and provides the rapid
assessment and advanced therapies and procedures for patients in need of emergency stroke care.
If a patient arrives at the department in need of emergency treatment for heart attack,
South Nassau is the only hospital on the South Shore of Nassau County to provide angioplasty in
an emergency. Angioplasty is a potentially life-saving, patient-centered treatment to reopen a
partially closed coronary artery that can cause a heart-attack.
When providing emergency angioplasty, South Nassau averages a “door-to-balloon-time”
of approximately 62 minutes, which is 28 minutes faster than the national standard door-to-
balloon time benchmark of 90 minutes. (Door-to-balloon time is the time measured in minutes
from the moment the patient walks in the door to the point the artery in the heart is re-opened
with a stent. Studies show that patients having a heart attack who receive treatment in less than
90 minutes have a better chance of recovery.) Many other New York hospitals with angioplasty
programs achieve the 90-minute average 75-85% of the time, but at South Nassau, we are
achieving it 100% of the time.
South Nassau is a recipient of the American Heart Association/American Stroke
Association’s Get With The Guidelines®–Target: Stroke Honor Roll-Elite Quality Achievement
3. Award as well as the American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology Foundation
Get With The Guidelines®–Heart Failure Silver-Plus Quality Achievement Award.
Designated a Magnet® hospital by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC),
South Nassau® Communities Hospital is one of the region’s largest hospitals, with 455 beds,
more than 900 physicians and 3,000 employees. Located in Oceanside, NY, the hospital is an
acute-care, not-for-profit teaching hospital that provides state-of-the-art care in cardiac,
oncologic, orthopedic, bariatric, pain management, mental health and emergency services. In
addition to its extensive outpatient specialty centers, South Nassau provides emergency and
elective angioplasty, and is the only hospital on Long Island with the Novalis Tx™ and Gamma
Knife® radiosurgery technologies. South Nassau is a designated Stroke Center by the New York
State Department of Health and Comprehensive Community Cancer Center by the American
College of Surgeons and is an accredited center of the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery
Association and Quality Improvement Program. In addition, the hospital has been awarded the
Joint Commission’s gold seal of approval as a Top Performer on Key Quality Measures,
including heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia and surgical care; and disease-specific care for
hip and joint replacement, wound care and end-stage renal disease. For more information, visit
www.southnassau.org.
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