News Releases
Supreme Court Ruling Will Accelerate Hospitals’ Existing Reform Efforts
June 29, 2012
North Shore-LIJ Health System President and Chief Executive Officer issued the following statement about the US Supreme Court’s decision on Thursday, upholding the Affordable Care Act.
Read MoreLIJ Medical Center to Offer Free Cancer Screenings for Women
June 29, 2012
LIJ Medical Center’s Ambulatory Care Unit offers a variety of free cancer screening for women who lack health insurance. Screenings are available by appointment on weekdays and Saturdays.
Read MoreNorth Shore-LIJ Bioskills Center Trains Special Forces Medics to Save Lives
June 26, 2012
21st century’s answer to M*A*S*H
Read MoreNorth Shore-LIJ’s Chair of Orthopedics Nicholas Sgaglione, MD Elected President of the Arthroscopy Association of North America
June 26, 2012
Nicholas A. Sgaglione, MD, chair of orthopedics at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset and LIJ Medical Center in New Hyde Park, was recently elected president of the Arthroscopy Association of North America at the group’s annual meeting held in Orlando, FL.
Read MoreEleven North Shore-LIJ Hospitals Recognized for Superior Stroke Care
June 26, 2012
The American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke Quality Achievement Award has been awarded to 11 North Shore-LIJ Health System hospitals.
Read MoreFeinstein Institute to Receive Grant from Centers for Medicare & Services to Improve Schizophrenia Treatment
June 25, 2012
$9.3+ million federal grant to train clinicians
Read MoreTo Reduce Patients' Radiation Exposure, North Shore-LIJ Health System to Buy 15 GE Low-Dose CT Scanners
June 21, 2012
Purchase of GE CTs is part of North Shore-LIJ’s $50M investment to replace, update diagnostic imaging equipment at all of its NY area facilities with low-radiation dose systems.
Read MoreNorth Shore-LIJ Ob-Gyn Spearheads American Society for Reproductive Medicine’s New Multimedia Journal
June 19, 2012
Fertility and Sterility®, the flagship journal of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) and its publisher Elsevier, today announced the first-ever publication of a new multimedia format that integrates video and traditional print research.
Read MoreMedical Residents FICA Refund Claims Status
June 13, 2012
Last year, North Shore-LIJ Health System and its member hospitals filed claims for FICA tax refunds for qualifying North Shore-LIJ medical residents, including fellows in training programs.
Read MoreSouthside Hospital Achieves Accreditation in Four Rehabilitation Programs
June 12, 2012
Southside Hospital announced today it has received accreditation for four of its rehabilitation programs from the Commission for the Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF).
Read MoreSouthside Asthma Doc Fights to Require Nebulizers at School Sporting Events
June 11, 2012
A quest to get legislation passed in New York State that will potentially save the lives of young athletes with asthma, a chronic inflammatory condition of the lung’s airways, and other pulmonary diseases.
Read MoreNorth Shore University Hospital’s Division of Infectious Diseases Provides New Specialty Pharmacy Services
June 8, 2012
Services geared for patients with HIV/AIDS and individuals requiring travel medicine.
Read MoreNorth Shore-LIJ Selected Among 16 Programs Nationwide to Participate in a Federal Demonstration Program to Provide Home-Based Primary Care to Seniors
June 7, 2012
Independence at Home Program aims to improve health outcomes and lower costs
Read MoreUS News Ranks Cohen Children’s Medical Center of NY Among America’s Best Children’s Hospitals for Sixth Consecutive Year
June 5, 2012
For the sixth consecutive year, the Steven and Alexandra Cohen Children’s Medical Center of New York (CCMC) has been ranked among the best children’s hospitals in the nation in US News & World Report's 2012-13 “America’s Best Children’s Hospitals” survey.
Read MoreNorth Shore-LIJ Receives CEO Cancer Gold Standard Accreditation
June 5, 2012
A national leader in focusing on workplace wellness
Read MoreGold Medal Gymnast Shannon Miller Inspires at North Shore-LIJ Cancer Survivors’ Day
June 4, 2012
Nearly 2,500 cancer survivors and family members attend annual “celebration of life”
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