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Local Hospitals Earn Top Marks In Patient Safety

North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset and Catholic Health’s St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center both earned a top “A” grade for patient safety, according to a report released by the Leapfrog Group for fall 2022. The national distinction recognizes a health system’s commitment to patient safety and achievements in promoting best outcomes. An “A’ is the highest rating awarded by Leapfrog. St. Francis also has earned the most ‘A’s in New York since the safety score’s debut in 2012.

The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit organization, assigns an “A,” “B,” “C,” “D,” and “F” grade to nearly 3,000 hospitals nationwide, which is based on 22 evidence-based patient safety performance measures. The organization issues a report each spring and fall annually. Hospitals are rated on how well they protect patients from preventable medical errors, accidents, injuries and infections.

“The current Leapfrog report shows that Northwell hospitals across the region are committed to providing the best quality care, the safest care and the best outcomes to our patients at both our community and tertiary care hospitals,” said Peter Silver, MD, senior vice president; associate chief medical officer and chief quality officer at Northwell Health. “The hard work and dedication to patient safety is demonstrated by all 80,000 of our employees, with direct or indirect patient contact, from the time a patient is admitted to a hospital to discharge. Our scores reflect the collective efforts of every staff person delivering the highest degree of care to our patients.”

“Now more than ever, patients need to know that a hospital will provide world-class medical care and do so in a safe environment,” said St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center President Charles L. Lucore, M.D. “The ‘A’ rating from Leapfrog is indicative of St. Francis’s continued laser-focus commitment to patient safety.” —With contributions from Northwell Health and Catholic Health

Feinstein Institutes Awarded $3.6M From New York State For Spinal Cord Injury Research

The spinal cord plays a vital role in the human body – it acts as the information highway sending signals to and from our brain, helping to control our movements and process sensations. When someone suffers a spinal cord injury (SCI) it can lead to paralysis, sometimes in all four limbs. To better understand what happens to the brain and body after a SCI and to develop new methods of treatment using bioelectronic medicine to regain movement and sensation, researchers at The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research have been awarded a five-year, $3.6 million grant from the New York State Department of Health to study spinal cord stimulation and novel brain implant technology.

The research study, led by Chad Bouton, vice president of advanced engineering and professor at the Institute of Bioelectronic Medicine at the Feinstein Institutes, along with co-principal investigators Ashesh Mehta, MD, PhD, from the Feinstein Institutes, and Susan Harkema, PhD, at the University of Louisville, will assess if cervical stimulation – alone and in combination with brain implants – could promote lasting movement.

“Losing movement in all four limbs makes tasks like getting out of bed,

Chad Bouton leads the Spinal Cord study at the Feinstein Institute

(Photo submitted by Northwell Health)

brushing your teeth and getting dressed impossible. There is a drastic deterioration in quality of life and currently there is no cure for permanent paralysis,” said Prof. Bouton, the study’s principal investigator. “With the state’s generous support, we have the potential to study new bioelectronic medicine solutions that could restore movement for those living with spinal cord injuries.”

Previous research from Prof. Bouton,

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Through activity-based and BCI-assisted training sessions, individuals with SCI will conduct tasks while receiving cervical stimulation. The goal is to observe the stimulation’s effect on the brain’s activity patterns and arm and hand movements to restore long-term control of the muscles.

“New York State support of this project comes at a critical time as advances in bioelectronic medicine continue to make progress towards enhancing mobility in patients with spinal cord injury,” said Kevin J. Tracey, MD, president and CEO of the Feinstein Institutes and Karches Family Distinguished Chair in Medical Research. “This also supports an important and productive collaboration between Feinstein Institutes’ Chad Bouton and his team with the University of Louisville team led by Susan Harkema, PhD.”

The Feinstein Institutes is the scientific home of bioelectronic medicine, the scientific field that combines molecular medicine, neuroscience and biomedical engineering to develop innovative therapies using computer chips and devices instead of drugs to treat various diseases and conditions through the stimulation of nerves, including paralysis. —Submitted by Northwell Health

MASCOT from page 3

The Seneca Nation Tribal Council responded to the 2001 directive with support for the Warrior imagery in the Salamanca school. Keeping the Warrior sports identity has resulted in conversations between the Seneca and non-Seneca populations and has raised general awareness of true Seneca culture. For example, the school logo was changed to accurately depict a Seneca man; this replaced a Plains Indian warrior image that had been used prior to 1978.

According to Native Land Digital’s Native Land app, the land which is now Manhasset was part of the traditional territory of the Matinecock Tribal Nation. As of the time of printing, the Matinecock Nation has not responded to requests for comment.

There are online petitions at People Not Mascots for most of the Long Island schools with Native themed mascots, including Manhasset, Massapequa, Sewanhaka, Syosset, Brentwood and East Islip.

While the district has phased out the “Redman” logo since 2020, it still features on merchandise for sale on the athletic booster club’s website.

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