Shaping the Future of Health Care on Long Island
The parable of the Good Samaritan, the ultimate story of a neighbor helping another, has been the foundation of Good Samaritan University Hospital. It speaks to the mission of caring for and partnering with the neighbors of West Islip, as well as the rest of the South Shore.
To be a reliable neighbor, Good Samaritan University Hospital must continue to provide the highest level of health care and offer the communities on the South Shore new award-winning programs. This hospital must realign to become an increasing resilient facility when faced with powerful storms, natural disasters and other hazardous events. Sweeping changes in health care over the past ten years have prompted Good Samaritan University
Hospital to plan more than ten years forward to develop medical programs that can serve the needs of our community well into the future. As the hub for Catholic Health in Suffolk County, breakthrough technology and a state-of-theart facility provides the tools to continue to attract physicians, nurses and other health care professionals to live and work here on Long Island.
Emergency Department Enhancements
The Good Samaritan University Hospital Emergency Department is often the first point of contact for both adults and children throughout Suffolk County in need of health care, seeing nearly 90,000 patients a year. With an unmatched level of services, including the first Verified Level 1 Adult Trauma Center and only Pediatric Trauma Center on the South Shore of Long Island, it is not surprising that this volume represents the second highest amount of emergency department visits in Suffolk County. With such a high demand for emergency services, supported by Good Samaritan, the community and the health care professionals that serve them, deserve the best medical experience possible.
Patient Care Pavilion
To better shape the future of health care, Good Samaritan University Hospital is developing a Patient Care Pavilion, providing health care solutions for the growing population on the South Shore. This option was based off of data from a number of different sources, including a needs assessment that also identified many challenges related to the current campus facility, a long term and capacity analysis report from Kaufman Hall (a third party consultant specializing in health care) conceptualizing how a future health care facility should be structured, overall facility priorities, community needs and the current costs for construction.
A need existed to enhance Good Samaritan’s Emergency Department, creating a completely separate experience for pediatric patients and their families, and eventually, providing a larger state-of-the-art facility. A redesign of the Emergency Department will allow for better patient flow and a more distinct separation between the pediatric and adult waiting and treatment areas. Emergency treatment bays will be developed to alleviate overcrowding and provide a safe and secure environment for patients and their families. The enhanced Emergency Department represents the first floor of the new Patient Care Pavilion.
The Patient Care Pavilion will be a new six-story addition with construction opening in the Fall 2025:
• An enhanced emergency department, with 75 private and comfortable treatment bays, allowing Good Samaritan to care for the nearly 90,000 visits by local community residents every year—consistently the second highest in Suffolk County.
• A larger surgical suite, which will include 16 replacement operating rooms, with private pre- and post-surgery rooms, and sterile processing and support—required due to the continued move toward more minimally invasive and outpatient surgical procedures.
• A private medical surgical unit featuring 36 single patient rooms with private bath, shower, family video conferencing capabilities and ample space for a companion, with expansion plans for a total of 108.
Many initial steps have been taken to assist in the development of the Patient Care Pavilion, including:
• Parking and traffic studies.
• Length of stay reductions and the development of a central command center to assist with patient flow.
• Conversations with the Town of Islip on overall needs of the community.
• Conversations with local resident organizations throughout West Islip for feedback on the facility and current and future needs.
To continue to provide the highest level of health care, Good Samaritan University Hospital has already deployed a number of new services to the residents of Suffolk County:
Gary H. Richards and Family Stroke & Brain Aneurysm Center of Long Island
As the first Comprehensive Stroke Center on the South Shore of Long Island, the Stroke & Brain Aneurysm Center of Long Island treats complex stroke cases by combining the most advanced imaging capabilities in the area, a 512 speed low-dose CT scanner, a biplane angiography system and the experience and skill of the Center’s specialized neurointerventionalists, neuro-intensivists and intensive care trained nurses and support staff.
Beyond recognition as a Comprehensive Stroke Center, Good Samaritan has also earned the American Heart/Stroke Association Stroke Gold Plus Quality Award with Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite, showing the hospital's continued commitment to stroke care.
St. Francis Heart Valve Center at Good Samaritan University Hospital
Verified Level I Adult Trauma Center and Level II Pediatric Trauma Center
In conjunction with St. Francis Hospital, the Heart Valve Center at Good Samaritan University Hospital provides Transcatheter Aortic Valve replacement (TAVR), a form of minimally invasive heart valve replacement. The St. Francis TAVR program, #1 in volume on Long Island, adds to the continuum of care for the Theresa Patnode-Santmann Division of Cardiovascular Services at Good Samaritan University Hospital. Because of the smaller incision and quicker recovery period associated with minimally invasive surgery, it is expected that this procedure may become the standard of care for heart valve replacements.
Good Samaritan University Hospital is one of only two hospitals in Suffolk County with ACS trauma verification to treat both adults and children, and the only one on the South Shore of Long Island. This is an important life-saving resource for children in the area.
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The addition of these services, combined with the Emergency Department enhancements and Patient Care Pavilion, will create a better, safer and more patient friendly Good Samaritan University Hospital for years to come.
Patient
300,000 square feet
108 Total of private medical surgical rooms when fully complete with private bath, shower, family video conferencing capabilities and ample space for a companion
458
Total hospital bed count remains the same
75 Private, comfortable treatment bays, each sized to 150 square feet
16 Replacement operating rooms with private pre- and post-surgery rooms
