Northwell launches network management platform
By GREGORY ZELLER // Northwell Health is off to a fast start. Just days after it officially rebranded itself, the former North Shore-LIJ Health System announced that it’s forming a…
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North Shore partners with Miami health firm
A research agreement between the North Shore-LIJ Health System and a Florida-based healthcare company could help doctors better predict susceptibility to cancer, cardiac conditions and neurological disorders before a person…
Schein inks distribution deal for diabetes products
A new U.S. distribution agreement puts a Long Island healthcare-products stalwart in the thick of the fight against type 2 diabetes. Global medical-technology provider Medtronic has selected Henry Schein Medical,…
North Shore-LIJ inks ENT partnership
The North Shore-LIJ Health System has formed a “first on Long Island” clinical affiliation with ENT and Allergy Associates, an LLP treating over 70,000 monthly patients across New York and…
North Shore shows off new logo
North Shore-LIJ unveiled the logo it will use next year as it becomes Northwell Health, with a first look going to the system’s 61,000 employees. “With our new name comes…
Henry Schein posts leap in net profits
Melville-based Henry Schein reported an 11.3 percent jump in net profits for the third quarter on Wednesday. And that despite an $8.4 million pre-tax restructuring charge. Net profits were $127.7 million, or…
Schein acquires Italian dental firm
Another day, another acquisition of a company with annual revenues in the $40 million range. Just one day after announcing the acquisition of a majority share of Pennsylvania-based animal-health software…
Henry Schein launches prosthetics partnership
A partnership between a Melville-based medical supplies giant Henry Schein and a foundation focused on an emerging American Dental Association specialty will help usher computer-aided design into dental schools. Schein…
Applause for Steven Patrikis’ 3-D Tetra-Hand
By GREGORY ZELLER // NYIT junior Steven Patrikis, on course for a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering next fall, already knows what he wants to do professionally, even if he’s…
Chembio lands $2.1M grant from Microsoft’s Allen
Medford-based Chembio Diagnostics has been awarded a $2.1 million grant from Microsoft co-founder Paul G. Allen to develop a speedier test for fevers, including Ebola and malaria. The one-year grant, from…
The Debrief: Michael Dowling, CEO of what might have been Laudica Health
In healthcare administration, Michael Dowling has done it all. A 20-year veteran of the former North Shore-LIJ Health System, now Northwell Health, he’s been New York’s health and human services…
North Shore-LIJ to rebrand as Northwell Health
The North Shore-LIJ Health System made it official Monday, announcing a major rebranding effort that starts with a new name for New York State’s largest employer. As first reported by…
Brookhaven completes first phase of cardiac unit
Phase 1 of Brookhaven Memorial Hospital’s $60 million, 60,000-square-foot cardiac-unit expansion is complete, and a gathering of politicos, patrons and patients joined hospital officials this week to mark the milestone….
Cold Spring, SUNY Old Westbury land prostate cancer funding
Two awards for Long Island-based research organizations are part of a new prostate cancer research funding initiative announced by Gov. Andrew Cuomo. All told, 20 research institutions will share a…
A giant step on the road to precision medicine
By GREGORY ZELLER // This is your brain. This is your brain on antipsychotic medications. Any questions? Investigators at the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, the R&D wing of the…