Northwell: Blame Obamacare for CareConnect’s demise
By GREGORY ZELLER // A key component of the Northwell Health system’s core strategy to manage entire health populations is coming off the table. The health system announced late Thursday…
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Southside Hospital welcomes Island’s first Baby Café
Long Island has welcomed its first Baby Café. Presenting free educational resources for pregnant or breastfeeding women and a place for those women to share their experiences with other moms,…
Child’s play: Northwell nabs top doc to lead pediatrics
Long Island’s top children’s hospital has a new pediatrics chief. The Steven and Alexandra Cohen Children’s Medical Center has tapped Sophia Jan as its new chief of pediatrics, the New…
And then there was one: Mather to join Northwell
By GREGORY ZELLER // One of Long Island’s last independent hospitals is beaming aboard Northwell Health’s mothership. The Board of Directors of Port Jefferson’s John T. Mather Memorial Hospital has…
Israeli innovators extend Northwell’s global reach
By GREGORY ZELLER // The Northwell Health system is going international, again, with its latest collaborative effort. Following recent alliances with multiple domestic partners and several spanning the globe –…
Crikey! Northwell, Aussie counterparts come together
Some of Northwell Health’s best practices are heading down under. A unique exchange program between the New Hyde Park-based health system and Australia’s Epworth HealthCare system has brought a team of…
Knapp gift locks Feinstein bioelectronics on diabetes
By GREGORY ZELLER // A new research program will focus the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research’s considerable bioelectronic resources on a main antagonist of American health: diabetes. The research and…
Report: Northwell among nation’s top STEM firms
New York State’s largest private employer is doing everything it can to make sure it keeps that title. Northwell Health has been designated a 2017-18 STEM Jobs Approved Employer by…
Clever cardiologists crack confounding case
A Mineola grandmother is alive – and doing well – thanks to an innovative cardiac procedure devised by clever Northwell Health physicians. On April 18, Dolores Martins became the first…
All part of the plan: Savvy Hires goes to Washington
By GREGORY ZELLER // A big win in the regional round of the 2017 InnovateHER business plan competition has punched Savvy Hires’ virtual ticket to Washington – though mentally, founder…
Top Glassdoor honors for Northwell CEO Dowling
By GREGORY ZELLER // Northwell Health President and CEO Michael Dowling is Long Island’s best chief executive and one of the planet’s top healthcare execs. So says Glassdoor, the circa-2007…
New link improves health-data exchange for millions
By GREGORY ZELLER // In a move designed to fill the gaps between public and private healthcare data networks, Northwell Health has plugged into New York’s (and the nation’s) largest…
State: Northwell leads pack on heart procedures
By GREGORY ZELLER // In the unfortunate event that you require open-heart surgery, look north. That’s the word from the New York State Department of Health, which for the sixth…
For breast cancer survivors, 10 CCs of love
A breakthrough “tissue expander system” is offering new reconstruction options to breast cancer survivors. Calling it the “first significant innovation in breast reconstruction in over 40 years,” surgeons at Northwell…
No ‘military heroes’ left behind
A battalion of special guests – including a shining example of med-tech innovation – helped Northwell Health salute the Memorial Day holiday this week. Held Thursday at the system’s New…