By GREGORY ZELLER // The world’s smallest defibrillator lead is now in play at Northwell Health. Cardiologists at North Shore University Hospital’s Sandra Atlas Bass Heart Hospital have implanted the…
By GREGORY ZELLER // It’s been a hot summer for medical advancements across Long Island’s leading healthcare systems. Already this season, Northwell Health and Catholic Health have introduced multimillion-dollar next-generation…
End run: Welcome to Friday, intrepid innovators, as we wrap up another progressive week (and exciting month) in socioeconomic innovation. Before we get to our well-earned mid-Spring weekend, just…
By GREGORY ZELLER // From the Keeps on Ticking Department comes Northwell Health‘s progressive Heart Hospital, which has completed its milestone 100th heart transplant. Marking a plateau you’d probably prefer…
By GREGORY ZELLER // Well, that worked. Four years since it launched, and straight through the teeth of an economy-rocking pandemic, Northwell Health’s multilayered Outpacing the Impossible campaign – a…
Never doubted you for a moment: Another workweek in the books, another weekend on the horizon – once again, you’ve beaten the odds and shocked the world, dear readers…
Flush with excitement: Hello again, dear readers, and a joyous Thomas Crapper Day to you, as we wipe away the competition and reclaim the innovation throne. All over the…
It’s their world: We’re just living in it, dear readers, as we reach the end of this latest busy workweek and look ahead to another restful weekend. Today is…
By GREGORY ZELLER // Long Island hearts are in very good hands – literally, when necessary. Two of the region’s busiest healthcare systems, operating some of Long Island’s most active…
By GREGORY ZELLER // For Northwell Health cardiac patients, the packages don’t come much smaller, nor the benefits much bigger. Behold, the Micra AV – the world’s smallest atrioventricular synchrony-promoting…
By GREGORY ZELLER // Two Long Island hospitals – one in each county – are among three Northwell Health facilities to earn state approvals for next-level heart-procedure laboratories. Plainview Hospital,…
Scary good: Welcome to Friday, intrepid innovator, and the last leg of another busy workweek. It’s Sept. 13 out there – yes, Friday the 13th – and whether or…
By GREGORY ZELLER // Long Island’s first adult liver-transplant program has been green-stamped by state health officials. The Sandra Atlas Bass Center for Liver Diseases, housed inside North Shore University…
By GREGORY ZELLER // Good news for regional patients facing the unfortunate reality of cardiac surgery: Some of the best outcomes in New York State for certain types of open-heart…
The outpouring of affection and well-wishes that followed the passing of Innovate LI founder and Publisher John Kominicki is deeply appreciated. We loved him, too. We’ll remember the humor, the…