Creating Healthy Communities Together

Creating Healthy Communities Together

Community Benefit Update Dear friends,

Health care for the 21st century requires us as leaders to expand the conventional health Donated care delivery model and partner with our communities to improve healthcare outcomes $1.4 billion — going beyond treatment of disease, and in community benefit focusing on its prevention. As the largest health care provider in New York State, Northwell is contributions a leader with the ability to deliver some of the most exceptional care in the world. And we are committed to providing the highest quality clinical care and building a culture of health and Offered more than wellness that affords all individuals an equal opportunity to live the healthiest life they can, regardless of racial, ethnic, geographic, 13,000 community socioeconomic or physical circumstances. health programs In 2018, Northwell hospitals invested more than $1.4 billion in programs, activities and resources — including free screenings, serving 5 million people immunizations, lectures, workshops and free or low-cost services — designed to promote the health and well-being of our neighbors. However, those of us in health care can no longer respond to health issues in our communities with traditional clinical solutions alone — clinical care is only one component that influences health. Ram Raju, MD, Senior Vice President and Community Health Investment Provided more than Officer; Jennifer Mieres, MD, Senior Vice President of Northwell Health’s Center for Equity of Care and Chief Diversity Officer; and Kristofer Smith, MD, Senior Vice 31,000 free President of the health system’s Office of Population Health Management, have health screenings and committed to investing in health-related social needs to improve health outcomes in our communities for the long term. Our Center for Diversity, Inclusion and immunizations to Health Equity continues to focus on educating and developing our employees in community members effective communication and cultural knowledge as part of an effort to deliver culturally sensitive care to patients as well as build strong community relationships. And, as this year has realized an unprecedented number of deaths and injuries from gun violence, Northwell has taken the lead in increasing awareness of gun violence as a public health issue. The Gun Violence Prevention Forum brought Trained together physicians, researchers, policy experts, health care executives, NYPD counterterrorism and victims’ advocates to share their thoughts on how leaders in 32,000 health care can address this national public health crisis. health professionals Hospitals have long served as anchors within their respective communities, bringing health, healing and hope to the people living in them. On the following pages you will see many examples of how Northwell is addressing the issues, eliminating the gaps and giving the vulnerable in our communities an equal chance to live a healthy life.

For more information about Michael J. Dowling our community health President and CEO programs and services, Northwell Health visit northwell.edu Welcome

Hospitals are often referred to as “anchor with our diverse communities to improve institutions” within their communities, not health care outcomes. Internally, Northwell’s only in delivering health care and promoting Center for Equity of Care established prevention, but also playing a role in the network-wide policies to incorporate community’s social and economic vitality. health literacy, language access and Ram Raju, MD Senior Vice President and For non-profit hospitals like Northwell, cultural competency as integral parts of Community Health there is a requirement to improve the health patient-centered care. Staff throughout our Investment Officer of the communities they serve. We are hospitals receive ongoing education that held accountable for our medical, social, fosters cultural humility, critical thinking environmental and fiscal impact. This and self-awareness in order to maintain requirement is known as Community Benefit. a fair, high-performing and inclusive Demonstrating proof of the programs and work environment. services we provide to keep our communities The hospitals within our regions continually healthy is not only how we maintain our develop strong partnerships with not-for-profit status, it is also how we fulfill community leaders and organizations and the mission of the health system to care for make every effort to respond to the unique the entire community, regardless of ability to needs of the communities they serve. We Joseph Schulman pay. Charity care, which is providing health listen closely to our partners, focusing not Senior Vice President, care for those who are unable to pay, is just a only on traditional forms of health care Population Health part of how we give back to the community. delivery, but also on the social issues that Northwell offers a vast array of Community affect our capacity to promote health equity Benefit programs and activities that promote — the conditions in which people are born, wellness and prevention of illness and chronic grow, live, work and age. conditions. However, we are acutely aware that there are striking differences in health Northwell is dedicated to providing outcomes in communities with poor social exceptional care and making a difference determinants of health, including unstable in the lives of people. We are a part of the housing, low income, unsafe neighborhoods greater good. Community Benefit is not simply a requirement at Northwell — it is or substandard education. We, as a health Eddie Fraser our calling. system, are deeply committed to partnering Vice President, Corporate Community Relations

CHARITY CARE AND COMMUNITY ACTUAL $ BENEFIT CATEGORIES MM Community Benefit Contributions* Charity Care $240.40

Unreimbursed Medicaid $466.67

Community Health Improvement $33.22 Services and CB Operations Health Professions Education $326.01

Subsidized Health Services $237.30

Research $106.92

Cash and In-Kind Contributions $3.97 Northwell Health contributes $1.4 billion in Charity Care and Community Benefit (12.32% of operating expenses) Community Building $3.13 by participating in more than 13,000 community health programs and training 32,000 health professionals. TOTAL 2018 COMMUNITY BENEFIT $1.4 billion

*Includes The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research. Northwell Health 3 Introduction Northwell Health is a not-for-profit, multi-hospital, multispecialty health system with a proud history of raising the standard of health care for the more than 11 million people living in our communities.

Northwell fulfills its vital mission to the within our communities, address the At Northwell Health, we are deeply community through Community Benefit challenges presented, and remove the committed to working in partnership activities, evidence of our ongoing barriers to equitable and sustainable with community members in order to investment in programs and services health care. We are proud to be one of four build a health foundation that is more that will meet the needs and improve health care organizations nationwide to be equitable, more comprehensive and more the health status of our communities. named honorees of the American Hospital effective — one that works to address Northwell is a member of the national Association’s Carolyn Boone Lewis Equity of the unfilled needs of our communities. Democracy Collaborative, which leverages Care Award for our efforts to reduce health Ram Raju, MD, Senior Vice President and our economic footprint to address drivers care inequities and advance diversity, Community Health Investment Officer; of local communities’ social determinants inclusion and respect in our workplace. Jennifer Mieres, MD, Senior Vice President of Northwell’s Center for Equity of Care of health through business/non-clinical Health care efforts account for only 10 and Chief Diversity Officer; Kristopher practices. The goal is to promote social to 20 percent of a community’s health Smith, MD, Senior Vice President of SVP, equity by increasing local hiring, buying and outcomes. Northwell is constantly seeking Population Health Clinical Transformation; investing at Northwell Health institutions. new and more effective ways of enhancing and Zenobia Brown, Vice President and As the largest private employer in New the community outreach and Community Medical Director of Northwell Health York State, our workforce consists of more Benefit activities that fall outside the scope Solutions, embrace the health equity than 70,000 people who serve a wide of traditional medical care. We recognize mission of Northwell and recognize that and culturally diverse geographic area. that addressing the non-clinical barriers we must adhere to the following principle: We use deliberate and strategic efforts to to health must be inextricably linked with “There’s no quality without equity.” continually train our work force to keep delivering state-of-the art medical services. pace with the changing demographics

“…outcomes are determined approximately 20% by clinical care and 80% by non-clinical factors, such as socioeconomic and environmental issues.” - Ram Raju, MD, Senior Vice President and Community Health Investment Officer

4 Northwell Health Promote Healthy Promote a Women, Infants Healthy and and Children Safe Environment

Prevention Agenda Prevent Prevent Chronic 2019-2024 Communicable Diseases Diseases

Promote Well-Being and Prevent Mental and Substance Use Disorders

Source: Adapted from National Prevention Council, National Prevention Strategy, Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Surgeon General, 2011

New York State Prevention Agenda In New York State, Commissioner of Health Richard F. Daines, MD, Northwell follows the five priority launched the Prevention Agenda toward the Healthiest State, the areas outlined: blueprint to improve the health of New Yorkers and reduce health disparities for racial, ethnic, disability, socioeconomic and other – Prevent Chronic Diseases groups who experience them. This agenda calls on local health – Promote a Healthy and Safe Environment departments, health care providers, and community stakeholders to work together locally to address the priorities outlined in the – Promote Healthy Women, Infants and Prevention Agenda and to reduce health disparities for racial, Children ethnic, disability, and low socioeconomic groups, as well as other populations who experience them. – Promote Mental Health and Prevent Northwell Health completed a comprehensive Community Substance Abuse Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) 2016-2019, as required by – Prevent HIV, Sexually Transmitted the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), engaging stakeholders in a collaborative approach to identifying the needs Diseases, Vaccine-Preventable Diseases of the communities we all serve. This affords us the opportunity to and Healthcare-Associated Infections develop sustainable and inclusive interventions to build a culture and community of health.

Northwell Health 5 community connections to food insecure patients with nutrition-related diagnoses. Across the health system Northwell and LI Greenmarket support community youth to run farmers markets in high-need communities and increase SNAP Prevent Chronic Diseases delivery services, housing and utility participation. Nutrition education, cooking financial assistance. According to the American Cancer Society, demos and local farmer connections are 4,830 new cases of cancer are diagnosed Health is achieved not only by treating available at the markets as well. in the U.S. each day, and 1,660 people die illness, but also by creating social and Families often need advice about navigating of the disease. As early detection greatly physical environments that promote the complex maze of services for frail and increases the chances for successful good health for all – in our homes, chronically ill older adults. Families are treatment, Northwell partners with the schools, workplaces, neighborhoods and referred to Northwell Health at Home’s NY State Cancer Services Program to communities. Northwell has launched Senior Navigator for free information and provide breast, cervical and colorectal a pilot community program utilizing referrals to community agencies, advice cancer screenings as well as diagnostic NowPow, a referral management platform about hiring personal care aides, and services at no charge to uninsured and that assists with legal services, housing finding caregiver support. A professional underinsured men and women. Additional support, HIV/AIDS support and diabetes staff of social workers and long-term care programs such as Cancer Survivors’ Day, management. This program effectively experts answer more than 600 calls a year Pediatric Cancer Survivors’ Day, Survivors closes referral gaps by connecting from community members in need of Facing Forward, the Cancer Community Northwell patients to high quality direction and advice. Connection program, educational programs community resources, tracking the status Faith-based organizations, such as churches, and an array of cancer support groups and determining if the patients accessed are trusted entities among community provide meaningful support, resources the referral organizations. With support members in many underserved areas and and information to those dealing with the from the JPMorgan Foundation, “From can be a powerful tool for change. The Katz challenges of a cancer diagnosis. Northwell the Community, For the Community,” is a Institute for Women’s Health’s (KIWH) faith- partners with Teaneck, NJ-based Sharsheret healthcare workforce development program based initiative, “Bridging Communities of to provide mental health services and that recruits and trains underemployed Faith and Health,” partners with faith- genetic counseling, and beauty kits to or unemployed individuals and connects based entities to build relationships and address the side effects of cancer treatment them with entry-level healthcare and empower people to make positive changes as well as programming to women and social service positions that provide a to their health. Through this program, families of Jewish backgrounds facing pathway towards long-term economic member clergy have opportunities to breast or ovarian cancer. In its fourth year, dignity and security. Northwell partners expand their portfolios through trainings the Northwell Health Cancer Institute’s with Island Harvest, Long Island Cares, Inc., in Unconscious Bias, Opioid Overdose Pink Aid Breast Cancer Hardship Fund offers The Harry Chapin Food Bank, God’s Love We Reversal and CPR/AED. In partnership with women support for nonmedical needs such Deliver, US Foods and Baldor in the Food as the Bernard David Grant, 3 AEDs have as transportation, post-surgical recovery Health program, which provides nutrition been donated to churches in Queens and garments, wigs, prostheses, groceries, counseling, delivery of healthy food, and Nassau County and church members have been trained in CPR and first aid. Northwell continues to utilize progressive technologies to provide advanced care. The House Calls Program provides home-based advanced illness management for homebound patients. Telemonitoring services for homecare patients deliver vital sign and symptom data to clinicians in real time, Clergy self-care is addressed at Roundtable, helping to lessen burnout and depression among the communities’ spiritual leaders.

6 Northwell Health enabling more timely and convenient care. The Telestroke Program allows neurologists to remotely evaluate stroke victims and assist emergency medicine teams; our Electronic Intensive Care units (eICU) connect psychiatric emergencies in the ICU and emergency department with board- certified psychiatrists 24/7. Northwell Health now uses a remote, video-enabled interpreting service to its ambulances, allowing first responders to better communicate in real time with patients who don’t speak English and those who are hearing-impaired. The LanguageLine App allows first responders and patients to select a language and see an interpreter on the iPad in less than 30 seconds. In this time of information overabundance, when much of what is available is inaccurate, unhelpful or difficult to understand, Northwell endeavors Rising to the New Standard of Promoting Equitable and Inclusive Care for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, to provide clear, correct and reliable Transgender & Queer Patients and Their Families. Twenty-five Northwell facilities have been information. The Well is a fact-based designated a Leader in LGBTQ Healthcare Equality by the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) health and wellness website that provides Foundation’s 2019 Healthcare Equality Index (HEI). consumers with content that empowers them on their health care journey. Decidir, a community-based organization train community members in free Hands- Northwell is committed to raising the dedicated to improving the education Only CPR, which can double or even triple a standard of care for the LGBTQIA+ and treatment of asthma patients in the victim’s chance of survival. community through medical education and Hispanic community. African Americans new knowledge about best approaches live shorter lives due to heart disease and Promote a Healthy and Safe to transgender patients: through proper stroke. The KIWH offers Heart Smart, a Environment pronoun identification in health records; the six-week program designed to empower To increase awareness of gun violence as Gerald J. Friedman Transgender Health and participants to take simple steps that have a public health issue that is threatening Wellness Program at Lenox Hill Hospital, a big impact on reducing the risk of heart the health and wellness of Americans one of few programs for transgender care disease. Northwell Health and students and to mobilize the health care industry in Manhattan; STARS physical therapy’s from the Zucker School of Medicine offer to find ways of stopping the bloodshed, pelvic floor/pain rehab services for the free clinics in Rego Park and Far Rockaway, Michael Dowling, CEO of Northwell, transgender community; the Northwell providing primary care for uninsured adults, assembled the nation’s leading health care Health Center for Transgender Care; and regardless of immigration status. Programs executives to address this national public Zucker Hillside’s employment and career and activities aimed at self-empowerment health crisis. The Gun Violence Prevention development services. Northwell is a involve taking control of your own life, and Forum also convened the NYPD’s head platinum sponsor of Heritage of Pride, making positive decisions. Northwell offers of counterterrorism as well as victims’ Inc., providing key partnership support chronic illness management/prevention advocates and offered presentations for NYC Pride events that celebrate our programs including Chronic Disease Self- ranging from the impact of gun violence, diverse community. Management, Tomando Control De Su collaboration among first responders and Salud, the National Diabetes Prevention Many population groups have culture, inspiring words from impacted high school Program and Create Your Weight. As falls religion, ethnicity and genetics that affect are the leading cause of injury and death their health in different ways. To address in older Americans, Northwell offers this issue, gastroenterologists at Lenox Stepping On, Matter of Balance and Tai Hill and the Zucker School of Medicine Chi for Arthritis programs, empowering at Hofstra/Northwell presented Colon independent older adults to improve their Cancer Screening: An Indian Perspective balance and self-manage their risk of falling. specifically focused on the health In addition, empowerment can extend and wellness of the Indian American beyond one’s self, giving people the tools to community. Staff members at the Feinstein help others in critical situations. The KIWH Institutes collaborate with El Poder de and hospitals throughout the health system

Northwell Health 7 home visitation program connecting new mothers with community resources. School nurses have a fundamental role in the lives of the children in their schools, not only providing services for health problems, but also promoting wellness. Northwell’s new School Nurse Professional Development program updates nurses on the latest evidence-based approaches to a variety of topics. The Hofstra Northwell School of Graduate Nursing and Physician Assistant Studies graduated its first class of 19 certified Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners (SANE), who are trained to “It is not about me, and it is not even about all of you. provide high quality, sensitive care to But it is about all those combined and together what survivors of sexual assault. Currently, SANE centers are housed in private areas of we accomplish. How lives are transformed. How Emergency Departments at North Shore, Staten Island and Peconic Bay hospitals. families are taken care of. And what you will do for Because young athletes are still growing, others in the ideals of equality, truth, generosity and they are at a greater risk for injuries that can impair growth and may lead to long- compassion. And, ultimately, in reverence for life.” term health problems. Northwell Health — Dr. Abraham George, Indian-American businessman, academic, and Sports Medicine physicians, physical philanthropist, founder of Shanti Bhavan therapists and athletic trainers are hosting free, hands-on workshops for coaches, school nurses, athletic directors and students. Northwell pledged $1 million to Promote Healthy Women, sports medicine professionals to showcase this movement and challenged other health current treatment and provide athletes executives to do the same. Infants and Children with the best possible clinical outcomes. Northwell is the proud home of the Katz Northwell Health Sports Medicine Program Nine Northwell facilities are participating Institute for Women’s Health (KIWH), a Athletic Trainers also provide educational in New York’s ReCharge NY Program, which unique and integrated approach to the lectures at high schools on current topics supplies low-cost, clean hydroelectric special health care needs of women. in sports nutrition, injury prevention & energy in exchange for pledges to make To meet those needs, KIWH extends rehabilitation and general wellness. They capital improvements, reduce our carbon throughout the many hospitals in also partner with STARS physical therapists footprint and retain 6,800 jobs. Northwell Northwell, providing a complete network to provide pre- and post-race stretching for Health is proud to be recognized as a Clean focused on the continuum of care over a all athletes at numerous charity events. Air NY Champion for helping to improve woman’s lifespan and connecting women the environment, reduce traffic and create Northwell’s commitment to community to vast resources and locations for state-of- parking capacity through our partnerships health extends into the global community. the-art, multispecialty care. with 511NY Rideshare and the Guaranteed A team of 11 Northwell staff joined a Ride Program. The GreenBERG (Business Women’s health clinics play an important medical mission to the Shanti Bhavan Employee Resource Group) was created to role in ensuring access to family planning Residential School in India, a school that improve Northwell’s environmental impact. and preventive health services. Northwell’s lifts students from crushing poverty and Members participate in the Car Free Day Family Planning Program provides a full caste-system discrimination. The team Long Island campaign, garnering more than scope of reproductive health services to was sent to assess the health care needs of 630 pledges to become the initiative’s grand underserved women; the Prenatal Program people living in local villages and provide champion. They also participate in a drive provides comprehensive perinatal services medical and behavioral health screenings for Long Island Cares, salvaging more than to uninsured and undocumented women. for students and community residents. 400 pounds of excess food for donation The WIC Program provides nutrition and For children born with facial differences, and initiating food drives throughout the health services for pregnant women the Hagedorn Cleft Palate and Craniofacial year. Lenox Hill Hospital, Lenox Health and children, including referrals to food Center offers comprehensive diagnostic, Greenwich Village, Southside Hospital and assistance programs and dental care. At-risk medical, and surgical and emotional care to Peconic Bay Medical Center participate in infants receive optimal nutrition through children with clefts or other malformations. National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day, our hospital-run donor breast milk bank The Center provides infants and their collecting more than 300 pounds of drugs. programs. Northwell Health Visits is a families with immediate medical and

8 Northwell Health Northwell is committed to giving back to the brave men and women who have defended our nation. – Northwell leads the veterans coordination center for the AmericaServes Network – Barracks to Business provides resume writing tips, interviewing techniques, networking opportunities and more to help veterans find a rewarding career in the civilian workforce. – VALOR Navigator Program pairs veterans with new hires to help transition into civilian employment – The Mildred and Frank Feinberg Division of the Unified Behavioral Healthcare Center and the Rosen Family Wellness Center are dedicated to improving the well-being of our military service members and their families – Women’s Health Program partners with the Northport VA Medical Center to provide veterans with specialized women’s health care – Veteran Hiring Initiatives helps more than 400 veterans every year – Pay Differential Program makes up the difference in pay for employees currently serving on active duty and in the reserves. – Northwell Health manages a comprehensive online resource site to help with housing, legal assistance, benefits counseling, education, health care and behavioral health, employment and job training for the New York City Department of Veterans’ Services as VetConnectNYC (VCNYC) – In collaboration with the Feinstein Institutes, Northwell built an amphibious prosthetic that allows amputees to move in land and water without changing prosthetics. – Northwell spearheaded the construction of two Smart Homes in NYC and Long Island, presented to two severely injured Iraq veterans. – Side by Side: A Celebration of Service is the first-of-its-kind two-part event honoring veterans, active duty military and their families. emotional care. Clinic services, cleft palate treatment plans. Northwell Health’s Center the unique needs of adolescents, adults, bottles, support groups for children, teens for Addiction Services and Personalized family groups, and older adults living and parents, lectures and conferences are Interventions Research helps people with substance misuse. Cohen Children’s provided free of charge to all patients. reduce or stop drinking. The Methadone Medical Center uses an age-appropriate Maintenance Treatment Program provides version of the SBIRT program to screen Northwell’s Katz Institute for Women’s voluntary, long-term pharmacological young patients. Northwell’s Pathways to Health leads the NY State Safe Kids treatment and interdisciplinary ancillary Recovery program provides a set of critical Coalition, bringing together health and and support services to those struggling interventions that put patients on the road safety experts to educate and protect with opioid addiction. Offered through to recovery from opioid use disorder rather families from injury. Pediatric safety/ Northwell’s Project Outreach, the than the standard stabilize and discharge. injury prevention programs are offered Significant Other Group is a weekly support The Opioid Epidemic Innovation Challenge, to thousands of primary grade students group for family members whose lives have funded by New York State and Northwell and their families within Nassau and been impacted by substance use. The Flight Health in partnership with Columbia Queens counties. Attendant Addiction Recovery Program is University, convened government officials, Promote Well-Being and designed to address the unique substance substance use treatment providers, health abuse needs of the in-flight community. The care professionals and the private sector to Prevent Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorder Outpatient Clinic at exchange lessons learned and information Substance Use Disorders South Oaks Hospital provides individualized about their respective initiatives. Since and evidence-based treatment to clients of then, 12 teams have been co-creating Substance abuse can have a wide range every socioeconomic, cultural and ethnic solutions with the potential to save lives of effects, not only on the individual, but background. Project CONNECT expands and curb the local and national opioid on their family, friends, communities and Northwell Health’s robust Screening, Brief epidemic. Northwell’s Naxolone Saturation society at large. Northwell is commited to Intervention and Referral to Treatment Campaign provides Narcan kits and training increasing prevention efforts and improving (SBIRT) protocols to individuals who have to patients who present with opioid access to treatment. Drug Abuse Evaluation overdosed and are treated in emergency overdoses at emergency departments. Health Referral Service is a comprehensive departments. The Garden City Treatment outpatient treatment program where staff More than 16 million Americans are living Center offers specialized services that meet work with patients to create personalized with a disease caused by smoking. For 20

Northwell Health 9 years, nurses and nurse practitioners at the perform rapid HIV testing onsite and teach a career in the medical field. Northwell Center for Tobacco Control (CTC) have been sexual health risk reduction. CYAAPH’s participated in its fifth annual SPARK! offering group and individual cessation outreach team expands these services in Challenge for local high school students programs as well as ongoing support groups nontraditional settings such as Starbucks, to learn about careers requiring science, and telehealth services for those who are libraries, and campus/community centers. technology, engineering and math (STEM) unable to attend in person. The Vaping Starbucks gift cards are offered to those skills. The program, created by Northwell’s Educational assists in educating the public who complete the risk assessment/ Workforce Readiness team, hosts and on this health crisis, highlighting marketing reduction education and link into HIV mentors students for a day to encourage tactics geared to the younger population testing or PrEP services. them to consider careers in health care. and offering perspectives on smoking The Feinstein Institutes for Medical and vaping. Reducing Disparities in Research hosts the Medical Marvels the Workplace Program, which also encourages students Prevent Communicable to pursue STEM careers. Northwell is committed to providing Diseases educational opportunities for students Northwell partners with The Maurice A. Research shows that 130,000 people in from underserved communities and Deane School of Law at Hofstra University New York State live with HIV. Together inspiring them to pursue medical or health to provide free legal services for patients with the Ryan White Foundation, related careers. The Medical Scholars facing issues of community health Northwell continues to bridge the gaps Pipeline Program marks a decade of disparities such as unsanitary housing in HIV diagnosis and treatment in the providing pathways into medical school conditions, denial of health benefits, uninsured/underinsured. The Center for for underrepresented high school students domestic violence, access to healthy food AIDS Research and Treatment (CART) is from Long Island and New York City, and water, lack of consistent or affordable the largest provider of comprehensive HIV ensuring that future physicians reflect child care and other social barriers to health. care in the Long Island region. Clinicians the growing diversity of our communities. Northwell’s Department of Physical at CART collaborate with CVS Health to The Donald and Barbara Zucker School Medicine and Rehabilitation and the educate and provide free, onsite HIV testing of Medicine Pipeline Program (ZPP) for Zucker School of Medicine implemented a via Northwell’s mobile van. Northwell college students focuses on taking college specialized curriculum in treating people donated 500 HIV in-home test kits. students all the way to medical school and with disabilities. The Positive Outreach With Integrated the fulfillment of a dream to become a Resources (P.O.W.I.R.) program connects doctor or health professional. The Physician LiveOnNY and Northwell collaborate to children and adults, from infancy to age Career Enhancement Preparation Program promote organ, eye, and tissue donation 24, infected with or at risk of HIV, with the provides minority students an opportunity as well as educate the public and health resources for physical and psychosocial to work in a hospital. Center for Emergency care professionals about donation support services. Preventive strategies, Medical Services (CEMS) is in its 8th year and transplantation. including Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) of running the Explorers Program, now The Community Outreach Health Education and Post-Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) are expanded into Manhattan. CEMS staff meet Council (COHEC) seeks to increase access, also employed, using anti-HIV medications weekly to educate and mentor students in awareness and education to meet the to reduce an individual’s risk of becoming first aid and emergency medical training, health care needs of vulnerable populations infected. After FDA approval of Truvada ambulance drills and operations, in addition through collaborative work with to block HIV transmission, Northwell to social activities. The three-year, summer community organizations. Started in the launched an initiative to educate health intensive, academic enrichment program Eastern Region, COHEC has expanded into professionals about the drug, its benefits, provides medically underrepresented, our Western Region with plans to extend how to make patients comfortable sharing economically disadvantaged, high into the Central Region in 2020. their sexual histories as well as financial- achieving college students with an Support groups offer people with similar assistance options for the drug. The Center interest in medicine an opportunity for medical conditions and life challenges an for Young Adult, Adolescent and Pediatric direct enrollment to the Zucker School of opportunity for discussion, a sharing of HIV (CYAAPH) started a partnership with Medicine. Medical Career Days are held experience and knowledge, and a place to Charles Evans Center in Nassau County throughout the health system at local ask questions. Northwell offers a multitude to help them identify candidates for PrEP, high schools to inspire students to pursue of free, ongoing support groups for people of all ages with various health conditions throughout the health system offered in “To have SBIRT coaches observe the medical school multiple languages. students in training and provide feedback is something no other health system is doing.” — Sandeep Kapoor, MD, AVP, Addiction Services

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Latinos are more likely than the general Phelps hosts an annual free skin cancer population to develop diabetes and more screening via the Northwell Health Mobile likely to live with undiagnosed diabetes. Medical Unit for those who do not have Lenox Hill Hospital, in coalition with the access to or cannot afford health care. American Diabetes Association, American It is estimated that more than 65,000 Heart Association, Azteca America, people will develop new cases of head and Comunilife, CS 55, Fantástico, Goya Foods, neck cancers annually. The New York Head Hispanic Federation, Humana, Latinarrific, and Neck Institute at Lenox Hill Hospital Maimonides Medical Center, Mario answers the call with free head and neck Bosquez (author of The Chalupa Rules), the cancer screenings for the community. Lenox Bronx, Brooklyn and Manhattan borough Hill Hospital partners with the Manhattan presidents, Regional Aid for Interim Needs, Chamber of Commerce to provide health Inc. (R.A.I.N.), Telemundo47, Univision, education information, free screenings, Union Community Health Center, and counseling and free bike helmets with Wyckoff Heights Medical Center offers custom fittings to the community at the 3rd Northwell Health’s ¡Vida SI, Diabetes NO! (Life YES, Diabetes Avenue Community Benefit Festival. Lenox Western Region NO!), a testing and education initiative Hill Hospital hosted a Women’s Cancer is comprised of designed to reduce the prevalence of Prevention Luncheon, and participates Lenox Hill Hospital, diabetes in Latino communities. Manhattan annually in senior health fairs in the Manhattan Eye, Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital (MEETH) offers community hosted by local politicians. Ear and Throat Kevin Beiner an Accessibility Resources for People with Hospital, Lenox Visual Impairments Series that provides More than a million people in the US have Senior Vice President Health Greenwich information and resources to empower an abdominal aortic aneurysm and don’t and Regional Executive Village, Phelps people with visual impairments, including know it. Lenox Hill Hospital collaborates Director, Western Hospital, Northern Region large text and high-contrast displays, with AAAneursym Outreach to provide a Westchester free abdominal aortic aneurysm screening Hospital and Staten magnifiers and zoom, text to speech, to community members, providing life- Island University Hospital. The Western dictation, apps, smart speakers and saving treatment information and options. Region serves a diverse population, Intelligent Assistants. with many residents underserved or For nearly 30 years, Staten Island University Food insecurity is a leading health issue under resourced. Through community Hospital has partnered with the Staten in the US, and one in five residents in collaborations, the region focuses on Island Economic Development Corporation Westchester County is food insecure. the needs of all its residents and tailors (SIEDC) to provide an annual Health and Northern Westchester Hospital launched programs and services to provide a food rescue operation to benefit accessible, state-of-the-art health Wellness Expo to underserved residents the Community Center of Northern care to Manhattan, Staten Island and of Staten Island. Free health screenings Westchester, an organization that provides Westchester County. are available in addition to podiatry services, foot massage, naloxone training food, clothing, programs, education and Parkinson’s disease is a devastating and flu shots. Staten Island University other resources to communities in need. diagnosis at any time of life. Northwell Hospital partners with community based Phelps Hospital’s Food Pharmacy Program, Health’s Parkinson’s & Movement Disorders organizations to provide services for which includes three community gardens, Center partners with the Edmond J. Safra wellness and the prevention of chronic provides food insecure patients a supply of Foundation to provide the Edmond J. disease. Staff are on hand at local grocery fresh fruits and vegetables to take home Safra Parkinson’s Wellness Program at the stores in Shop Rite Ask an Expert, and upon discharge. Staten Island University Marlene Meyerson JCC in Manhattan, the the Northwell Medical van is stationed Hospital and City Harvest partner to largest community fitness program in the at UMAE Church to provide information, address food insecurity on Staten Island country dedicated to Parkinson’s disease. education, health screenings and flu in The Hunger Taskforce, the Childhood The grant also funds the Edmond J. Safra vaccines to local residents. Staten Island Wellness Initiative and the Staten Island Interdisciplinary Home Visit Program for University Hospital is the medical lead Partnership for Community Wellness. Advanced Parkinson’s Disease, developed for the Staten Island Partnership for The City Harvest Mobile Market offers for patients with Parkinson’s that are Community Wellness, a borough-wide free fruits and vegetables monthly to unable to travel to doctor’s appointments, coalition of community partners designed residents in Mariner’s Harbor and Stapleton. therapy sessions and other visits crucial to to identify and implement evidence-based Information on behavioral health, smoking their medical care. and innovative health promotion strategies. cessation, cancer services, cholesterol,

Northwell Health 11 diabetes, stroke, blood pressure and cardiologist, nutritional restrictions, daily basic techniques of bleeding control. Staten asthma are available in addition to free weights, physical exercise, and general Island University Hospital teaches Stop the health screenings. precautions. Northern Westchester Bleed to professionals and the public alike Hospital’s Center for Healthy Living offers in a variety of settings, including schools, The number of older people in the world the community free health care navigation colleges, senior centers, local ambulance continues to grow at an unprecedented services, health care education classes and stations, houses of worship, police stations rate, presenting opportunities as well workshops such as healthy grocery tours. and government worksites. as health challenges. Vitality is a robust older adult program at Phelps Hospital Sports specialization has been known that offers health and wellness programs to increase the risk of overuse injuries. Promote Healthy Women, for older adults in Westchester through To address this problem in the running Infants and Children recurring programs, support groups, annual community in Manhattan, Lenox Hill Sheyma, a child who was shot in the head events and community-based programs Hospital physical therapists offer free as she fled her home in war-torn Syria two and lectures. The Vitality manager also runners’ clinics throughout the year to years ago, is getting a chance at a normal acts as a Senior Navigator, guiding older screen for injuries. life thanks to a team of doctors at Lenox adults through the health care system Hill Hospital. In partnership with Next and providing important information Promote a Healthy and GenFace, surgery was performed free of about resources. Phelps also hosts a Safe Environment charge. She had been taken care of at a Breakfast Club, which draws close to 100 hospital in Turkey following the attack but seniors monthly for a nutritious breakfast, Lenox Hill Hospital celebrated Earth Day by was eventually granted a visa to the US for educational seminar, and strength and reopening Victory Greens, New York City’s medical treatment. balance exercises, providing valuable first hospital-based organic, edible rooftop information to help them age garden. Northwell Health partners with Encouraging students to explore careers in place. Harlem Grown, a non-profit organization in health care is a priority in the Western whose mission is to inspire youth to lead Region. One hundred high school students People with chronic illnesses must often healthy and ambitious lives through learn about medical ethics, bioelectronic manage daily symptoms that interfere mentorship and hands-on education in medicine and engineering, sports/rehab with the quality of their lives. The multi- urban farming, sustainability and nutrition. medicine, and pediatrics at Northern disciplinary Community Care Team (CCT) In addition to opening Lenox Hill’s rooftop Westchester Hospital’s Medical Career Day, from Lenox Health Greenwich Village garden to the children, Northwell sent part of the hospital’s President’s Junior manages patients’ complex illnesses across doctors, nurses and other staff to volunteer Leadership Council (PJLC). PJLC members providers, settings and systems of care. at the farms, read to the children in their serve as liaisons between Northern CCT members meet monthly with 20+ schools and host healthy teaching kitchens. Westchester Hospital and their schools, providers in housing, employment, food, Lenox Hill Hospital EMS provided free act as ambassadors to the community, law enforcement and mental health to Hands Only CPR training, healthy recipes, meet with hospital personnel, explore discuss patient needs. Every year, Lenox and distributed free sunscreen. In an effort career opportunities in health care and Hill Hospital offers Building Bridges to to limit food waste, Phelps Hospital has gain skills to help prepare them for college the Community — Heart Health Lecture partnered with the Tarrytown COC, a and beyond. Female clinicians from Lenox Series, a free educational series to guide the local food pantry, to distribute our excess Hill Hospital helped Brownie Troop 3758 community toward better cardiovascular food from the cafeteria. Trays of food earn their first aid badge, teaching them health. Lenox Hill Hospital also hosts are provided weekly to the Tarrytown emergency preparedness and hands only four blood drives throughout the year COC at no cost to help feed members of CPR. Lenox Hill Hospital also partners with in partnership with the New York Blood our community. Big Brothers Big Sisters of NYC in their Center. Lenox Hill House Calls program Workplace Mentoring Program. provides free blood pressure screenings Community safety is a priority for Staten and counseling to the community at Lenox Island University Hospital. The trauma team Phelps Hospital partners with WHUD Hill Neighborhood House’s First Avenue offers Safe Sitter®, providing education on Radio in Peekskill to help families and Festival, serving people in need on the East safety, child care, first aid and rescue as children prepare for the new school year by Side of Manhattan and on Roosevelt Island. well as life and business skills to community distributing free backpacks. Staff at Lenox Phelps’ Functional Medicine Program is members. Long Island Jewish Valley Hill Hospital collected school supplies for a holistic, patient-centered approach to Stream Hospital’s Emergency Department donation to children in need at PS 197. preventing, treating, and reversing chronic continues to support local community EMS Each year, Staten Island University Hospital disease by identifying and understanding and EMT personnel with an ongoing free partners with Wagner, New Dorp, Port the root causes of the individual’s lecture series on the newest advances in Richmond, and Curtis High Schools to bring symptoms and conditions. The Congestive emergency first response. an evidenced-based pregnancy prevention program to hundreds of high school Heart Failure Patient and Family Education Stop the Bleed empowers the general students on Staten Island. Class at Northern Westchester Hospital public to make a difference in a life- stresses the importance of ongoing care threatening emergency by teaching the with the primary care physician and/or

12 Northwell Health “The Caregivers Center helps us fulfill our mission to provide compassionate care for the entire family. It also helps us provide recognition to the family caregivers who for too long have been the unsung heroes of health care.” – Andrew Mitchell, president and CEO of Peconic Bay Medical Center

In partnership with the New York City the New York City public school system. In Administration for Children’s Services, partnership with the DOHMH, Naloxone FBI, LifeWay Network, Girls Educational is available in emergency departments & Mentoring Services (GEMS), Child and detox programs; both inpatient and students in nine school districts in Northern Trafficking Prevention and Policy, Richmond outpatient addiction treatment programs Westchester. This program provides skills County DA, NYPD, and the NYC Law are open to community members. Lenox to help students build and strengthen Department, Staten Island University Health Greenwich Village offers the only their familial, romantic, peer-to-peer and Hospital held its first annual Sex Trafficking NY State Office of Alcohol and Substance community relationships as well as develop Awareness Conference. Abuse Services (OASAS) licensed, empathy, communication strategies and outpatient substance use treatment conflict resolution tactics. Staten Island program specifically designed for the Promote Well-Being and University Hospital partners with the LGBT community, incorporating a range of Prevent Mental Illness and Staten Island Child Wellness Initiative, holistic services. Substance Use Disorders which aims to bring 80% of Staten Island Northern Westchester Hospital’s office of children through 8th grade to a healthy New York State is experiencing Patient & Family Advocacy partners on weight by 2026 through availability and an epidemic of opioid-related medical Chesed 24/7, which opened a new Chesed affordability of fresh, healthy food and emergencies and opioid overdose 24/7 Kosher Hospitality Room. The space is community-wide partnerships. We Can deaths. Northwell partners with the open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, offering Resist: Know the Facts about Vaping is a state, Staten Island borough president, kosher food and respite for those of the Northern Westchester Hospital program the Columbia University Mailman Orthodox Jewish faith who are visiting a brought to local schools in which students School of Public Health, the Columbia loved one. learn the health effects of vaping, debunk University School of Engineering and With an aging population, and the health common myths, and learn strategies to the Consortium for Affordable Medical care system increasingly relying on resist Big Tobacco targeted marketing. Technologies in the Empire State Opioid outpatient care, dependence on caregivers Throughout the year, Phelps Hospital’s Epidemic Innovation Challenge. This continues to grow. The Ken Hamilton Respiratory Department provides free initiative gathers a diverse community Caregivers Center at Northern Westchester vape presentations to the local middle and to create solutions that have the potential Hospital is dedicated to caring for people high schools. to change the trajectory of the local who are caring for a loved one, regardless of and national opioid crisis. Staten Island whether they are hospitalized at Northern Prevent Communicable University Hospital, which belongs to Westchester Hospital, at another facility, the Tackling Youth Substance Abuse Diseases or at home. The Center provides counseling (TYSA) coalition, has offered a robust Recently, emergency departments are from a team of trained caregiver coaches, Opioid Prevention Program since 2013, emerging as front-line providers of key social workers, referrals to community providing free trainings at colleges, schools, public health and prevention services. resources, and sanctuary space, food and community agencies, and nursing programs All patients who enter the emergency amenities. Since its inception, seventeen in how to recognize the symptoms and department at Lenox Hill Hospital are sites have replicated its work in supporting administer Naloxone. Staten Island tested for HIV and screened to determine family caregivers. University Hospital offers a Naloxone if they are at a higher risk for infection. Training program to combat the opioid Health education motivates students to Patients leave with a free seven-day supply overdoses across Staten Island. In addition improve and maintain their health, prevent of PrEP/PEP and a recommendation to to numerous trainings at community fairs, disease, and reduce risky behaviors. follow up with their primary physician for schools, PTO meetings, Fort Wadsworth Reframe Your Perspective: Reflect, Respect an additional prescription and evaluation. Army base and other sites, Staten Island Rekindle Your Relationships is a new University Hospital established a Train health education program delivered to the Trainer Program in conjunction with

Northwell Health 13 Eastern Region

in its second year, Fresh Truck Mobile Farmers Market delivers locally grown produce to underserved Long Islanders in collaboration with the Family Residences and Essential Enterprises (FREE), an Old Bethpage non-profit that also helps people with disabilities. The Mobile Market is a partnership between Northwell, Smile Farms, and the Cornell Cooperative younger children in an interactive activity to Extension of Suffolk County, expanding to learn how to stay protected from harmful 12 sites in Nassau and Suffolk — double sun damage. Southside Hospital partners that of last year. Plainview Hospital, Glen with Gavin Got Heart to provide the BEAT, Cove Hospital and the Stern Family Center a program that offers free cardiac screening for Rehabilitation partner with the Nassau and education services to teens, including County Department for the Aging and the BMI, EKG, height, weight, glucose, BP, Northwell Health’s EAC Network Meals on Wheels Program cholesterol, CPR training, AED training, and Eastern Region to address the increasing problem of one-on-one physician counseling. Since is comprised of older adult hunger and offer regular and 2014 Mather Hospital has hosted HealthyU, eight hospitals specialized nutrition to this vulnerable a free educational series and health fair for – Southside, population. Southside Hospital offers older adults. Initially an annual event, this Huntington, Stephen Bello, PA free on-site monthly Teaching Kitchens, program has grown to become a twice- Plainview, Syosset, where the chef and chief dietitian teach Regional Executive yearly event, offering seminars on various Glen Cove, Peconic community members simple ways to cook Director, Eastern Region Bay, South Oaks and health related topics focusing on physical, and eat heathier. The first Monday of every Mather, as well as emotional and financial well-being. month, Southside Hospital employees join more than 150 ambulatory locations. The Main Street from East Islip to Babylon lit up Eastern Region serves a vast geography and community members in Jammin’ for the Community, making peanut butter and jelly in pink lights in October when Northwell a diverse population with unique health Health’s Imbert Cancer Center, Southside care needs. Through direct connection with sandwiches for needy families. In 2018, the Hospital and Northwell Imaging at Great the community, the region continues to group made more than 60,000 sandwiches. South Bay organized the first “Pink by the understand their needs and tailor growth Prevention is powerful in the Eastern to provide high quality and accessible care Bay,” a month long effort that promotes Region. Southside Hospital provides free to Nassau and Suffolk Counties. breast cancer awareness and benefits local quadrivalent and high dose flu vaccines breast cancer coalitions. to underserved residents throughout the Prevent Chronic Diseases community. Vaccines are administered in Glen Cove Hospital partners with the City Almost 2,500 years ago, Hippocrates said partnership with Adelante, Mercy Haven, of Glen Cove and the First Baptist Church to “let food be your medicine and medicine First Baptist Church of Bayshore, Trunzo launch a day shelter for homeless men. The be your food.” The Eastern Region is Senior Center, and the Ocean Beach and men receive screenings and flu shots. The committed to providing access to healthy Cherry Grove Immediate Care Centers on hospital works with the city to fund snacks, foods in local food desert neighborhoods Fire Island. Skin cancer is the most common water and any other needs that may arise. and ensuring that all people have access cancer in the US. Together with the Town The Northwell Bus in Glen Cove travels to healthy, fresh nutritious food. Now of Huntington, Huntington Hospital through underserved areas within the Glen provides 16 Cove area, providing community members free sunscreen with access to medical and support services, dispensers at including screenings. local recreation Lack of reliable transportation can be a sites. In significant barrier to people receiving addition to free necessary, and often life-saving, care. skin cancer Southside hospital provides transportation screenings and services for those with no means of getting free sunscreen to and from appointments in the form of dispensers, the ambulance services, taxi rides and tokens Sun Protection for public transportation. Game educates

14 Northwell Health Promote a Healthy and Oaks Hospital participates in Leadership Give Back Days, volunteering for Habitat Safe Environment for Humanity Build, Earth Day clean up with The Eastern Region is committed to a clean the Town of Babylon, Long Island Cares and and safe environment in its communities. the Mary Brennan Inn. Southside Hospital’s Huntington Hospital has installed a secure Community Health Ambassador Program box in the lobby for patients and visitors is comprised of nearly 100 Southside to safely dispose of unused prescription Hospital employees who dedicate their medications, open seven days a week personal time to provide health services from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. For the sixth year in at no cost in areas of need within the a row, 60 Southside Hospital employees community. Southside Hospital Community worked alongside Keep Islip Clean and local Health Ambassadors collaborate with business and community volunteers to pick Long Island Against Domestic Violence, up debris in an area near the Southern State offering educational workshops to victims Parkway in Islip to commemorate Earth of domestic violence, including how to Day. Northwell created a Human Trafficking boost your self-esteem, yoga, and makeover Response Program Taskforce at Huntington tutorials. Southside Hospital offers the EMS Hospital that currently includes staff Partnership Lecture Series, a free monthly members who have been trained by Restore lecture series on important topics designed NYC, an anti-trafficking organization for local first responders. Additionally, based in Manhattan, to identify and assist to ensure the readiness of local first human trafficking victims and provide responders, Southside Hospital provides longitudinal care to survivors. Training is replacement medications to 11 local given not only to doctors and nurses, but community-based ambulance companies also to registration and reception staff, free of charge. The hospital has also social workers and security guards. Plans donated three bleeding control stations are underway to provide this training to Long Island MacArthur Airport for throughout Northwell Health. emergency use. Bleeding control stations Employees giving back is at the heart of contain gauze and tourniquets that can be Northwell. The leadership team at South applied to an open wound to stop a bleed

“Human trafficking is an issue of public health and of social justice where education and training among healthcare providers is lacking.” — Dr. Santhosh Paulus, Human Trafficking Response Program Task Force Leader

Northwell Health 15 before EMS personnel arrive. These Stop educational resources for pregnant or local libraries to offer Ladies Night Out, an the Bleed tools are stored in wall stations, breastfeeding women and a place for those initiative to provide stress relief for working similar to those that house automated women to share their experiences with women in surrounding communities. external defibrillators (AEDs). other moms. Women enjoy free wellness activities, education, stress relief activities, healthy Promote Healthy Women, Promote Well-Being and food and a craft supplied by the library. Infants and Children Prevent Mental Illness, Participating libraries include Islip, West Islip, Deer Park and Comsewogue. Communities need to keep kids healthy Substance Use Disorders Caregivers are often called the invisible and safe from physical and emotional OnTrackNY is a statewide initiative that patients. The strain of caring for a sick injury. With a goal of preventing accidents treats young people with schizophrenia loved one can be tremendous, with 20 to 50 and encouraging safe bike riding, Cohen and related disorders less than two percent of caregivers reporting depressive Children’s Medical Center participated in years after symptoms begin. The newest disorders or symptoms. Our Eastern Region Community Safety Day in Westhampton. location, at South Oaks Hospital, is helping has responded to this crisis with the Free helmets were distributed to children participants, ages 16 to 30, transition into Caregivers Center at Peconic Bay Medical who don’t own one and each child with the workplace and college. A partnership Center, the first hospital-based center a helmet was given a free voucher for between with South Oaks Hospital and on Long Island that serves as a refuge ice cream. Glen Cove Hospital developed the Bellmore-Merrick Central School and a hub for caregivers in a comforting a staff education program for the Glen District provides students with more and relaxing atmosphere. The Center is Cove Boys and Girls Club in the areas of options for their mental health needs. A overseen by a licensed social worker and bullying prevention, opioid treatment, psychiatric social worker from South Oaks has 13 caregiver coaches. The Caregiver and identifying various challenges related Hospital is available at district schools for Retreat is an annual half-day retreat to children such as measles and food one day a week to connect students with featuring community resources, a panel of allergies. Peconic Bay Medical Center, psychologists, psychiatrists or therapists, subject matter experts and stress reduction in partnership with Project Fit America, as needed. South Oaks Hospital also activities. The Family Caregiver Support surprised East Quogue and Westhampton continues their Superintendents Day Program at Huntington Hospital offers help Beach elementary schools with $25,000 Workshops, presenting senior staff from from trained volunteer caregiver coaches grants to introduce a new fitness program local school districts with pertinent topics, and social workers. at each school — complete with new such as: Understanding LGBT in a School Huntington Hospital’s Bereavement and equipment — as a way to support children’s Environment and Anxiety in Teens — What Support Group for Fetal and Infant loss health and well-being. The grant funds the to Know and What to Do. purchase and installation of outdoor fitness provides support, education, and resources equipment and indoor mobile equipment. Depression affects nearly 16 million to families and assists them with processing Americans every year. The stigma attached the loss as well as offering exposure to In collaboration with more than 100 local to mental illness often means many people advocacy opportunities and community participating companies, South Oaks suffer in silence. South Oaks Hospital events. The group also hosts an annual Hospital’s School-Based Vocational Services partners with community organizations, Evening of Remembrance. Program is comprised of a committed including the Baptist Church of Brentwood, Nassau and Suffolk counties are group of professionals who provide the Amityville Library, and the Town of experiencing a rising number of opioid students challenged by intellectual and Huntington Senior Center, to provide free deaths. South Oaks Hospital partners developmental disabilities with services depression and anxiety screenings to the with Senator John Brooks in the Opioid such as coaching, job readiness training community. South Oaks Hospital also Policy Working Group. The coalition calls and social skills development to prepare acknowledges the power of group therapy for greater public awareness of drug use them to enter the workforce. Thanks to as a powerful therapeutic tool for treating prevention and symptoms and seeks to the program’s work, 64 percent of the substance abuse, offering two new and combat addiction through education, graduating students found employment unique programs for addiction. Bridge the treatment centers, recovery resources and post-graduation. Southside Hospital and Gap is a weekly, free educational experience insurance coverage. South Oaks Hospital Cohen Children’s Medical Center partner that brings together individuals that have also offers free Naloxone training in to provide students with the foundation suffered from addiction and are in active the community. to build their careers. Prep for Success is a recovery with families struggling with a program designed to walk each individual loved one’s addiction. The Family Program student through goal-setting, resume meets every Tuesday in small groups of 15 building, interview styles and networking. or less, allowing the members to work on This program also provides the students specific therapeutic activities and develop with a rewarding mentoring opportunity clear action plans. with our Northwell and community leaders. Southside Hospital, Mather Hospital and Southside Hospital is home to downstate Peconic Bay Medical Center partner with NY State’s first Baby Café, providing free

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department at LIJ Valley Stream hosts a to the Federally Qualified Health Center teaching kitchen for community members clinic onsite at the Belmont Racetrack that includes a lecture about safe food Backstretch, exploring and explaining the handling practices, nutrition information types of concussion injuries that may occur and healthy choices. The audience in backstretch workers at the track. participates in the preparation of a healthy meal under the guidance of a staff chef, Promote a Healthy and Safe who then serves the meal to the attendees. Environment North Shore University Hospital is home to a Food Pharmacy, where patients with Not every accident can be prevented a food prescription have it filled with completely, but consumers can be educated free, fresh food and receive nutritional to make good choices. Cohen Children’s counseling. Patients unable to carry the Medical Center underscores the importance food home themselves have the food of safe driving with programs that target delivered through Long Island Cares. drivers of all ages. Impact Teen Drivers educates teenagers about the dangers Northwell Health’s Older adults are often more vulnerable of distracted driving; Car Seat Check-Ups Central Region is to health issues as they may have waning help parents and grandparents understand comprised of six immunity and multiple co-morbidities. proper car seat use; Child Passenger Safety hospitals: Cohen LIJ Forest Hills partners with Korean Children’s Medical Certification courses and Grandparent Community Services and City Council Center, Long Island Safety education courses include CarFit, Jason Naidich, MD Member Paul Vallone to hold a senior Jewish Medical a program sponsored by AAA, AARP, fair, bringing together representatives of Senior Vice President Center, Long Island and AOTA, offering offers older adults and Regional Executive many public and non-profit agencies to Jewish Forest Hills, the opportunity to check how well their Director, Central Region provide services to underserved Korean Long Island Jewish personal vehicles fit them. Valley Stream, older adults. LIJ Forest Hills continues North Shore its partnership with the Gujarati Samaj The Central Region offers programming and University Hospital and Zucker Hillside Community Center’s Medical Committee services that help create healthy and safe Hospital. The Central Region serves a in the Gujarati Health Fair & Health environments. In partnership with Nassau diverse population and strives to alleviate Expo, designed to provide blood pressure County Parks Department, Northwell health care disparities and improve health readings, blood tests, EKGs, mammograms Health has committed to providing care outcomes. Through community and health information for uninsured or education through the Northwell Health Ice networking and partnerships, the region underinsured immigrants from Gujarat in Center Education Series in Eisenhower Park. develops programs and services to Educational topics include: Heartsaver CPR/ provide accessible, quality health care India. LIJ Forest Hills has also conducted AED Certification; Concussion Recognition and supportive services to Queens and several opioid educational events within Nassau Counties. the Bukharian community. & Referral for Parents and Coaches; Competing for Good Nutrition; Stress Long Island Jewish Medical Center is a Management; and Body Image & Social Prevent Chronic Diseases Susan G. Komen Greater NYC grantee Media. Cohen Children’s Medical Center is for its Cancer Community Connection A lack of consistent access to sufficient and the NYC/Long Island Chapter lead for the Program (CCCP), a community health-based healthy food has a significant negative Think First Foundation, an educational breast cancer and early detection program impact on the health of the community. program with a goal of reducing injury designed to more effectively reach women The Food As Health program at LIJ Valley among children, teens and young adults. from high-risk populations. The CCCP also Stream partners with Island Harvest Food The Think First curriculum is implemented created the Staff Ambassador Program, Bank, LI Cares, God’s Love We Deliver, US in schools across Queens, Nassau and where staff members are trained to directly Foods and Baldor Food to address food Suffolk, for grades K-12, covering a variety identify and recruit patients in need of insecurity for at-risk patients. Food insecure of age-appropriate safety topics. The North screenings and resources. patients are referred to the nutrition staff Shore University Hospital Emergency at the Food as Health Center, where Island The backstretch workers are the backbone Department Saving Lives Event teaches Harvest dietitians teach patients to adapt of the horse racing industry, often members of the community the importance their diet to their illness and direct them sustaining head injuries as they train of first aid using Naloxone, CPR, AED and to community resources that can help horses for the competition. Northwell Stop the Bleed. them get food at no cost. The nutrition Health staff provides concussion education

Northwell Health 17 Promote Healthy Women, distracted decisions, and drug and alcohol treatment at the Cradle of Aviation use; the Prep for Success Program brings Museum in Nassau County, where children Infants and Children students from low-performing school are also taught the importance of brushing Identifying and preventing future health districts to Northwell for a morning of and caring for their teeth. problems in women and children is a resume building, networking skills, and Addressing disparities is not limited only Central Region priority. The Katz Institute interview tips; the Youth Leadership to our local communities, but extends for Women’s Health provides free parenting Program gathers leadership groups to to the world at large. Simao Meco was education at Momma’s House, a residential immerse them in education about health born in Portugal with Tessier craniofacial home for young mothers, to help these care topics, discuss health care trends and clefts — a condition that left abnormal at-risk women develop the skills they need teach them CPR and Bleeding Control; the separations in his face and skull. Sleeping to understand and meet their childrens’ Educating the Community to Lead Healthy and even breathing caused difficulty. Plastic emotional, physical and developmental Successful Lives Program provides wellness surgeons at Cohen Children’s Medical needs and protect their children from harm. education to students, staff, and parents on Center provided free surgery that repaired Long Island Jewish Medical Center’s Family such topics as injury prevention, nutrition, Simao’s face. Two Northwell neurologists Planning Program provides sexual and bullying, social media, gender and sexuality. were among the Panama Epilepsy Surgery reproductive health care to underserved The health of a child’s mouth and teeth Mission to treat children with intractable women and the Prenatal Program provides are as important that of the rest of the epilepsy who would not otherwise have comprehensive perinatal services to body, yet tooth decay is the most common had the opportunity for a normal life. uninsured and undocumented women. The chronic illness in childhood. Long Island The multidisciplinary team performed 12 WIC Program provides nutrition and health Jewish Medical Center’s Pediatric Dental surgeries over five days. services for pregnant women and children, Department partners with the Nassau including referrals to food assistance To help low-income children with learning County Dental Society in Give Kids a Smile programs and dental care. At-risk infants and attention disorders receive the Day, a program that focuses attention on receive optimal nutrition through hospital- assistance they need to lead productive, the epidemic of untreated oral disease run donor breastmilk bank programs. Each meaningful lives, Northwell Health offers among disadvantaged children. More Friday during the school year, more than a unique evaluation program through the than 1,200 underserved and disabled 1,600 children at risk for hunger from 26 Center for Attention and Learning (CAL) in children receive a dental exam and flouride participating schools receive nutritious, Manhattan, providing neuropsychological shelf-stable food for the weekend as part of Cohen Children’s Medical Center’s Kohl’s Keeping Kids Healthy Food Drive. The partnership with Island Harvest is the hospital’s latest approach to the Kohl’s Keeping Kids Healthy Program to reduce childhood obesity risk factors by addressing the connection between food insecurity and childhood obesity. Cohen Children’s Medical Center partners with the Southampton Town Board to become the first designated breastfeeding friendly municipal workplace on Long Island. A breastfeeding friendly policy offers private space to pump, flexible break times, breastfeeding education and support for nursing mothers who return to work. Cohen Children’s Medical Center is home to a family-based group program for children with ADHD or similar issues. Parents learn parenting skills while children learn to manage their behavior, enhance coping skills and improve social skills. Cohen Children’s Medical Center also runs various Now in its 16th year, the program has seen and treated free programs for the community: the Prom more than 15,000 children, 20-30% of whom had Program prepares high school seniors and their parents for the temptations of prom serious dental problems. night including consent, safe sex practices,

18 Northwell Health evaluations, educational advocacy, followup, parental guidance and integrated agency involvement to underserved families. Robin Hood partnering programs, including charter schools, after-school and mentoring programs, as well as educational lawyers and advocates, refer students who struggle in school and are in need of services and/or appropriate educational placements. CAL partners with Advocates for Children of New York, a legal advocacy organization dedicated to fighting for the educational rights of children, especially those from low-income families. The program also offers graduate training opportunities in two-year postdoctoral fellowships and one-year externships.

Promote Well-Being and Prevent Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorders Studies show psychological distress in students is tied to lower academic success. With students often at greater risk of depression, anxiety and substance abuse, “Today, bullying is more prevalent than ever — and it Northwell launched the Behavioral Health College Partnership at Zucker Hillside has evolved. With the rise of social media, bullying Hospital to provide rapid, comprehensive mental health treatment to area college spreads faster and more aggressively, making it harder students. At the point of crisis, students to recognize when these harmful behaviors are even are met with a college public safety officer and specially trained paramedic, avoiding taking place.” a 911 call. The program works with college counselors and administration to ensure – Dr. Mark Welles, pediatrician successful transfer of the students back into the school environment. The US Department of Justice estimates struggling with addiction, mental illness, peer advocates and providers. The that one in four students has been bullied and cancer, and to provide support for members work collaboratively to improve and that one-third of those bullied are often children and youth facing economic services at the hospital and implement afraid to go to school. Cohen Children’s disadvantages, illness, or related hardships.” change. Volunteer employees at Zucker Medical Center and Long Island Coalition Designed to meet the complex needs of Hillside Hospital operate the Circle of Against Bullying (LICAB) have joined to fight survivors of childhood cancers, Survivors Caring program, a place where families bullying, providing resources for affected Facing Forward is an initiative led by of hospitalized psychiatric patients and adolescents. Through the partnership, Cohen Children’s Medical Center that community members may connect with victims of bullying have access to such seeks to improve survivors’ overall health staff after work hours for questions and resources as subsidized therapy and and quality of life, decrease the effects of navigation to urgently needed health and counseling, and personal development complications associated with their cancer psychosocial services. programs like martial arts classes. treatments and provide a comfortable, Northwell partners with Hockey Helps comprehensive and accessible patient Inc. in its 6th Annual 24 Hours of Hockey experience. SurFFs Up! is the program’s Marathon. Since its inception, the marathon quarterly newsletter. has raised approximately $2.5 million for The Patient & Family Partnership local Long Island charities that embody the Council at Zucker Hillside Hospital Hockey Helps mission “to help individuals includes families who have a loved one in treatment at Zucker Hillside Hospital,

Northwell Health 19 Western Connecticut H Health Network H Hospitals (Strategic Alliance) H Yale New Haven H Affiliate Hospitals Health (Strategic Alliance) H Strategic Alliance Hospitals H Lenox Health Greenwich Village Northern Westchester

Manhattan Eye, Ear & Throat Hospital H Nearly 600 ambulatory Crouse Health Boca Raton Phelps H (Affiliate) and physician offices, Regional Hospital (Affiliate) Home care, Long-term care, Hospice care H New York Florida Northwell Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell H H Hofstra Northwell School Mather Peconic Bay of Graduate Nursing Cold Spring Harbor Hospital Health Laboratory Huntington and Physician Assistant Studies (Strategic Alliance) H H Glen Cove

North Shore H Syosset service area University Lenox Hill Zucker Plainview H Hillside H H Southside MEETH F Feinstein Institute CASAColumbia (Strategic Alliance) H Long Island Jewish Lenox Health H H H Greenwich Village H Nassau Long Island Jewish Cohen Children’s H University H Forest Hills Medical Center (Affiliate) South Oaks

H Epworth Maimonides Long Island Jewish H (Affiliate) HealthCare Valley Stream (Strategic Alliance) Karolinska H H Institute Staten Island (Strategic Alliance) University (North) H Richmond, Australia Sweden Staten Island University (South)

Serving a diverse population

STATEN ISLAND NEW YORK QUEENS NASSAU SUFFOLK WESTCHESTER

WHITE HISPANIC AFRICAN AMERICAN ASIAN OTHER

Source: Truven Analytics; Prepared by the Office of Strategic Planning at Northwell Health.

For more information on Northwell’s Community Health Needs Jennifer H. Mieres, MD, FACC, FASNC, FAHA Assessment, please visit www.northwell.edu/about/our-organization/ Senior Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer Center for Equity of Care office-community-and-public-health/reports.

For more information about Northwell’s Community Benefit programs Lori Ginsberg, RN, MA Program Director and activities, please call Corporate Community Relations at Center for Equity of Care (631) 396-6702.