Outstanding Hospital Quality Initiatives Highlighted

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 14, 2003

FOR MORE INFORMATION
MONICA MAHAFFEY
(518) 431-7741

ALBANY, N.Y. - The Healthcare Association of New York State (HANYS) Quality Institute has just released Profiles in Quality Improvement, a publication that features excellence in hospital quality improvement initiatives across New York State. The document includes summaries of hospital quality improvement programs nominated for HANYS' annual Pinnacle Award for Quality. Profiles in Quality Improvement is shared with HANYS member hospitals across New York State to enable all facilities to have access to valuable ideas and opportunities to improve patient care through best practices. Hospitals included in Profile in Quality Improvement are:

Rochester General Hospital-winner of HANYS' 2002 Pinnacle Award for Quality
Stony Brook University Hospital-recipient of a 2002 honorable mention
North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset-recipient of a 2002 honorable mention
Bellevue Hospital Center, Manhattan
F.F. Thompson Hospital, Canandaigua
Queens Hospital Center, Jamaica
Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla
Eastern Long Island Hospital, Greenport
Kaleida Health System, Buffalo
New York Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn
New York-Presbyterian Hospital/New York Weill Cornell Medical Center, Manhattan
Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo
Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center, West Islip
North General Hospital, Manhattan
Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New Hyde Park
Staten Island University Hospital
Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn
The Mount Sinai Hospital of Queens, Long Island City
NYU Downtown Hospital, Manhattan
Wyoming County Community Health System, Warsaw

HANYS represents more than 550 non-profit and public hospitals, nursing homes, home care agencies, and other health care organizations throughout New York State

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