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Make a Gift Now and Receive Payments for Life! It sounds too good to be true! Make a gift and gain an income stream for life. You can do just that — support yourself, and then support North Shore-LIJ. A charitable gift annuity enables you (or you and a spouse) to make a gift of $10,000+ and gain a fixed income stream for your life. Any remaining amount will be used by North Shore-LIJ to fulfill our mission of caring for our community. Here are some representative one-life rates: ONE LIFE Age Rate 60 4.9% 65 5.2% 70 5.6% 75 6.3% 80 7.3% 85 8.3% Example: Anna, age 78, donates $10,000. She would receive $690/ year ($566 tax-free for 10.5 years) and may be eligible to claim a $4,052 income tax deduction. For more information and a no-obligation personalized illustration of benefits, contact Alexandra Brovey, senior director of gift planning, at (516) 465-2610 or abrovey@nshs.edu. Rates are subject to change. Please contact us to discuss your rate, tax-free income and charitable deduction. 90 Summer 2012 North Shore-LIJ Integration Garners Praise GREAT NECK — The North Shore-LIJ Health System continues to rank among the top 100 integrated healthcare networks (IHNs) in the US, according to IMS Health. North Shore-LIJ ranked 31st out of 100 IHNs. A provider of information services to the healthcare field, IMS Health rates each network’s performance and degree of integration. Rankings are determined by coming up with a system’s total score based on measurements of 33 attributes in weighted performance categories. Specifically, networks are rated on: w Hospital utilization: use of medical services, procedures and facilities (includes data on measures such as length of stay, tests and procedures, discharges, etc.). w Financial stability: network operating and profit margins, long-term debt-to-capitalization ratio and financial results. w Physician participation: the size and scope of physicians in the network. w Services and access: the availability of specific services, network size and hospital accreditation. w Contractual capabilities: the ability to manage costs in the purchasing and managed care markets. w Outpatient utilization: patient care, continuum of care and effects of diversification. w Integration: coordination of administrative and clinical functions and procedures throughout the network. w Integrated technology: integration of the network’s technical systems, including the level of seamless communication and information systems. Last year, North Shore-LIJ ranked 34th among the top 100 IHNs. The improved score reflects collaborative efforts throughout the health system to work effectively and efficiently. “Every Woman Matters” 5k Walk Attracts 5,000+ The North Shore-LIJ Health System’s third annual Every Woman Matters Walk: A Walk for Women and Their Families at Jones Beach State Park brought together families, friends and the whole community to celebrate women’s health and wellness, and support an initiative that promises to transform women’s healthcare throughout the region: North Shore- LIJ’s Katz Institute for Women’s Health and Katz Women’s Hospitals. Highlights of the day included demonstrations of the da Vinci robot, the state-of-the-art instrument that allows surgeons to remotely perform minimally invasive surgeries, an early-morning yoga class, the Katz Institute of Women’s Health showcase tent and many giveaways from event sponsors. Many participants registered online, enticed by the incentive of receiving two tickets to an upcoming New York Mets game, donated by Saul Katz, president of the Mets and long-time North Shore-LIJ trustee and former chairman. Since the inception of the 5k walk in 2010, more than $1.5 million has been raised to support the Katz Women’s Hospitals. Above: The Third Every Woman Matters Walk
Mets Present “Every Woman Matters” Award to Dr. Michael Nimaroff Michael Nimaroff, MD, vice chair and chief of gynecology at the North Shore University Hospital (NSUH) Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, was presented with the “Every Woman Matters” Award this spring at the New York Mets’ Welcome Home Dinner. The award is presented annually to an individual associated with North Shore-LIJ’s Katz Institute for Women’s Health and the Katz Women’s Hospitals who exemplifies outstanding care, compassion and achievement in the care of women. Dr. Nimaroff has been a pioneer in introducing minimally invasive surgical techniques, including robotic and single-incision procedures designed to help women return to their normal lives as quickly as possible. He dedicates much of his time to training practitioners in the latest gynecologic surgical techniques. He established NSUH’s Minimally Invasive and Robotic Gynecologic Fellowship program in 2009. From left are: ob/gyn Daniel Kuo , MD; North Shore-LIJ Trustee and Mets President Saul B. Katz; Adiel Fleischer, MD, North Shore-LIJ’s chair of ob/gyn; Neeta Shah, MD, the health system’s vice president of women’s health; NSUH medical director Vicki LoPachin, MD; Dr. Nimaroff; and ob/gyns Helen Greco, MD, and Allen Toles, MD. MANHASSET — A US Food and Drug Administrationapproved revascularization device is now available to North Shore University Hospital patients suffering from acute ischemic stroke. Jeffrey Katz, MD, chief of vascular neurology and director of the NSUH Stroke Center, recently used the Solitaire Flow Restoration (FR) device in 47-year-old Richard Hasselberger from Manhasset, who presented with a spontaneous carotid dissection and ischemic stroke. “The Solitaire device is relatively easy to use compared to the older technology we have been accustomed to and has the potential to open blood vessels more rapidly than previous devices,” said Dr. Katz. “This is important because ‘time is brain’ when SIUH Receives Cancer Care Award The Commission on Cancer (CoC) of the American College of Surgeons has granted an Outstanding Achievement Award (OAA) to Staten Island University Hospital. This puts the hospital in the distinguished company of 106 cancer programs nationwide being recognized for striving for excellence in providing quality care to cancer patients. The facilities so honored demonstrate a Commendation level of compliance in six areas of cancer program activity: cancer committee leadership, cancer data management, clinical management, research, community outreach and quality improvement. “As the primary deliverer of cancer care in our community, we are happy to service our patients. None of the staff seeks out praise for what they do, but it is always nice to be singled out by a national organization as a center of excellence,” said Dr. Frank Forte, program director of oncology/hematology/ palliative care at SIUH. “Thank you to the entire professional, administrative and support staff for a job well done.” Established in 1922 by the American College of Surgeons, the Commission on Cancer is a consortium of professional organizations dedicated to improving patient outcomes and quality of life for cancer patients through standard-setting, prevention, research, education and the monitoring of comprehensive quality care. NSUH Stroke Center Offers New Treatment treating stroke patients. In the randomized trial comparing the new Solitaire device to the Merci retriever, patients treated with Solitaire had excellent clinical outcomes, which is what we have seen in the first two patients we treated.” The Solitaire FR is a selfexpanding, columnar metal cage device combining the ability to restore blood flow to the brain, administer medical therapy and retrieve the blood clot. Treatment with Solitaire allows the interventional neurologist to reopen target arteries in a much more effective and efficient way, resulting in less symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage and better neurologic outcomes by three months after the stroke. The New Standard 91
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