/PRNewswire/ Stony Brook University Hospital (SBUH), the only hospital on Long Island ranked by Healthgrades among the top 1% of hospitals in the nation,.
To cut infection risk and attract patients seeking privacy, hospitals are converting entire maternity, intensive care, pediatric units and more to all-private rooms.
Many Long Island emergency departments do not have enough safe rooms, or special waiting rooms for psychiatric patients, for the number of patients they are admitting.