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Two Long Island hospitals earn CMS 5-star rating By: Adina Genn May 3, 2021 Comments Off on Two Long Island hospitals earn CMS 5-star rating
In its 2021 hospital ranking, the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) granted Northwell Health’s Huntington Hospital and Catholic Health’s St. Francis – The Heart Center in Roslyn five-star ratings.
The annual CMS stars program serves as a healthcare guide to hospital quality, comprising more than 50 individual measures that include hospital mortality, avoidable readmission, hospital infections and patient experience.
“We are incredibly proud of the nurses, physicians and so many other professionals who come together every day to provide excellent, safe and compassionate care to our patients and families,” Huntington Hospital Executive Director Dr. Nick Fitterman said in a press release.
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Nursing homes throughout Western New York are beginning to vaccinate residents and workers against Covid-19, which has has killed more than 6,000 residents of nursing homes across the state.
Pharmacists from Walgreens gave shots to 150 residents who consented at Northgate Health Care Facility in Wheatfield and to about 100 workers on Tuesday, said Dawn Harsch, a spokeswoman for the McGuire Group chain of nursing homes. So far there has been more than a 90% acceptance rate for residents, Harsch said.
The Wheatfield facility was among the first to give the shots in the region this week as nursing homes roll out the vaccine over time. Six other McGuire Group nursing homes will administer vaccinations in future weeks.Â