NSHC Annual Membership Meeting - June 16, 2008
Michael Dowling, CEO and president of the North Shore/Long Island Jewish Health System (left) and keynoter New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo.

Inaugural Excellence in Patient Safety Award Presented to Stony Brook University Hospital
From left: Wendy Darwell, Chief Operating Officer for the Nassau-Suffolk Hospital Council; Dr. Margaret Parker, Chair of the Department of Medicine at Stony Brook University Hospital; Dr. William H. Greene, Chief Quality Officer at Stony Brook; Dr. Steven Strongwater, CEO of Stony Brook University Medical Center, and Grace Propper, Stony Brook’s Quality Management Practitioner for the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

Tribute to all Nurses - The nurses of excellence nominees from each of Long Island's 24 not-for-profit and public hospitals were recognized by their peers at a special Nurse of Excellence Ceremony held May 16, 2007. The event was sponsored by the Nassau-Suffolk Hospital Council.

NSHC Annual Membership Meeting - June 16, 2008
Outgoing NSHC board chair Joseph Quagliata (left) turns the gavel over to new NSHC board chair Kevin Lawlor, CEO and president of Huntington Hospital.
 

Donna Tanzi RN Named Top Nurse of Excellence - From left: Kevin Lawlor, President/CEO of Huntington Hospital; 2007 Nurse of Excellence winner Donna Tanzi RN, Staff Development Educator at Huntington Hospital; and Kevin Dahill, President/CEO of the Nassau-Suffolk Hospital Council.

NSHC Facilitated Enrollment Program Director Stacy Villagran is interviewed by TV Channel 55.  With her is Sherry L., whose application for health insurance is currently under review.