South Nassau Communities Hospital

COMMITTED TO PROVIDING QUALITY, COMPREHENSIVE AND EASILY ACCESSIBLE HEALTHCARE SERVICES TO ALL RESIDENTS OF THE SOUTH SHORE COMMUNITIES IN A MANNER THAT REFLECTS A CULTURE OF EXCELLENCE, PERSONALIZED, CULTURALLY COMPETENT CARE AND INNOVATION.

MEDICAL AND SURGICAL INPATIENT SERVICES:THE HOSPITAL IS CERTIFIED FOR 329 MEDICAL SURGICAL BEDS. THESE BEDS INCLUDE A 36-BED ORTHOPEDIC SPECIALTY UNIT, A 38-BED ONCOLOGY (CANCER) UNIT, A 23-BED STEP-DOWN PROGRESSIVE CARE UNIT INCLUDING AN 8-BED BARIATRIC SURGERY UNIT AND 89 BEDS FOR TELEMETRY OR OTHERS WITH LESS THAN ACUTE CORONARY PROBLEMS. THE HOSPITAL ALSO HAS A 20 BED TRANSITIONAL CARE UNIT. THE HOSPITAL'S OPERATING ROOMS CONSISTS OF 15 SUITES WHICH ARE AVAILABLE FOR BOTH INPATIENT AND OUTPATIENT SURGICAL PROCEDURES. A FULL RANGE OF SURGICAL SPECIALTIES ARE PERFORMED WHICH INCLUDE ORTHOPEDICS, SPINE SURGERY, PLASTIC SURGERY, NEUROSURGERY, GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY, GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY, LAPAROSCOPIC BARIATRIC SURGERY (MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY FOR WEIGHT LOSS), UROLOGY, OPHTHALMOLOGY, VASCULAR SURGERY, THORACIC SURGERY, PERMANENT PACEMAKERS, IMPLANTABLE DEFIBRILLATORS, PODIATRIC SURGERY, PEDIATRIC SURGERY, EAR, NOSE AND THROAT SURGERY, AND GENERAL SURGERY. THE HOSPITAL ADMITTED 14,986 MEDICAL SURGICAL PATIENTS IN 2021.PEDIATRICS SERVICES:THE HOSPITAL PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE GENERAL AND SPECIALIZED PEDIATRIC CARE FOR CHILDREN AND TEENAGERS IN NEED OF SURGICAL OR PREVENTIVE SERVICES OR CARE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES, SERIOUS ILLNESSES OR COMPLEX MEDICAL CONDITIONS. THIS UNIT FEATURES SPECIALISTS IN PEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGY, ENDOCRINOLOGY, GASTROENTEROLOGY, GENETICS, HEMATOLOGY-ONCOLOGY, NEUROLOGY, PULMONARY MEDICINE AS WELL AS A PEDIATRIC SURGEON, NEONATOLOGIST AND ANESTHESIOLOGIST. A SPECIAL CARE PEDIATRIC UNIT EQUIPPED WITH THE LATEST PEDIATRIC MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY AND MONITORING SYSTEM, CAN EFFECTIVELY MANAGE AND TREAT ALMOST ANY EMERGENCY OR SERIOUS ILLNESS. THE UNIT FEATURES A MULTI-PURPOSE TREATMENT ROOM TO PERFORM MINOR PROCEDURES, WHETHER SURGICAL OR NON-SURGICAL. A TEAM OF SPECIALLY TRAINED NURSING STAFF AND PEDIATRICIANS, INCLUDING NURSING STAFF TRAINED IN PEDIATRIC ADVANCE LIFE SUPPORT (PALS), WITH SPECIALISTS ON-CALL AROUND THE CLOCK. THE HOSPITAL ADMITTED 82 PEDIATRIC PATIENTS IN 2021.MATERNITY AND NURSERY SERVICES:THE HOSPITAL HAS STATE-OF-THE-ART LABOR/DELIVERY ROOMS WHICH CREATE A COMFORTING ENVIRONMENT WHILE PROVIDING ALL THE NECESSARY EQUIPMENT AND CLINICAL SUPPORT FOR MOTHER AND BABY. ALL 26 POSTPARTUM BEDS OFFER PRIVATE ACCOMMODATIONS. THE HOSPITAL PROVIDES SPECIALIZED SERVICES FOR WOMEN WITH HIGH-RISK PREGNANCIES. THE UNIT IS STAFFED BY SOME OF THE AREA'S LEADING SPECIALISTS IN HIGH-RISK PREGNANCIES. SOUTH NASSAU PROVIDES A COMPREHENSIVE PACKAGE OF SERVICES, INCLUDING PERINATOLOGY, FETAL MONITORING, GENETICS COUNSELING, AND DIAGNOSTIC CARE FOR ALL STAGES OF HIGH-RISK PREGNANCIES INCLUDING AMNIOCENTESIS AND ULTRASOUND. THE HOSPITAL ADMITTED 4,763 MATERNITY PATIENTS (INCLUDING NEWBORNS) IN 2021.NEONATAL SERVICES:THE HOSPITAL ALSO HAS A LEVEL II NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT FOR PREMATURE BABIES. PREMATURE DELIVERIES AND NEWBORNS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL COMPLICATIONS OR CONDITIONS RECEIVE THE SPECIALIZED CARE THEY NEED IN THE NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT. STAFFED BY HIGHLY TRAINED, BOARD-CERTIFIED NEONATOLOGISTS AND NURSES, THE NURSERY PROVIDES INTENSIVE ONE-TO-ONE CARE AND IS EQUIPPED WITH DEDICATED MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY FOR PREMATURE DELIVERIES AND NEWBORNS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS. THE NURSERY ALSO FEATURES A STATE-OF-THE-ART MONITORING SYSTEM. THE HOSPITAL ADMITTED 130 NEONATES IN 2021.IN-PATIENT PSYCHIATRIC SERVICES:IN OUR 36-BED SHORT-TERM INPATIENT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH UNIT, WE PROVIDE RAPID STABILIZATION FOR A WIDE RANGE OF ACUTE PSYCHIATRIC CONDITIONS. PATIENTS RECEIVE PSYCHIATRIC AND PSYCHOLOGICAL CONSULTATION DURING THEIR HOSPITAL STAY TO ALLEVIATE DISTRESS AND PAIN. THE HOSPITAL ADMITTED 851 PSYCHIATRIC PATIENTS IN 2021.TRANSITIONAL CARE UNIT: THIS 20 BED UNIT PROVIDES "TRANSITIONAL" CARE FOR PATIENTS WHO HAVE COMPLETED THEIR ACUTE STAY IN THE HOSPITAL YET STILL REQUIRE SKILLED NURSING AND OTHER SUPPORTIVE CARE BEFORE RETURNING TO HOME OR OTHER LIVING ARRANGEMENTS. THE HOSPITAL ADMITTED 339 PATIENTS IN 2021.SUMMARY:THE HOSPITAL ADMITTED A TOTAL OF 21,137 PATIENTS IN 2021 FOR INPATIENT SERVICES. THESE SERVICES WERE PROVIDED TO THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY ON AN ELECTIVE BASIS OR EMERGENCY BASIS. THE HOSPITAL PROVIDES CHARITY CARE AND DISCOUNTS TO PATIENTS THAT ARE UNABLE TO PAY FOR THE SERVICES PROVIDED. THE HOSPITAL PROVIDED CHARITY CARE OF APPROXIMATELY $1.0 MILLION (CHARGES) FOR INPATIENTS SERVED IN 2021.

AMBULATORY SURGERY: SOUTH NASSAU AMBULATORY SURGERY SERVICE LINE CONSISTS OF OUTPATIENT SURGICAL, ENDOSCOPY, PAIN MANAGEMENT AND CARDIAC SERVICES. SEE DETAILS OF THE SERVICES THAT COMPRISE AMBULATORY SURGERY BELOW:OUTPATIENT SURGERIES:SOUTH NASSAU'S AMBULATORY SURGERY UNIT (ASU) FEATURES 10 SEMI-PRIVATE PRE-OPERATIVE PATIENT SUITES WHERE THE PATIENT IS ADMITTED PRIOR TO SURGERY AND 16 SEMI-PRIVATE POSTOPERATIVE ROOMS WHERE PATIENTS COMPLETE PHASE TWO OF THEIR RECOVERY, RECEIVE PAIN MEDICATION AND POST-OPERATIVE TEACHING PRIOR TO BEING DISCHARGED FROM THE HOSPITAL. THE ASU POST-OPERATIVE UNIT IS OPEN 24 HOURS A DAY. THE HOSPITAL PERFORMED 5,670 OUTPATIENT SURGICAL PROCEDURES IN 2021.ENDOSCOPY:SOUTH NASSAU COMMUNITIES HOSPITAL'S ENDOSCOPY UNIT PROVIDES STATE-OF-THE-ART PATIENT CARE FOR BOTH INPATIENTS AND OUTPATIENTS REQUIRING UPPER OR LOWER GASTROINTESTINAL STUDIES. THE SERVICE OFFERS E.R.C.P. (ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY) STUDIES OF THE GALL BLADDER, PANCREAS AND BILE DUCTS. ALSO OFFERED ARE ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASOUND, WHICH EXAMINES THE WALLS AND THE SURROUNDING STRUCTURES OF THE GI SYSTEM; GASTROSCOPY AND COLONOSCOPY, A MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE TO VIEW THE GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM INCLUDING THE ESOPHAGUS, STOMACH AND COLON; AND LIVER BIOPSIES. THE ENDOSCOPY UNIT ALSO PERFORMS PH AND MOTILITY STUDIES USING THE "BRAVO" CAPSULE. THE HOSPITAL PERFORMED 3,971 OUTPATIENT ENDOSCOPY PROCEDURES IN 2021.PAIN MANAGEMENT:SOUTH NASSAU'S PAIN MANAGEMENT UNIT PROVIDES CARE TO BOTH INPATIENTS AND OUTPATIENTS REQUIRING INTERVENTIONAL PAIN MANAGEMENT PROCEDURES. THE PAIN MANAGEMENT ANESTHESIOLOGISTS, WHO ARE ASSISTED BY HIGHLY SKILLED REGISTERED NURSES, ARE TRAINED IN CUTTING-EDGE INTERVENTIONAL PAIN MANAGEMENT MODALITIES. THE HOSPITAL PERFORMED 1,412 OUTPATIENT PAIN MANAGEMENT PROCEDURES IN 2021.CARDIAC SERVICES:CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION LABORATORY: THE HOSPITAL'S CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION LABORATORIES IN THE CENTER FOR CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH USE STATE-OF-THE-ART DIGITAL IMAGING CAMERAS FOR THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE RESOLUTION AND IMAGE QUALITY. THIS PROVIDES PRECISE RESULTS FOR CARDIAC PROCEDURES WHILE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCING THE PATIENT'S EXPOSURE TO RADIATION. SOUTH NASSAU WAS APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO PERFORM ELECTIVE ANGIOPLASTY. THIS ALLOWS SOUTH NASSAU TO PERFORM DIAGNOSTIC CARDIAC CATHETERIZATIONS AS WELL AS BOTH ELECTIVE AND EMERGENT CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY PROCEDURES. THE CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION LAB AND THE CARDIAC SERVICES ADMITTING/RECOVERY UNIT ARE STAFFED BY SPECIALLY TRAINED REGISTERED NURSES, NURSE PRACTITIONERS, PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANTS AND EXPERIENCED INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGISTS WHO RANK AMONG THE BEST IN THE STATE. THE HOSPITAL PERFORMED 911 OUTPATIENT CATHETERIZATION PROCEDURES IN 2021.ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY LABORATORY:THE HOSPITAL'S ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY AND ARRHYTHMIAS LAB SPECIALIZES IN THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF LIFE-THREATENING HEART RHYTHM DISORDERS. THE ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY LAB USES STATE-OF-THE-ART 3-D CARDIAC ANATOMIC MAPPING WHICH ALLOWS FOR THE PRECISE LOCATION OF IRREGULAR HEARTBEATS. THE ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY AND ARRHYTHMIAS LAB TEAM IS COMPOSED OF BOARD-CERTIFIED ELECTROPHYSIOLOGISTS TOGETHER WITH SPECIALLY TRAINED PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS AND REGISTERED NURSES. THE LAB IMPLANTS PERMANENT PACEMAKERS, CARDIAC DEFIBRILLATORS, BIVENTRICULAR DEVICES AND LOOP RECORDERS AND PROVIDES ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY PROCEDURES SUCH AS TABLE TESTING, CARDIAC ABLATIONS, CARDIOVERSIONS, TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAMS AND DIAGNOSTIC ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY STUDIES. PATIENTS RECEIVING PERMANENT PACEMAKERS OR DEFIBRILLATORS HAVE THE DEVICE INTERROGATIONS PERFORMED IN THE ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY LAB FOLLOWING THE IMPLANTATION AND AT ROUTINE INTERVALS. THE HOSPITAL PERFORMED 317 OUTPATIENT EP STUDIES IN 2021.SUMMARY:AMBULATORY SURGERY SERVICES WERE PROVIDED TO 14,104 MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY ON AN ELECTIVE BASIS. THE HOSPITAL PROVIDED CHARITY CARE OF APPROXIMATELY $1.2 MILLION (CHARGES) FOR AMBULATORY PATIENTS SERVED IN 2021.

EMERGENCY SERVICES:OCEANSIDE:THE EMERGENCY ROOM IS OPERATED ON A FULL TIME BASIS (24 HOURS 365 DAYS A WEEK). OUR EMERGENCY ROOM IS ONE OF THE BUSIEST ON THE SOUTH SHORE OF NASSAU COUNTY. THE EMERGENCY ROOM IS THIS AREA'S LEADING CENTER OF SPECIALIZED EMERGENCY CARE, WITH A SOLID REPUTATION FOR DEVELOPING AND IMPLEMENTING INNOVATIONS IN EMERGENCY HEALTH CARE SERVICES. THE EMERGENCY ROOM IS STAFFED BY A TEAM OF DEDICATED PROFESSIONALS, INCLUDING BOARD-CERTIFIED, RESIDENCY-TRAINED EMERGENCY MEDICINE PHYSICIANS (ONE OF FEW HOSPITALS IN NEW YORK WITH SUCH STAFFING), AS WELL AS NURSES, NURSE PRACTITIONERS AND PHYSICIANS' ASSISTANTS WHO HAVE BEEN SPECIALLY-TRAINED IN EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE. THE EMERGENCY ROOM IS ALSO A LEVEL II TRAUMA CENTER, EQUIPPED WITH THE ADVANCED MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY AND SKILLED SPECIALISTS REQUIRED TO PERFORM EMERGENCY TRAUMA PROCEDURES. IT HAS ALSO BEEN DESIGNATED AS A STROKE CENTER BY THE NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH BECAUSE WE OFFER THE RAPID ASSESSMENT AND ADVANCED THERAPIES AND PROCEDURES THAT CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE FORSTROKE PATIENT. THE HOSPITAL PROVIDES CHARITY CARE AND DISCOUNTS TO PATIENTS RECEIVING EMERGENCY ROOM SERVICES CONSISTENT WITH OUR POLICY. THE HOSPITAL EXPERIENCED 52,786 EMERGENCY ROOM VISITS IN 2021 OF WHICH 16,499 PATIENTS WERE ADMITTED IN 2021, THE HOSPITAL PROVIDED CHARITY CARE OF APPROXIMATELY $.5 MILLION (CHARGES) TO INDIVIDUALS WHO RECEIVED EMERGENCY SERVICES.LONG BEACH:THE FREE STANDING EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT, WHICH OPERATES ON A FULL TIME BASIS (24 HOURS A DAY, 365 DAYS A YEAR), IS STAFFED WITH CERTIFIED EMERGENCY NURSES AND PHYSICIANS BOARD CERTIFIED IN EMERGENCY MEDICINE, AND HAS THE SAME FEATURES AND DIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT AS A TRADITIONAL EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT WITH THE EXCEPTION BEING THAT IT IS NOT LOCATED ON THE HOSPITAL'S MAIN CAMPUS. ANY PATIENTS REQUIRING CONTINUED HOSPITAL CARE OR ADMISSION ARE TRANSFERRED TO THE MAIN CAMPUS VIA A SOUTH NASSAU AMBULANCE. THESE TRANSFERS ARE PAID FOR BY THE HOSPITAL. IN 2021, THE LONG BEACH EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT EXPERIENCED 10,140 VISITS, OF WHICH 1,105 PATIENTS WERE TRANSFERRED TO THE HOSPITAL'S MAIN CAMPUS RESULTING IN 752 ADMISSIONS. THE HOSPITAL PROVIDED CHARITY CARE OF APPROXIMATELY $110,000 (CHARGES) TO INDIVIDUALS WHO RECEIVED EMERGENCY SERVICES.