New York Hospital Reopens Dialysis Center, Earns Grant

OCEANSIDE, N.Y. — The Outpatient Dialysis Center (OPD) at South Nassau Communities Hospital (SNCH) in Oceanside reopened to patients on April 15.

Hurricane Sandy seriously impacted the OPD last October, leaving much of its interior and medical equipment destroyed. The 10,000-square-foot facility has been under construction since, but was refinished to match its pre-Sandy floor plan in just five months.

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New York State Announces Statewide Network for Health Care Records

NEW YORK — The New York eHealth Collaborative (NYeC), along with the New York State Department of Health, announced that three Regional Health Information Organizations (RHIOs) and three health information exchange (HIE) vendors will participate in the Statewide Health Information Network of New York, (SHIN-NY) which will function similarly to a public utility.

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