04.19.2017 Health Report: ELIH only hospital in Suffolk to earn an ‘A’ in patient safety Eastern Long Island Hospital in Greenport earned the highest grade in Suffolk County for patient safety, according to a recently released report from The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit...
11.28.2016 Health Uncertain future for local health care pros in new year President-elect Donald Trump campaigned on a platform that included a promise to repeal the Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as “Obamacare,” raising questions about how health insurance could change...
11.25.2016 Health PBMC, Southampton Hospital compete for cath lab approval Despite a recommendation to approve Peconic Bay Medical Center’s application for a cardiac catheterization lab in favor of one proposed for Southampton Hospital, a committee of state Public Health...
07.21.2016 Featured Story Longtime ELIH community director Patricia Kiernan dies at 63 Patricia “Pat” Kiernan, who for more than a decade helped to raise millions of dollars for Eastern Long Island Hospital as a leader of fundraising and outreach efforts, died Tuesday...
06.25.2016 Health After mergers, local hospitals looking to the future For residents in Riverhead and Southold towns, health care received a major boost in 2015 when both local hospitals, just months apart, announced mergers with two of the largest...
03.17.2016 Health New initiative aids immigrants, promotes preventive care The scene at Pindar Vineyards Friday was a little out of the ordinary. Instead of out-of-towners sampling chardonnay and pinot grigio, a health care organization was offering a free...
06.01.2015 Health ELIH delays decision to announce future partner Leaders with Eastern Long Island Hospital had hoped to pick a partner organization by the end of May, but the Greenport hospital’s board of directors has instead decided to continue negotiations with...
04.25.2015 Columns Gustavson Column: Get ready, set, step! (for the hospital) This is to announce the periodic return, at least for the foreseeable future, of this column, along with the news that the former Joan Giger Walker and I hereby...
12.29.2014 Health The Year in Health 2014: Reform leads to change Eastern Long Island Hospital in Greenport had much to celebrate this year, what with word of a coming surgical unit expansion and the availability of new surgical specialty services....
10.29.2014 Health ELIH CEO treks Mt. Kilimanjaro to kickoff capital campaign In what might be the most unique capital campaign kickoff in Eastern Long Island Hospital history, two officials have trekked to the top of Africa’s highest peak — Mount...