Menopause is a risk factor for coronary disease. Dr. Rita Jermyn, Cardiologist at St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center®, explains the importance of regular screenings for women.

Hear more in the Women's Health Month edition of Stronger Together: youtu.be/TZlt2Xiq0ms

We concluded Nurses Week with our Closing Ceremony. Congratulations to all of the award winners on your achievements! Thank you for all that you do for our patients.

Our gratitude goes to the nurses of St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center®. We see your tireless dedication to our patients and thank you for the comfort you bring.💙

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Our nurses make a difference in the lives of our patients and their families every single day. During Nurses Week and every day, we offer them our gratitude. 💙💛

Join us all week to celebrate our teams across Catholic Health.

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May is #StrokeAwarenessMonth . Learn the telltale signs of a stroke so you can B.E. F.A.S.T. For more information, visit: bit.ly/3QAT8JL

We kicked off Nurses Week with a Mass in our chapel. At the end of the service, our nurses received a special prayer, with the blessing of the hands. 🙏

May is Stroke Awareness Month.  We honor our Stroke team, led by Dr. Vincent DeOrchis and Nurse Practitioner Erin Markey. SFH is rated by U.S. News as High Performing in Stroke.  We are a Joint Commission Thrombectomy capable stroke center.  catholichealthli.org/stroke-care

Nurses Make a Difference! Happy Nurses Week to our SFH nurses. We are grateful to you for all that you do for our patients.

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May is Stroke Awareness Month. Know the signs of stroke and save a life. If you or a loved one may be experiencing a stroke, seek medical care immediately. U.S. News ranks St. Francis Hospital as high performing in stroke care.

Heidi Fischer, CNE Eileen Dwyer, NM, and Betsy Mathew, CN from the Infusion Unit, attended the Oncology Nurses Society Congress, giving an electronic poster presentation – Empowering Patients Through an Interprofessional Approach to Early Lymphedema Recognition. Congrats!

Catholic Health President & CEO Dr. Patrick O'Shaughnessy has been named to the American Hospital Association Health Care Strategy & Innovation Committee.

St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center has earned its 23rd “A” Hospital Safety Grade from The Leapfrog Group. No hospital in New York State has received more 'A's' than St. Francis since the safety score’s debut in 2012.

Read more: bit.ly/4bdWCte

Congratulations once again to the Valve center team for a successful Valve Symposium. The links to the presentations are below - OPCI

web.cvent.com/event/f92749de…

Our staff at The Cancer Institute received For Pete’s Packs from For The Love of Pete’s’ Pantry.  Students from The Rosemary Kennedy School donated more than 50 Chemo Packs, filled with various items to keep our cancer patients comfortable during their Infusion treatments.

Another FIRST for SFH! Dr. Lawrence Garcia performed the first commercial (non-study) case of the Renal Denervation procedure in LI. We hope this tool will help our physicians manage their patients with uncontrolled hypertension going forward. Congratulations to the team!