Project Grant CE147192

COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING/CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING - CONSTRUCTION - ADDRESS: LONG ISLAND COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, 101 HOSPITAL ROAD, PATCHOGUE, NY 11772 PROJECT DIRECTOR: MATTHEW PEDDIE CONTACT PHONE NUMBER: 631.654.7314 EMAIL: MATTHEW.PEDDIE@NYULANGONE.ORG LONG ISLAND COMMUNITY HOSPITAL AT NYU LANGONE HEALTH DBA LONG ISLAND COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, FORMERLY BROOKHAVEN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER, RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF $5.5 MILLION IN FUNDING FROM THE CONSOLIDATED APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2022 (P.L. 117-103) FOR COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING/CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING (CDS) THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (HHS) HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION (HRSA) TO SUPPORT CAPITAL EXPANSION OF HEMODIALYSIS SERVICES. LONG ISLAND COMMUNITY HOSPITAL OPERATES OUTPATIENT AND HOSPITAL-BASED HEMODIALYSIS CARE SERVICES TO TREAT PATIENTS WITH END STAGE RENAL FAILURE AND KIDNEY DISEASE. THE CENTERS OFFER STATE-OF-THE-ART BICARBONATE SINGLE-PATIENT MACHINES, THE CONTINUAL COMPUTER MONITORING OF PATIENT TREATMENTS, AND THE CAPABILITY FOR HIGH-FLUX DIALYSIS, A TYPE OF HEMODIALYSIS THAT TAKES LESS TIME, IF CLINICALLY APPROPRIATE. TRANSIENT DIALYSIS IS AVAILABLE FOR VISITORS OR VACATIONERS TO THE AREA. LI COMMUNITY HOSPITAL'S HEMODIALYSIS TECHNICIANS ADMINISTER NEARLY 25,000 TREATMENTS ANNUALLY, PROVIDING LIFE-SAVING AND EXTENDING TREATMENT TO HUNDREDS OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN NEED. COMPREHENSIVE SUPPORT SERVICES ARE ALSO OFFERED THROUGH THE LI COMMUNITY HOSPITAL OUTPATIENT HEMODIALYSIS CLINIC INCLUDING: A HOME TEACHING PROGRAM AND CLINIC FOR CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY AND CONTINUOUS CYCLER-ASSISTED PERITONEAL DIALYSIS (CAPD/CCPD), A TYPE OF DIALYSIS WHICH CAN TAKE PLACE AT HOME; RENAL DIETITIANS WHO PROVIDE EDUCATION, SUPPORT AND AN IN-DEPTH PERSONALIZED MEAL PLAN AIMED AT IMPROVING PATIENTS' OVERALL HEALTH; AND RENAL SOCIAL WORKERS WHO OFFER SUPPORTIVE COUNSELING, COMMUNITY RESOURCES AND REFERENCES TO ASSIST PATIENTS IN MANAGING THEIR KIDNEY DISEASE AND IMPROVING THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE. FUNDING FROM HRSA WIL L ALLOW FOR RENOVATIONS, EXPANSION AND PURCHASE OF STATE-OF-THE-ART EQUIPMENT FOR THE OUTPATIENT AND INPATIENT HEMODIALYSIS SERVICE LINE THAT WILL HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON HEALTHCARE SERVICES IN SUFFOLK COUNTY COMMUNITIES BY INCREASING ACCESS TO AND AVAILABILITY OF LIFE-SAVING DIALYSIS TREATMENTS TO THE LOCAL AREA. THE LI COMMUNITY HOSPITAL HEMODIALYSIS SERVICE LINE HAS RECEIVED THE 5-DIAMOND PATIENT SAFETY AWARD FROM THE CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES (CMS) FOR SIX YEARS IN A ROW. THE OUTPATIENT HEMODIALYSIS CLINIC HAS ACHIEVED 90% SATISFACTION AS REPORTED BY OUR PATIENTS THROUGH THE CMS IN-CENTER HEMODIALYSIS CONSUMER ASSESSMENT OF HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS AND SYSTEMS SURVEY.