South Nassau Communities Hospital Named to List of 100 Best Healthcare Providers to Work for

Becker's Hospital Review, a bimonthly magazine, developed the list through nominations, research and a rigorous review with peer organizations and is composed of hospitals, health systems, surgery centers and large physician practices.

Oceanside, NY, May 14, 2011 --(PR.com)-- Becker's Hospital Review has named South Nassau Communities Hospital to its 2011 list of the "100 Best Places to Work in Healthcare" in the United States.

South Nassau was selected for its demonstrated excellence in providing a work environment that promotes teamwork, professional development and quality patient care. The list was developed through nominations, research and a rigorous review with peer organizations and is composed of hospitals, health systems, surgery centers and large physician practices. Becker's Hospital Review is a bimonthly magazine published by ASC Communications located in Chicago, Ill. The magazine is read by many of the nation’s leading healthcare executives and policy makers.

This is the third significant media honor that South Nassau has received this year. Previously, South Nassau was voted the Best Hospital on Long Island by readers of The Long Island Press and the U.S. News & World Report's first-ever Best Hospitals metro area rankings ranked South Nassau thirty-fifth among all hospitals in the New York metropolitan area, which includes hospitals based in New York City, Long Island, Westchester County, and northern New Jersey.

"At South Nassau Communities Hospital we understand that each member of our team is vital to the overall patient and visitor experience we provide," said Joseph Quagliata, South Nassau's President and CEO. “We understand that a supportive, encouraging, rewarding and collaborative workplace environment is essential to fulfilling South Nassau’s mission to meet the community’s need for standard-setting, advanced healthcare services wherever and whenever they are needed.”

Located in Oceanside, NY, South Nassau is one of Long Island’s largest hospitals with 435 beds, more than 875 physicians and 2,800 employees. South Nassau is an acute-care, not-for-profit teaching hospital that provides state-of-the-art care in cardiac, oncologic, orthopedic, bariatric, pain management, mental health and emergency services. In addition to its extensive outpatient specialty centers, the hospital provides emergency and elective angioplasty and is the only hospital on Long Island with the Novalis Tx™ and Gamma Knife® radiosurgery technologies.

South Nassau is a designated Stroke Center and Comprehensive Community Cancer Center and is recognized as a Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence. It has been awarded the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The GuidelinesSM program’s Gold Performance Achievement Award for Coronary Artery Disease for two consecutive years, and its Home Care program has been named to the HomeCare Elite™ listing of the top home health care providers in the U.S. each of the five years the listing has been released.

South Nassau Communities Hospital is one of the region’s largest hospitals, with 435 beds, more than 875 physicians and 2,800 employees. Located in Oceanside, NY, the hospital is an acute-care, not-for-profit teaching hospital that provides state-of-the-art care in cardiac, oncologic, orthopedic, bariatric, pain management, mental health and emergency services. In addition to its extensive outpatient specialty centers, South Nassau provides emergency and elective angioplasty and is the only hospital on Long Island with the Novalis Tx™ and Gamma Knife® radiosurgery technologies. South Nassau is a designated Stroke Center by the New York State Department of Health and Comprehensive Community Cancer Center by the American College of Surgeons and is recognized as a Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence by the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery. For more information, visit www.southnassau.org.

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