°µÍřTV Langone Hospital—Suffolk, °µÍřTV Langone’s seventh inpatient facility, has added a variety of services and technologies, a boon for the 400,000 residents of Patchogue and surrounding communities.
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In March 2022, °µÍřTV Langone Health affiliated with Long Island Community Hospital, a 306-bed acute care hospital, founded in 1956, that serves more than 400,000 residents of Patchogue, New York, and surrounding communities. That affiliation enabled the hospital to draw on the health system’s resources and expertise while expanding its clinical services and enhancing care.
°µÍřTV Langone had established the blueprint for successful integration with Lutheran Medical Center, which became °µÍřTV Langone Hospital—Brooklyn in 2016. Three years later, Winthrop Hospital became °µÍřTV Langone Hospital—Long Island. Both hospitals have thrived since joining °µÍřTV Langone, the nation’s top-ranked health system for quality and safety, boasting the lowest mortality rates among comprehensive academic medical centers in the United States.
And now, exactly three years after the Long Island Community Hospital affiliation began, the integration process has led to a full-asset merger and a new name, °µÍřTV Langone Hospital—Suffolk, that launches a new chapter in the hospital’s service to the county.
°µÍřTV Langone’s seventh inpatient facility, °µÍřTV Langone Hospital—Suffolk has undergone a gradual transformation, adding gynecologic oncology and enhanced vascular, surgical, gastroenterological, and orthopedic services, with further growth planned. °µÍřTV Langone Hospital—Suffolk has also introduced infusion services for cancer patients and people requiring infusion treatments for neurological diseases, resulting in 4,000 new visits since implementation in May 2023, with plans to expand this service.
“Since affiliating with °µÍřTV Langone Health, our newest hospital has made incredible strides in quality and safety to better serve patients in Suffolk County,” says Robert I. Grossman, MD, dean of °µÍřTV Grossman School of Medicine and CEO of °µÍřTV Langone Health. “The completion of this merger, along with the expansion of our outpatient locations in the local community, marks a new era of exceptional healthcare on Long Island.”
Since 2022, surgical cases and operating room procedures at °µÍřTV Langone Hospital—Suffolk have increased by more than 50 percent, length of stay has been shortened by more than a day, and hospital-acquired infections have been reduced by 25 percent. Average wait time in the Emergency Department has dropped from 24 minutes to less than 10 minutes. Notably, patient experience ratings jumped 67 percent during the past year, according to the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems survey, a national standardized measurement of patients’ perspectives of hospital care.
The following are among the upgrades °µÍřTV Langone has made in the hospital’s services, infrastructure, and technology platforms:
- significant investment in operating room technology, including robotic equipment
- implementation of Epic, °µÍřTV Langone’s electronic health record system, allowing for fully integrated care across its ambulatory sites—dozens of them within Suffolk County—and the entire °µÍřTV Langone network
- recruitment of more than 100 physicians and advanced practice providers across numerous specialties
- reopening of the inpatient psychiatry unit and continued support of outpatient behavioral health services
- expanded trauma capabilities, including designation as a Provisional Level II Adult Trauma Center by the New York State Department of Health
- installation of MyWall digital tablets in patient rooms, enabling patients to choose their entertainment, order meals, and communicate with their care team
“Thanks to a significant investment and support from the entire °µÍřTV Langone Health system, the range and quality of services offered in and around Patchogue have grown exponentially, furthering our mission to consistently deliver the safest, most innovative, and highest-quality care to the community,” says Marc S. Adler, MD , senior vice president and chief of hospital operations at °µÍřTV Langone Hospital—Suffolk. “As part of a seamlessly integrated system, we are fully equipped to provide comprehensive, patient-centered services to meet the growing needs of Suffolk County for generations to come.”
In addition to the newest hospital in its fold, °µÍřTV Langone has begun construction on an ambulatory surgery center with six operating rooms and four procedure rooms on Main Street in Patchogue. This state-of-the-art facility, scheduled to open in 2026, will serve as the location for a variety of specialized same-day surgical procedures.
