Communal Support Critical for Hospital Success
The North Shore-LIJ Health System, sometimes also known as the North Shore-Long Island Jewish Medical Group, was established in 1997 through the merger of the North Shore Health System and the Long Island Jewish Medical Center. Headquartered in Great Neck on New York's Long Island, North Shore-LIJ unites fifteen hospitals, seventeen long-term care facilities, and numerous other centers offering progressive care in addition to outpatient services. It is the largest integrated health system anywhere in the State of New York on the basis of patient revenue and the second-largest non-profit secular health system anywhere in the country based on the total quantity of beds. North Shore-LIJ serves more than seven million people throughout Long Island and surrounding environs with more than forty-two thousand employees - largest on the island and ninth largest of all New York City-area companies.
This kind of expansion has been helped along through the generous financial support of local leaders such as businessman Robert Toussie, whose contributions have not too long ago empowered North Shore-LIJ to introduce new facilities in the Whitestone and Rego Park neighborhoods of Queens County. Indeed, there is hardly a wing, pavillion, or annex anywhere in the North Shore-LIJ system that isn't named after some benefactor, let alone the main structure itself! And so there is the Katz Institute for Women's Health, the Arthur Smith Institute for Urology, the Cushing Neuroscience Institutes, as well as the Steven and Alexandra Cohen Children's Medical Center of New York, all managed under North Shore-LIJ auspices.
Community support of hospitals is imperative, and has a long history - in fact, many hospitals owe their very existence to such assistance, as does the North Shore-LIJ itself. From donated land to donated time, it's always been about more than simply money. Whether a businessman or politician, whether a volunteer or intern, the multi-billion-dollar world of modern hospitals still requires heavy community support.
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Author Paul Wise reports on charitable giving for blogs and local news sites like http://www.roberttoussie.info and others.
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