05.05.2017 Health East End healthcare pros give mixed opinions on American Health Care Act In the wake of Congress narrowly approving the American Health Care Act Thursday — replacing the Affordable Care Act, better known as “Obamacare” — local reaction from insurance and healthcare...
11.25.2016 Health PBMC, Southampton Hospital compete for cath lab approval Despite a recommendation to approve Peconic Bay Medical Center’s application for a cardiac catheterization lab in favor of one proposed for Southampton Hospital, a committee of state Public Health...
06.25.2016 Health After mergers, local hospitals looking to the future For residents in Riverhead and Southold towns, health care received a major boost in 2015 when both local hospitals, just months apart, announced mergers with two of the largest...
04.24.2016 Health Health: At ELIH, she’s in a ‘multi-hat position’ Between evolving dress codes and a shift to electronic record keeping, Cathy Sepko, R.N., has adapted to considerable change during her 40-year career in nursing at Eastern Long Island...
03.20.2016 Health Health Column: This screening test could save your life March is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. And if you’re reading this column, it’s likely that you or someone you know has been affected by the disease, which is...
12.13.2015 Health Fast Chat: Learn about glaucoma with Dr. Lawrence Buono Has someone in your family had glaucoma, making you curious if you carry the genetic disease as well? Dr. Lawrence Buono, of North Shore Eye Care, is here to...
04.02.2015 Health East End Health Alliance votes to begin process of dissolving Less than a week after PBMC Health publicly announced its plans to join North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health Center, the East End Health Alliance voted to begin the process...
10.23.2014 Health Peconic Bay may go the way of Stony Brook or North Shore-LIJ Officials from Stony Brook Medical Center and North Shore-LIJ medical care systems confirmed reports Thursday that they are in affiliation talks with both Peconic Bay Medical Center and Eastern...
