County |
Collaborating Hospitals |
Collaborating Counties |
Specific Area |
Strategies and/or Interverventions |
Partners |
Allegany |
- Cuba Memorial Hospital
- Jones Memorial Hospital
- Olean General Hospital
- Bertrand Chaffee Hospital
- TLC Health Network Tri-County Memorial Hospital
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Cattaraugus |
Falls prevention |
- Expand educational efforts directed toward teenagers, young adults and the elderly on accident and injury prevention, particularly about drinking and driving, and falls.
- Propose the advent of alcohol compliance checks on the sale of alcohol to minors, similar to what is already done in regards to the sale of tobacco products.
- Continue the promotion of STOP DWI, MADD, and SADD programs within the county.
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- Allegany/Western Steuben Rural Health Network
- Jones Memorial Hospital (JMH)
- Cuba Memorial Hospital(CMH)
- Local physicians
- Medical practices run by JMH and CMH
- Allegany County Office for the Aging
- Home Health Agencies
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Chemung |
- Arnot Ogden Medical Center
- St. Joseph's Hospital
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Hamilton |
- Glens Falls Hospital
- Saratoga Hospital
- Nathan Littauer Hospital
- Inter-Lakes Health
- Adirondack Medical Center
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- Warren
- Washington
- Saratoga
- Fulton
- Essex
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Falls prevention |
Develop an evidenced-based program in falls prevention for the community. |
- Local primary care providers
- Warren/Hamilton Counties Offices for the Aging
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Nassau |
- North Shore LIJ Health System
- Long Beach Medical Center
- New Island Hospital
- South Nassau Communities Hospital
- St. Francis Hospital
- Winthrop University Hospital
- Mercy Medical Center
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Falls prevention |
- Develop public awareness campaign via newsletters, local government mailings, public service announcements, postings in Naturally Occurring Retirement Centers and physician offices.
- Create a directory of community groups providing senior services for referrals.
- Create an inventory of current services to identify opportunities to expand and improve:
- Senior center or retirement community programs
- Fall prevention education for hospital staff
- Home assessment tools
- Inpatient education as part of discharge planning
- Balance strengthening exercises through hospital facilities
- Develop a falls assessment tool, adapted from CDC and Hartford Geriatric Tool for Home Assessment, to be used in partner organizations
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- North Shore Long Island Jewish Health Center
- Long Beach Medical Center
- New Island Hospital
- South Nassau Communities Hospital
- St. Francis Hospital
- Winthrop University Hospital
- Mercy Medical Center
- Nassau County Department of Senior Citizen Affairs
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Suffolk |
- Brookhaven Memorial Hospital
- Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center
- Huntington Hospital
- John T. Mather Memorial Hospital
- North Shore LIJ Health System
- St. Charles Hospital
- St. Catherine of Siena Medical Center
- Southampton Hospital
- Stony Brook University Medical Center
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Falls prevention |
- Design and develop health education materials to prevent falls in the elderly.
- Incorporate these materials into a community outreach plan. This plan will be community-focused, with participation from all hospitals, Suffolk County Health Department, and community agencies and organizations.
- Activities between the partners will be coordinated by the Injury Prevention group.
- In order to target high risk areas and subpopulations, develop Data Subcommittee that will analyze pertinent Suffolk County data regarding demographics and high risk areas.
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- Unintentional Injury Workgroup: North Shore-LIJ Health System
- St. John’s University
- St. Catherine’s Hospital
- AARP
- St. Charles Rehabilitation Hospital
- Dominican Sisters Family Health Service
- St. Joseph’s College
- Eastern Long Island Hospital
- John T. Mather Memorial Hospital
- Suffolk County Office for the Aging
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