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TABLE OF CONTENTSSeminar 1: Behind the doors of senior living ........................................ 19

Maintaining mental health during COVID-19 .......................................20

Seminar 2: COVID-19’s effect on mental health and operations .. 21

Seminar 3: Technology revolution in the healthcare industry .......22

Seminar 4: COVID-19 vaccines ..................................................................23

The Future of Healthcare on Long Island panelist guide ............... 25

Long Island Business News this week presented its 2020 Long Island Healthcare Forum, a two-day dig-ital program where leading Long Island healthcare professionals discussed how this year has changed the industry and projected how it will look in 2021 and beyond. Sessions were free to attend. Hofst-ra University served as presenting sponsor for the two-day educational event.

Hosted on Zoom, four 30 minute seminars and an hour-long panel discussion featured more than doz-en healthcare leaders who voiced how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted their organization first-hand.

For full coverage of LIBN’s Long Island Healthcare Forum see our page 1 story today. Recaps of the four seminar sessions hosted Monday, Dec. 14 can be found in this special section.

INTRODUCTION TO THE LONG ISLAND

HEALTHCARE FORUM


S tuart B. Almer is president and chief executive officer of the Gurwin Healthcare System, Gurwin

Jewish Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, Gurwin Jewish ~ Fay J. Lindner Residences, Gurwin Home Care Agency, Gurwin Healthcare Foundation and Fountaingate Gardens. Prior to joining Gurwin in 2015, Almer served as executive vice president and chief operating officer at Parker Jewish Institute for Health Care and Rehabilitation, and prior to that as vice president, operations at Peninsula Hospital Center. Almer has also held senior management positions at Syosset Community Hospital, Brookdale University Hospital Medical Center and Huntington Hospital.

Almer is an Adjunct Professor in the Masters in Health Administration Program at Hofstra University, and previously served in a similar capacity in Hofstra’s Gerontology Program. He often lectures to community and civic organizations on quality, leadership, the status of long-term care, and the overall state of the healthcare system.

Almer received his undergraduate degree from SUNY College at Purchase, and possesses an MBA Degree in Hospital Management from Adelphi University. He holds a Certificate Degree from Molloy College, and is a New York State licensed Nursing Home Administrator. Almer is also a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives.

SEMINAR ONE BEHIND THE DOORS OF SENIOR LIVING

S tuart B. Almer, president and CEO of Gurwin Health Care System, joined Christine

Coppola-Leone, director of healthcare and regulatory compliance of The Arbors Assisted Living Communities to talk about elder care on Long Island amidst the pandemic.

“This is just an unusual year with so many things happening, and again, doesn’t seem to end,” Almer said, “So we try to put our best foot forward for our staff, for our residents, for our families.”

Both agreed that the early days of COVID-19 were tough, with the lack of PPP and supplies, along with the confusing and ever-changing numbers,

guidelines and regulations. Almer and Coppola-Leone discussed

the mental effects the pandemic has had on healthcare workers, including within their own organizations.

“In our industry, there’s often the relentless drive to fix,” Coppola-Leone said. “Well, this is something that wasn’t going to be fixed, so how do we maintain and sustain ourselves, and keep healthy throughout this time period?”

They knew the importance of the stress and anxiety that was coming out of the crisis, and by implementing social and emotional empathy to their colleagues, both Almer and Coppola-

Leone said they always maintained a positive point of view despite the gloom.

But hope in sight, they both agreed.

The seminar also addressed how the vaccine heading to nursing homes and healthcare facilities will be positive and impactful.

STUART B. ALMERPresident & CEO, Gurwin Health Care System

C hristine Coppola-Leone is the Regional Director of Healthcare and Regulatory Compliance for

The Arbors Assisted Living Communities. In this role she oversees the Executive Directors, providing daily guidance with ongoing leadership training and New York State Department of Health Regulatory requirements and overall daily operation of the communities. She also oversees the case management and activity services and works with the directors to develop policies and procedures that ensure the residents’ safety, while at the same time enhancing the quality of their daily lives. Coppola-Leone started her career in healthcare in 1992, at age 18, and has continually advanced her career. Her passion for leadership continually drives her to improve upon

existing skills, and share with her team so they may continue to learn and grow. Prior to her regional role, Coppola-Leone was The Executive Director of The Arbors at Bohemia Assisted Living Community for 13 years.

Coppola-Leone’s passion for seniors started at a very young age, when she accompanied her mother working to care for the elderly in their homes. Her service to the residents, staff and organization as a whole serves as a reminder of her parents that she cared for and lost, and an ongoing way to honor and keep their memory alive. Being able to touch the lives of seniors and have such a strong influence in what happens in their day to day is one of her greatest honors.

CHRISTINE COPPOLA-LEONEDirector of Healthcare and Regulatory Compliance, The Arbors Assisted Living Communities


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MAINTAINING MENTAL HEALTHDURING COVID-19

BY HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY STAFF

A s the nation grapples with a surge in COVID-19 cases, several large-scale studies

reported in the JAMA Network have found an increased incidence of mental health issues among front-line healthcare workers dealing with COVID-19 including depression, anxiety, insomnia, and distress.

“I have seen an uptick in the number of clients and referrals who are experiencing exacerbated symptoms brought on by the reality of the coronavirus and the transience of life,” says Laurie Johnson, PhD, Professor of Counseling and Mental Health Professions in the School of Health Professions and Human Services at Hofstra University. “There are data indicating an increase in suicidal ideation and behavior, even among trained helping professionals who are working in the front lines under grueling conditions in response to the pandemic.”

“In the midst of all the doom and gloom messaging we are experiencing during the pandemic,” continues Johnson, “it is important for us to remain

as physically and emotionally balanced as possible.”

Professor Johnson off ers these tips for self-care:

TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE RESOURCES

AVAILABLE.“The good news is that the fi eld of

behavioral health care has experienced the rapid growth of technology-based therapeutic services better known as tele-mental health,” says Johnson. This makes mental health services more accessible and convenient.

MAINTAIN YOUR PHYSICAL HEALTH.“This includes maintaining physical

activity, eating healthily, remaining connected meaningfully with others, albeit at a social distance, and, most importantly, being emotionally kind

and supportive to oneself during these extraordinary times,” Johnson says.

FOCUS ON THE PRESENT.

Johnson recommends: “Mindfulness, yoga, meditation, and engaging in relaxation response exercises including positive visual imagery and breathing strategies such as the 4-7-8 breathing technique (where you inhale to count of 4, hold to count of 7 and exhale to count of 8, over four rounds) can all be helpful toward this end.”

ACCEPT THINGS YOU CAN’T CONTROL.

“Fighting, resisting or running from diffi cult challenges through unhealthy coping behaviors” is not good for you, says Johnson. “Health professionals need to focus instead on commitment to self-care, recognizing one’s human limits

and refl ecting upon the meaningfulness of the work they are doing.”

REMEMBER THE GIFT OF YOUR

PROFESSION.Johnson reflects on the work of

Victor Frankl, a psychiatrist and Holocaust survivor, who founded ‘logotherapy’ – the theory that human nature is motivated by the search for purpose, even amid suff ering and loss.

“Perhaps this explains how so many frontline health professionals, despite the incredible odds they are up against, maintain an attitude shaped by optimism despite the realities of pain, suff ering and death and, in so doing, transcend the human inclination to feel powerless. I believe this is why health care professionals love their work, they fi nd existential meaning in what they do each day; a gift not all professions can claim,” says Johnson.

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SEMINAR TWOCOVID-19’S EFFECT ON MENTAL HEALTH AND OPERATIONS

K ate Schneider, programming specialist for Reflections at The Bristal Assisted Living,

and Regina Barros Rivera, associate executive director of North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center, discussed the mental health impacts on two ends of the spectrum: senior citizens and children.

Although very different in age, both groups suffer from some of the same issues, including feelings of isolation, changes to how they receive services and the impact of a “moving target” in regards to the opening and closing of both schools and assisted living facilities.

Schneider and Barros Rivera

discussed the use of technology and how they each implemented different incentives among staff to stay organized, sane and help their clientele maintain a sense of normalcy while receiving services in a pandemic-stricken world.

“It’s my hope (the vaccine) is the light at the end of the tunnel and that when this will be available to the staff, everybody will feel a little bit safer,” Schneider said.

Barros Rivera said she plans on educating the children and families North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center serves who are among those worried about the vaccine.

“I will launch the biggest educational

piece to inform our children and families that if you trust us, and we want to trust the medical field, we got to do this together,” she said. “We’re in

this together. We’re going to have to be in this together because we can’t continue like this.”

K ate Schneider MS, CTRS, CDP, CADDCT has more than 20 years of experience in the field

of therapeutic recreation.. Her experience includes working with people in various venues including long term care, physical -medical -rehab, detox, senior day care and currently, assisted living.

Schneider supports the Recreation Department, promoting innovative programming within the social, physical, emotional, spiritual and cognitive domains. Schneider is an adjunct lecturer teaching Therapeutic Recreation in the Geriatric Setting at St. Joseph’s College in Patchogue and is currently a board member for The Long Island Leisure Services Association. Schneider has presented at numerous conferences educating her peers and the public on

the therapeutic value of recreation.Schneider is also the Dementia Specialist for The

Bristal Assisted Living Communities and is responsible for supporting each community by providing coaching and dementia training for the Bristal team. She is certified by Second Winds to provide The Virtual Dementia Tour, by the Teepa Snow Group as a PAC certified trainer and a Certified Dementia Practitioner as well as trainer for the National Council of Certified Dementia Practitioners. Schneider has been trained as a Certified Montessori Dementia Care Professional as well. She supports the Conversations with Caregivers Support Groups within The Bristal and was instrumental in developing the Our Place Memory Cafes on Long Island.

KATE SCHNEIDERProgramming Specialist, Reflections at The Bristal Assisted Living

R egina Barros Rivera, LCSW, is the Associate Executive Director of North Shore Child & Family

Guidance Center, a leading children’s mental health agency on Long Island. She works closely with the Executive Director, the Board of Directors and the top leadership staff in maintaining the highest quality of care for children, youth and their families who are undergoing serious mental health crises, including depression, anxiety, self-injury and substance abuse.

One of the programs she supervises is the Intensive Support Program, a collaborative effort developed by Nassau B.O.C.E.S and the Guidance Center that provides a therapeutic and nurturing alternative, offering intensive mental health services onsite at three schools for students ages 5-21 from all 56 Nassau

County school districts.As a bicultural and bilingual mental health

professional, Barros Rivera is particularly sensitive to the special needs of the immigrant Latino family, and she has worked diligently to implement culturally appropriate services that provide quality care for that population. One example is her founding of the Guidance Center’s Latina Girls Project, an innovative program that employs individual, group and family therapy, along with monthly outings and other activities, to help first-generation Latina teens.

Barros Rivera received her Masters in Social Work from SUNY at Stony Brook in 1980 and Post Master Addictions Specialist Certificate from Adelphi University in 1989.

REGINA BARROS RIVERAAssociate Executive Director,North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center


SEMINAR THREETECHNOLOGY REVOLUTION IN THE HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY

D r. Martin Doerfler, senior vice president for clinical strategy and development

and associate chief medical officer at Northwell Health, discussed with the audience in LIBN’s third presentation how the medical giant has been embracing technology and Telehealth.

Doerfler formerly was senior director of clinical transformation at healthcare technology for Philips healthcare. He said that one thing people need to remember is that Telemedicina is not a

new concept. While COVID-19 made virtual

appointments the new norm, the concept behind technology-driven medical service has been around for decades.

“It began as a mechanism to serve distant communities that did not have easy access to physicians in particular, or providers in any type,” he said.

And that was in the ‘60s. Doerfler detailed the struggles

providers face when it comes to

payment and government regulation in the Telehealth industry, but also talked about how it can help people during unprecedented times.

“A lot of behavioral health – seeing your therapist, people in crisis – has been a real challenge for people who were quarantined. All of this moved online. And that’s, actually, been very effectively done,” he said.

Overal l , Doerf ler found that Telehealth was embraced in the early stages of the pandemic.

“Patient satisfaction for us in the early part of it was actually quite high and we were pleasantly surprised by that… On the other hand, we also believe that gave us the benefit of the doubt by the fact we were trying to get to them and we gave them options.”

He recommends that sticking with a doctor, even if they’re on a screen, is important.

“We believe that Telehealth is a tool in the toolbox,” he said. “It is not a thing in and of itself.”

Dr. Doerfler leads the Office of Clinical Transformation in the Center for Learning and Innovation (CLI) and

is responsible for guiding the adoption of Evidence Based Clinical Practice and helping to define and facilitate clinical improvement efforts across Northwell.

Dr. Doerfler is also responsible for developing the Telehealth strategy for Northwell Health working collaboratively with clinicians and administrators on prioritizing and developing operational strategies for successful program development and execution.

Dr. Doerfler came to Northwell in 2010 as the VP for Evidence Based Clinical Practice from Philips Healthcare where he served as Senior Director for Clinical Transformation. In that role, he was responsible for developing and overseeing the implementation and adoption of Philips portfolio of medical informatics tools for optimal utility and outcomes.

A board-certified internist with added certification in Critical Care Medicine, Dr. Doerfler graduated from the

University Of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and began his career at the NYU-Bellevue Medical Center as a medical resident. He then trained in Critical Care Medicine at the National Institutes of Health staying on as a Medical Staff Fellow, conducting research on the cellular mechanisms of sepsis and shock. Returning to NYU- Bellevue he directed the Critical Care Fellowship and the Medical ICUs of NYU Medical Center and Bellevue Hospital and chaired the Bellevue Hospital Bioethics committee.

Dr. Doerfler is a nationally recognized leader in TeleHealth program development and implementation as well as improvement sciences including the use of information technology tools to improve clinical practice and improve outcomes. He has authored peer-reviewed articles in journals such as the Journal of Clinical Investigation and Critical Care Medicine. Dr. Doerfler received a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry and Degree in Medicine from the University of Pittsburgh, PA.

MARTIN E. DOERFLERSVP, Clinical Strategy and Development, Associate Chief Medical Officer, Northwell Health, Professor of Medicine and Science Education, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra- Northwell


SEMINAR FOURCOVID-19VACCINES

S usan DiGregorio, former director of clinical pharmacy development with Community

Care RX and pharmacotherapy research and consultant expert, jo ined Sarah Adui , ass istant director of pharmacy operations at Community Care RX joined LIBN’s fi nal seminar Monday to discuss the new COVID-19 vaccines.

The pair kicked off the conversation by discussing the four different manufacturers of COVID-19 vaccines: Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson.

Audi said the Pfizer vaccine will produce 25 million doses, meaning 12.5 million people can get vaccinated.

Pfizer’s product requires a second injection and to be stored in a deep-freeze storage unit. More doses are expected soon.

And although the Johnson & Johnson vaccine is still finishing up trials, both DiGregorio and Adui agreed that this vaccine might be the best option for the general public down the line due to its less-hassle storage and one-shot dose.

Like Pfizer, Moderna COVID-19 vaccine requires two doses and heavy-duty, deep-freeze storage units.

The experts outlined the diff erent phases of vaccine releases; phase one includes frontline workers and high-

risk, long-term patients.DiGregorio noted that the main

reason the vaccine will be released in phases is because of the lack of supplies.

“A lot of it actually had to do with not necessarily the vaccine itself, but the supplies to go along with it,” she said. “They didn’t have enough vials, they don’t have enough syringes, they don’t have enough of those types

of products in order to be able to administer the vaccine.”

Both experts agreed that they cannot estimate a specifi c time for the vaccine to roll out to the general public.

But DiGregorio is optimistic. “I’m predicting that we’re going to have a good summer,” she said. “For those who didn’t get a chance to get together for the holidays, maybe we’ll do Christmas in July.”

Sarah Audi’s passion for pharmacy sparked when she began her career in a retail chain pharmacy

in 2009. Over the last 11 years, her passion for the pharmaceutical industry has grown, and she has focused on building leadership skills and expanding her clinical knowledge in hospital, retail-chain, independent, and long term care pharmacy settings.

Audi completed a Bachelors of Science degree in Biology with concentration in Genetics at Long Island University. She then went on to complete a Doctor of Pharmacy degree at Chapman University in Orange County, CA.

After completing her Pharm.D., Audi completed 2 years of postgraduate during which she became a clinical pharmacist through Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, PA. During PGY1 Audi completed multiple certificate trainings such as a Tobacco

Treatment Specialist certificate program (CTTS), pharmacogenomics testing certifi cation, and obtained a license to administer injectables by the state. Audi is also a certifi ed Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) instructor that is CDC recognized.

Audi’s PGY2 was at the Veterans Aff airs Hospital in San Diego, CA specializing in Health-System Pharmacy Administration and Leadership to become a director of a hospital. Throughout the course of her time at the VA, Audi utilized her specialty training and assisted the leadership team to lead the pharmacy service in passing the Joint Commission biennial inspection.

In 2017, California Senate District 72 recognized Audi for her outstanding service; in 2018 the Dean of Chapman University School of Pharmacy recognized Audi with the Dean’s Inclusion and Diversity award.

SARAH AUDI Assistant Director of Pharmacy Operations, Community Care RX

Susan DiGregorio BSPharm, MS, Rph is an independent pharmacy consultant. She is

a licensed pharmacist in New York State. She attended LIU Arnold & Marie Schwartz College of Pharmacy.

DiGregorio is involved in senior care pharmacy practice and has been a consultant pharmacist with long term care facilities, assisted living facilities, and group homes for over 20 years. Prior to that DiGregorio worked with CVS Pharmacy for 10 plus years providing best practice pharmacy services to her patients. Giving back to the practice of

pharmacy is very important to DiGregorio. She served as a preceptor to pharmacy students at St. John’s University for many years.

DiGregorio was a subcontractor with Community Cares RX and operates a pharmacy consulting business. She also works with Guardian Consulting Services, and for the last 2 decades has assisted in consulting and medication regimen review for long term care facilities.

DiGregorio continues to use her strengths and knowledge to educate the medical community on best pharmacy practices.

SUSAN DIGREGORIOPharmacotherapy Research & Consulting Services


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P atrick O’Shaughnessy, DO, MBA, FACEP, CHCQM, MS-POPH is Catholic Health Services of Long

Island’s executive vice president for medical aff airs and system chief clinical offi cer. Dr. O’Shaughnessy’s areas of expertise include high reliability science as a platform for enhancing quality and patient safety, population health management, medical informatics, as well as driving public policy improvements to better support social determinants of health. He is a leader in high reliability health care and speaks nationally on patient safety, population health, multiple domain and scenario based learning, and quality improvement processes in health care.

Dr. O’Shaughnessy completed his residency in emergency medicine at Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Beth Israel where he was selected to be chief

resident and then was off ered faculty appointment at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He was a practicing emergency attending physician at Beth Israel Medical Center for over 10 years, and led disaster and recovery eff orts for the September 11th attacks on the World Trade Center.

Dr. O’Shaughnesssy is board certifi ed in emergency medicine and health care quality and management.

As a leading medical practitioner on Long Island responding to the coronavirus pandemic, Dr. Robert

Levy and his staff at AFC Urgent Care answered the call of testing and treating patients for the COVID-19 disease as early as late March 2020. During the height of the healthcare crisis in New York, Dr. Levy performed 300 molecular rapid tests per day for close to two months of patient care. Dr. Levy was a voice of compassion and education for patients from as far as New Jersey, upstate New York, Connecticut and for both Nassau and Suff olk counties. His leadership and experience was a guiding light for many people during one of the most diffi cult times of our generation, and he continues to be at the forefront of testing and treatment.

Dr. Levy was born and raised on Long Island. He received his undergraduate degree from Binghamton

University in 1998 and his medical degree from SUNY Upstate Medical University in 2003 Dr. Levy served as an Attending Physician in the Stony Brook University Emergency Department from 2007 to 2014, also serving as a faculty member for the residency program. In 2014, he co-founded PromptCareMD, an urgent care center, later joining AFC Urgent Care in 2019, where he remains a co-owner.

Kenneth Kaushansky, MD, MACP, is the Senior Vice President for Health Sciences and the Dean of

the Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University. Dr. Kaushansky is a world-renowned hematologist, physician-scientist and medical educator whose transformative contributions to understanding hematopoiesis have been recognized by his election into the Institute of Medicine and the National Academy of Sciences. He is a champion of the need to train more physician-scientists who can bridge the gap between the laboratory and the clinical arena, translating research discoveries into improved treatments and technologies for the prevention, diagnosis and management of disease.

His research has led to several signifi cant discoveries, for which he received the Dameshek Award from the American Society of Hematology, the Outstanding

Investigator Award from the American Society for Medical Research and the Ernest Beutler Award from the American Society of Hematology. He is an inventor on six issued U.S. patents that have been licensed or assigned to two companies. He has published over 140 peer reviewed papers and over 115 invited papers, editorials or textbook chapters. He has served as Editor-in-Chief of Blood and on the Editorial Board of The Hematologist. He currently serves as lead editor of Williams Hematology Hemostasis and Thrombosis.

Mary Mahoney is the vice president of Emergency Management and Clinical Preparedness for the

Northwell Health System, where she oversees all aspects of emergency preparedness for 23 hospitals, 2 skilled nursing facilities, and over 700 ambulatory practices.

A board certifi ed family nurse practitioner, Mahoney holds multiple credentials in Emergency Management and Emergency Nursing including Certifi ed Healthcare Emergency Professional (CHEP), Certifi ed Emergency Disaster Professional (CEDP), and National Healthcare Disaster Certifi cation (NHDP-BC).

Mahoney has vast disaster response and recovery experience, and spent 20 years as a member of the National Disaster Medical System working in both clinical and leadership positions, with her last position as the Commander of DMAT NY-5.

Mahoney has over 25 years of clinical experience in emergency medicine, pediatric emergency medicine, and pediatric critical care, and has acted as the clinical operations lead for multiple federal operations including hurricanes and special security events.

THE PANELISTSDR. PATRICK O’SHAUGHNESSYExecutive Vice President and Chief Clinical Offi cer, Catholic Health Services

1. DR. ROBERT LEVYPartner,AFC Urgent Care - Long Island

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DR. KENNETH KAUSHANSKYSenior Vice President for Health Sciences, Dean of the Renaissance School of Medicine, Stony Brook University

MARY MAHONEYVice President, Emergency Management & Clinical Preparedness, Northwell Health

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Dr. Holly Seirup was appointed the Dean for the School of Health Professions and Human Services in March

2017. Under her leadership, the school has seen a 60% increase in enrollment and has added graduate programs in Healthinformatics, Occupational Therapy, as well as Advanced Certifi cates in Foundations of Public Health, Substance Abuse Counseling and Gerontology: Healthy Aging.

Dr. Seirup joined Hofstra in 1982. She holds a joint appointment as Professor in the Departments of Counseling & Mental Health Professions and Educational Leadership. Before joining the faculty, she held various positions in university administration including serving as Vice President of Campus Life. She has presented at numerous regional, national, and international conferences and has authored/coauthored articles on topics ranging

from the impact of Hope on academic success, behavioral health issues on the college campus, college persistence, and online pedagogy.

Dr. Seirup received the NASPA Robert H. Shaff er Award for Academic Excellence as a Graduate Faculty Member in 2016, was named the School of Health Sciences and Human Services 2013-14 Teacher of the Year, the Hofstra University Award for Alumni Achievement in September 2002, and was named one of the 2019 Top 50 Women in Business by LIBN.

DR. HOLLY SEIRUPDean of the School of Health Professions & Human Services, Hofstra University

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