SBH pediatric infection disease specialist Dr. Tsoline Kojaoghlanian explains hand foot and mouth disease on News 12 the Bronx.

Dr. Raghu Loganathan, Director of Critical Care Services at SBH Health System, discusses the need for clinicians to shift their perspective in order to increase organ donations. Dr. Loganathan and his ICU team are prominently mentioned in the NY Times article, New York Has World-Class Hospitals. Why Is It So Bad for People in Need of …

Studies reveal that when left untreated, obstructed sleep apnea (OSA) can double the risk of a patient dying from cardiac disease. By Mediha Ibrahim, MD, Medical Director, SBH Center for Sleep Medicine   OSA has been linked to the risk of heart failure, hypertension, type 2 diabetes, elevated blood pressure, atrial fibrillation and stroke. It’s …

Studies have long shown that unnecessary noise for a hospitalized patient is more than irritating – it can be damaging. In fact, back in the mid-19th century, no less a nursing legend than Florence Nightingale called it “the cruelest absence of care.” A much more recent study found that “the accumulation of noise, gossip and …

The idea of sharing the physician note with patients instinctively felt reckless. And yet, in 2017, SBH had begun to explore the possibility of using the Follow My Health Portal for patients to get access to their progress notes. Pat Belair, SBH’s senior vice president of Ambulatory Services and Strategy, was the first to propose …

SBH Health System (St. Barnabas Hospital) is ranked as the #1 hospital for quality in primary care. This is according to the latest ranking among the 41 institutions participating in the HealthFirst Quality Incentive Program. SBH has been an active participant in the HealthFirst Quality Incentive Program (HQIP) program since it began in 2012, and has …