Advances and Recognition

Stony Brook University Hospital has an exceptionally strong quality management program with excellent infrastructure and systems for monitoring and improving patient care quality outcomes.

Stony Brook Children’s is a member of Solutions for Patients Safety, a national organization focused on ensuring that children receive safe care and zero harm while in a hospital’s care. This organization has helped to reduce in-hospital infections, medication errors, injuries from falls and immobility and 7-day readmission rates among others.

Each of the pediatric hospitalists in our division participate in initiatives to improve the overall quality of care delivered at Stony Brook Children's.