North Shore-LIJ Awarded $3.8M Grant to Open Clinics

North Shore-LIJ Health System announced Tuesday it will be opening two occupational medicine clinics in Nassau and Suffolk counties this summer with the help of a $3.8 million, five-year grant from the New York State Department of Health.

The clinics, which will be available for people with work-related illnesses and injuries, will be located in New Hyde Park and St. James and will offer services such as annual flu vaccines, asbestos screenings, assessments of employees’ readiness to return to work following an injury or illness, pre-employment evaluations, mental health services to help workers avoid burnout, and programs for day laborers and migrant workers.

In addition, there will also be education initiatives offered  at both clinics as well as at Long Island workplaces covering areas such as tobacco cessation, exercise, nutrition, safety awareness and identification of hazards, including asbestos.

“This grant will expand our ability to serve the workforce,” North Shore-LIJ vice president and chair of population health Dr. Jacqueline Moline said in a statement. “We really put the strength of the health system in all of our endeavors. We can provide access to this specialized kind of care with far greater offerings through this grant.”

For the past 25 years, the state provided funding to Stony Brook University Hospital to operate the occupational medicine clinics on Long Island.