Loss from 9/11 Underscores Importance of Health Care Outreach
Aug. 26, 2015 ||The recent passing of a 9/11 survivor is an important reminder of the need for health care outreach and discussion
view more »The recent passing of a 9/11 survivor is an important reminder of the need for health care outreach and discussion
view more »New chairs among leadership changes for association and Essential Hospitals Institute boards
view more »New York's Bellevue Hospital Center to join Emory University and University of Nebraska Medical Center in collaboration with federal agencies.
view more »Three association members were among nine groups of grantees that will receive funding to sustain preparedness for treating patients with Ebola and other highly infectious diseases.
view more »Learn how two essential hospitals prepared and cared for Ebola patients.
view more »The second installment in this series, essential hospitals share strategies for overcoming cost, culture, and communication issues.
view more »Essential hospitals share strategies for overcoming siloes between behavioral health and physical health care.
view more »HHC has worked with the Afya Foundation since 2008 to donate used and unused medical supplies and equipment to countries struck by natural disaster.
view more »CMS announced a second batch of prospective recipients for Health Care Innovation Awards (round 2). The 27 new recipients include four members of America’s Essential Hospitals. Awards will be used to reduce costs and improve care delivery models for Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP patients.
view more »HHS announced recipients of Health Care Innovation Awards and a call for applications for the State Innovation Models Initiative. These programs were created through the Affordable Care Act to give stakeholders and states tools and flexibility to transform health care delivery system models.
view more »Notes "valuable contributions" member volunteers make to success of association's work
view more »HHC connects resources to high-risk youth in many settings—from the ED to the basketball court
view more »In 2007, HHC took significant steps to increase breastfeeding by prohibiting distribution of formula samples. However, the system took its commitment one step further when it joined the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s Latch On NYC initiative, which asks maternity hospitals to voluntarily adopt four specific breastfeeding practices.
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