Why Pickleball?
Release Date:
05/04/2017
New York State Health Foundation's Stephany Fong says Congressional proposals to repeal and replace ACA threaten advances in recognizing social determinants of health.
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Anthony Shih, MD, MPH, Named President and CEO of United Hospital Fund
Release Date:
05/03/2017
The board of directors of United Hospital Fund announced today the selection of Anthony Shih, MD, MPH, as its president and CEO, effective August 14, 2017 .
NYS Health Foundation Releases Assessment of the Region’s Population Health Investments
Release Date:
05/02/2017
A new NYSHealth-funded report analyzes the New York State Department of Health's current funding for total population health.
Arabella Advisors Publishes Report on Women's Mental Health
Release Date:
05/02/2017
Women’s mental health and well-being have traditionally received insufficient attention from the health care field, from government, and from philanthropy.
United Hospital Fund Honors 31 Health Care Trustees
Release Date:
05/02/2017
The honorees were recognized for their extraordinary leadership and service to hospitals, nursing homes, and home care organizations throughout the five boroughs of New York City and neighboring Long Island, Westchester, and New Jersey.
United Hospital Fund Expands its Outpatient Antibiotic Stewardship Initiative
Release Date:
04/28/2017
United Hospital Fund announced today that it is launching Stage II of its Outpatient Antibiotic Stewardship Initiative to improve antibiotic prescribing for outpatients across New York City, working with seven hospitals and health systems...
Helmsley Charitable Trust Addresses Technology Gap in Rural Healthcare
Release Date:
04/28/2017
Patients at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center will soon benefit from access to the latest computed tomography (CT) diagnostic technology made possible through a grant from The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust’s Rural Healthcare...
Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation Awards Scholarship Grant to the Schwartz Center and the American Association of Colleges of Nursing for Compassion Scholars Program
Release Date:
04/27/2017
The program is designed to give select nursing and medical students exposure to strategies, skills and programs that are being successfully implemented in settings they are likely to encounter in the field.
Commonwealth Fund’s Biennial Health Insurance Survey Finds People with Medicaid Have Better Access to Health Care Than the Uninsured and Fewer Medical Bill Problems
Release Date:
04/27/2017
Having Medicaid is not only substantially better than being uninsured, but it provides enrollees with health insurance that on most measures is as good as or, in some cases, better than private coverage, according to new a Commonwealth Fund report.
Supported by JPB Foundation, Harvard Study Finds Illinois Soda Tax Could Cut Health Costs, Raise $561 Million in Revenue Annually
Release Date:
04/26/2017
A penny-per-ounce state tax on sugar-sweetened beverages could raise $561 million a year in new revenue for Illinois, while also saving millions in health care costs associated with obesity and diabetes, according to a new study released Tuesday by...
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