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Column from Hartford Foundation: Independence—It’s What Older People Want

Release Date:

12/01/2015

... time and again, that the vast majority of us want to live in our homes and communities as we age, and, if possible, to ... goal requires that we design and provide good care in our hospitals and clinics, and...

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De Blasio Enlists New York City's Wealthy for His War on Income Inequality (Morgan Stanley)

Release Date:

12/08/2015

... Fred Wilson has offered $5 million to get computer science in every city school, while Viacom Chief Executive Officer ... Philippe Dauman is pushing for more broadband Internet in the Bronx. Hedge-fund...

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Scientists Find Key Driver for Treatment of Deadly Brain Cancer (Helmsley Charitable Trust)

Release Date:

01/11/2016

... The late Senator Ted Kennedy succumbed to this disease in just over a year. But scientists at the Salk Institute ... for which there has been practically no improvement in treatment outcome for years,"...

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Largest-Ever Study of Cornea Condition Reveals Hidden Risk Factors, U-M Team Reports (Research To Prevent Blindness)

Release Date:

01/13/2016

... made by researchers at the University of Michigan Health System’s Kellogg Eye Center and the U-M Institute ... Policy and Innovation, are published online ahead of print in the journal Ophthalmology. . ...

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NPs Share Excellent Management Practices (New York Community Trust)

Release Date:

01/19/2016

... Trust) You could tell by the size of the crowd in the CUNY Graduate Center’s Proshansky Auditorium and by the whispers in the seats between panelists’ comments that attendees of ... restoring hope and dignity...

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Guardian: Are Gates and Rockefeller Using Their Influence to Set Agenda in Poor States?

Release Date:

01/19/2016

... Gates and Rockefeller Using Their Influence to Set Agenda in Poor States? Ultra-rich philanthropists and their ... influence on decision-making and are setting the global health and agriculture agenda ...

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UJA-Federation of New York Seeks $40M From Bankrupt FEGS

Release Date:

02/09/2016

... $40M From Bankrupt FEGS The biggest unsecured creditors in the bankruptcy case of the massive social service charity FEGS Health & Human Services are seeking tens of millions of ... by FEGS to a large...

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Council Seeks to Protect Domestic Workers

Release Date:

04/13/2016

... legislation Monday that could empower nannies, home health aides and other home-care workers in disputes with employers. The bill would create a ...

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Workforce Development

Hartford Foundation Study Gets Attention on ‘National Healthcare Decisions Day’

Release Date:

04/18/2016

... of discussion arrives on the heels of a new national study in which only 29 percent of physicians surveyed reported ... by philanthropies John A. Hartford Foundation, California Health Care Foundation and...

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Commonwealth Fund Article Asks: Is Primary Care the Best and Worst Job in Medicine?

Release Date:

05/26/2016

... Fund Article Asks: Is Primary Care the Best and Worst Job in Medicine? About one-third of U.S. and U.K. primary care ... Fund survey findings show. Primary care physicians in both nations say they’re having a...

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With Support from Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Opera Philadelphia Appoints Rene Orth as Composer-in-Residence

Release Date:

06/17/2016

... Opera Philadelphia Appoints Rene Orth as Composer- in -Residence In collaboration with New York’s Music-Theatre Group, Opera ... its individualized plan of study with a living stipend and health...

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As 12 Early Community Schools Face Funding Cuts, Advocates Question City’s Long-term Commitment

Release Date:

06/17/2016

... Cuts, Advocates Question City’s Long-term Commitment In New York City, an unexpected fight has flared up between ... to finance after-school programs, tutoring, and student health services over the last three...

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Education

United Hospital Fund Releases Report on Hospital Clinics Driving Growth of Primary Care Medical Homes in NY

Release Date:

09/22/2016

... Clinics Driving Growth of Primary Care Medical Homes in NY September 21, 2016 —United Hospital Fund has released the third in a series of reports tracking medical home growth in New ... Homes...

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Edwin Gould Foundation Accelerator's BEAM Addresses Equations & Inequality in NY Times Feature

Release Date:

02/17/2017

... Accelerator's BEAM Addresses Equations & Inequality in NY Times Feature The extreme racial homogeneity in the rarefied realm of young math wizards has drawn little ... the basic institutions of civic...

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Commonwealth Fund Says N.J. Tops Many States On Healthcare Scorecard

Release Date:

03/16/2017

... including Pennsylvania, to rank 22nd this year overall in the organization's 2017 Scorecard on State Health System Performance... Commonwealth Fund Says N.J. Tops .....

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Rockefeller Foundation Joins Effort to Curb Hotel Food Waste

Release Date:

03/24/2017

... private individuals as its impact on both environmental health , food security as well as bottom lines — companies that invest in reducing food waste can expect a 14:1 ROI — are ... The Rockefeller Foundation...

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Long Island Community Foundation-Backed Report Finds Racial Inequities Cost LI’s Economy Billions Each Year

Release Date:

04/25/2017

... economy could have had an infusion of $24 billion in 2014 alone were it not for racial inequities resulting in an income gap faced by African-American residents, ... economy would be much stronger if barriers...

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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

... Center for Compassionate Healthcare, a national leader in the movement to strengthen and sustain the human ... The first Compassion Scholars Program will be held in conjunction with the inaugural Compassion...

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JPMorgan Chase and NY Community Trust Partner to Bring Middle-Skills Jobs Training

Release Date:

05/10/2017

... to expand access to middle-skill jobs for young people in the South Bronx. Part of JPMorgan Chase's five-year, $75 ... effort will connect career and technical education schools in the South Bronx to New...

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Commonwealth Fund Study Explores Burden of High Out-of-Pocket Costs on Medicare Beneficiaries

Release Date:

05/12/2017

... at beneficiaries’ out-of-pocket costs by income and health status. More than one-fourth of all Medicare ...

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