Grants | United Hospital Fund

Nov. 14, 2019 | $125,000
Greater New York Hospital Association
To build provider capacity and quality of care through joint GNYHA/UHF activities aimed at building clinical leadership capacity in quality improvement through Year 12 of the Clinical Quality Fellowship Program; and improving patient access to ambulatory specialty care by creating a specialty access working group for member hospitals to jointly address challenges around long wait-times for appointments.
Sept. 21, 2018 | $125,000
Greater New York Hospital Association
To build provider capacity and quality of care through joint GNYHA/UHF activities aimed at enhancing quality improvement training for health care professionals through the Clinical Quality Fellowship Program; supporting hospitals and health systems in incorporating high reliability principles and practices; and to determine the feasibility of expanding the concepts of the CQFP program to nursing homes.
July 9, 2018 | 709,122
Partnerships for Early Childhood Development, Phase II
Building on the first phase of the Partnerships for Early Childhood Development, eight pediatric providers and their community partners will work to further enhance their abilities to identify and address the social determinants of health that have profound impact on the healthy development of young children, with a particular focus on "closing the referral loop" between providers and partnering community-based social services agencies.
Oct. 18, 2017 | 125,000
Greater New York Hospital Association
To build provider capacity and enhance the quality of care within health systems across the greater New York region through GNYHA/UHF activities aimed at: bolstering clinical quality improvement leadership through the continuation and expansion of the Clinical Quality Fellowship Program; providing an opportunity for senior leadership of health care organizations to learn about “high–reliability” principles and implement them in their organizations.
April 25, 2017 | 296,887
UHF Outpatient Antibiotic Stewardship Initiative, Stage II
While much effort on the critical issue of antibiotic resistance focuses on the inpatient setting, UHF's Outpatient Antibiotic Stewardship Initiative Stage I engaged hospital-owned outpatient practices in analyzing prescribing practices and developing action plans based on CDC Core Strategies. Stage II will build on that work and assist participants as they design, implement, and evaluate their own strategies to decrease overuse and misuse of antibiotics, specifically for adults with acute respiratory infections. Seven hospitals and health systems, with a total of 35 outpatient sites, are involved.
Feb. 16, 2017 | Various
Partnerships for Early Childhood Development
To identify and address selected psychosocial risks to development associated with childhood and family poverty, through screening of young children in pediatric primary care practices and referrals to partnering community-based social service organizations for needed interventions and services.
Oct. 19, 2016 | 149,322 over 18 months
Patient-Reported Outcomes in Primary Care (PROPC)-NY Initiative
To better understand patient perspectives and help prioritize the patient voice in the delivery of high-quality primary care in New York by advancing the use of Patient-Reported Outcomes Measures (PROMs).
Oct. 19, 2016 | 188,320 over two years
Montefiore Medical Center Two
To pilot-test a new framework for integrating behavioral health care services into primary care—developed and disseminated with earlier UHF support—in four primary care medical practices in New York City. Project leaders will provide technical assistance to support the use of the framework, identify implementation challenges, and fine tune the framework based on project findings and results.
Oct. 19, 2016 | 130,000
Greater New York Hospital Association Two
To increase provider capacity and enhance the quality of care within health systems across the greater New York region by building quality improvement leadership and by supporting hospitals and nursing homes in developing antibiotic stewardship programs.
Oct. 19, 2016 | 135,000 over two years
New York University School of Medicine
To foster the identification of Emergency Department patients at significant risk for future homelessness, and develop effective preventive interventions.
June 15, 2016 | 60,000
Legal Action Center
To publish two issue briefs on policies and practices that best engage and retain justice-involved individuals in effective health care, drawing on the organization's experience working with New York State to enroll these individuals into Medicaid and connecting them with coordinated care.
Feb. 17, 2016 | 310,180
UHF Outpatient Antibiotic Stewardship Initiative
To address the critical issue of antibiotic resistance—to date a focus of work primarily in inpatient settings—by engaging hospital-owned outpatient practice sites in analyzing the factors affecting prescribing practices and developing a comprehensive action plan to test, implement, and evaluate appropriate antibiotic stewardship best practices.

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