UHF News

UHF honored 73 quality improvement leaders from 68 health care organizations across the metropolitan region at it's annual Tribute to Excellence in Health Care event.

At the first Quality Leaders Forum (QLF) meeting of 2022 Michelle Morse, MD, Chief Medical Officer at the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, said the COVID-19 crisis has created new opportunities to bridge public health and health care.

The 13th class of United Hospital Fund’s Clinical Quality Fellowship Program held their inaugural retreat from March 17-18, marking the end of two years of virtual gatherings by previous fellows.

UHF released a report and toolkit that contains resources designed to help skilled nursing facilities and other health organizations ease the transition from inpatient care to home for patients and family caregivers.

The Council on Foundations has chosen Vaughn Murria, UHF’s Vice President of Human Resources and Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer, for its Career Pathways leadership development program,

UHF received three grants from The Mother Cabrini Health Foundation totaling $1.15 million in support of three innovative programs aimed at helping young children and older adults.

Helen Bevan, chief transformation officer of NHS Horizons in Britain, was the featured speaker at UHF’s fourth Quality Leaders Forum.

A report by UHF and Boston Consulting Group estimates the number of people in New York State experiencing food insecurity increased by 36 percent during the COVID-19 pandemic, and more than one in eight New Yorkers are facing hunger this December.

The American Medical Association’s strategic plan for improving health equity was the focus of the keynote address by Aletha Maybank, MD, AMA Senior VP and Chief Health Equity Officer, at the 32nd Annual Symposium on Health Care Services: Research and Practice.

Thirty mid-career health professionals that made up the 12th class of the Clinical Quality Fellowship Program (CQFP) graduated in a virtual ceremony on October 7, 2021.

A UHF report reveals that a majority of surveyed patients who were sent home after a short stay in a skilled nursing facility said they received and understood discharge instructions, but still reported some substantial gaps in preparation and care coordination.

United Hospital Fund has selected Peter Newell, director of its Health Insurance Project, as the new Patricia S. Levinson Fellow.