UHF News

The Board of Directors of United Hospital Fund announced today the appointment of Oxiris Barbot, MD as its president and CEO, effective September 12, 2022.

Chad Shearer, UHF’s Senior Vice President for Policy and Program, has been named interim president effective August 2, 2022.

UHF held the inaugural meeting of a new task force formed to integrate equity in all aspects of health care quality.

UHF's Polypharmacy Learning Collaborative held its second learning session with the members to learn from each other’s experiences in managing their residents’ medications.

UHF' announced its second class of PEDS Network Fellows, seven health care professionals who will go through a 15-month program designed to develop clinical leaders committed to transforming pediatric primary care..

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,