Closing Gaps in Literacy, Equity, and Access More than 1.5 billion students worldwide have experienced school closures because of the pandemic, including at least tens of millions in the U.S. These interruptions have caused irreversible consequences for school-age children, particularly …
Voting and Health: Making the Connection As we work to advance health equity, we can’t forget that voting is a measurable health behavior. The benefits of voting are ample: having a say in the political process, strengthening civic engagement, asserting …
The Ripple Effect of Firearms: How Families, Communities, and Society in the U.S. Are Affected by Firearms A United Hospital Fund analysis, conducted in collaboration with Boston Consulting Group, reveals the devastating impact of gun violence nationwide and in New …
A Coordinated Vision for Adolescent Behavioral Health UHF President and CEO Oxiris Barbot, MD, lays out a vision for better and more coordinated adolescent behavioral health care. Our recent report, The Ripple Effects of the Adolescent Behavioral Health Crisis, draws …
Our Grantmaking United Hospital Fund awards up to $500,000 annually in grants. Grants are primarily awarded to nonprofit health care service providers that participate directly with UHF in collaboratives or projects aligned with one of our three priority areas, Coverage …
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UHF Gala UHF's Annual Gala Supporting UHF's work and honoring health care leaders United Hospital Fund’s Gala is one of New York’s premier health care events, held annually in October. The Gala is an annual tradition that for decades has …
NSIC providers Resources for Health Care Providers Toolkit, Guides, and More Health care providers can improve transitions in care by partnering with family caregivers who assume major responsibilities for patient care at home. These resources and tools have been created …
5 Critical Issues Facing New Yorkers 5 Critical Issues Facing New Yorkers 1. Over 1 million New Yorkers lack health insurance coverage, and many more are underinsured, facing high and rising out-of-pocket costs. 2. Uneven quality and patient experiences stubbornly …
Quality and Efficiency Quality and Efficiency Making health care more patient-focused, outcome-driven, safe, effective, and efficient Enormous progress has been made, but health care quality, safety, and outcomes remain far too variable—and patients’ priorities and well-being too often don’t receive …
Children's Health Initiative Children's Health Initiative Building a strengthened primary care system for children Poverty. Hunger. A parent with depression or an addiction. Social and economic factors like these can profoundly affect a child’s development in the first five years …
Partnerships for Early Childhood Development Partnerships for Early Childhood Development There is currently wide recognition that health outcomes can be largely driven by factors outside of health care. Among young children and their families, unmet social needs can lead to …
First 1,000 Days on Medicaid Initiative The First 1,000 Days Ten-Point Action Plan Braided funding for early childhood mental health consultations—to unite several state agencies to co-fund training for early childhood teachers on how to support healthy development and identify …
Health Insurance Project Health Insurance Project Exapnding and strengthening public and private health insurance in New York The Health Insurance Project works to identify ways to expand and strengthen public and private health insurance in New York. It helps fashion …
Public and Private Health Insurance Markets The Big Picture VI: Private and Public Insurance Markets Health Insurance Coverage in New York, 2009 News June 14, 2024 UHF’s Fourth “Unwinding” Convening Highlights Coverage Renewals, Future Plans Dec. 22, 2023 Halftime …
Innovation Strategies Innovation Strategies The Innovation Strategies initiative, established in 2011, seeks to improve the performance of New York’s health care system—and the associated health of New Yorkers—by identifying, evaluating, and supporting the adoption of promising innovations in how health …
Quality Institute Quality Institute Making progress on safe, effective health care for every New Yorker The quality of health care in New York remains uneven, despite significant recent investment in infrastructure. UHF’s Quality Institute aligns the work of the many …
Antibiotic Stewardship Antibiotic Stewardship Program Working with greater New York area health care systems to combat the rise of antibiotic-resistant organisms Nationally, studies have shown that up to 50 percent of antibiotic use is inappropriate. Improved stewardship efforts are critical …
How's My Health Dashboard SUPPORTED BY A GRANT FROM THE NEW YORK STATE HEALTH FOUNDATION Increasing demands on primary care have led to new challenges in patient-provider relationships. Primary care clinicians increasingly care for clinically and socially complex patients. They …
Eileen M. Sullivan-Marx, PhD, RN, FAAN Eileen M. Sullivan-Marx, PhD, RN, FAAN UHF Special Tribute, 2019 In 2019, UHF saluted Eileen M. Sullivan-Marx, PhD, RN, FAAN—Dean, NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing, and President, American Academy of Nursing—for her leadership …
Debra G. Perelman Debra G. Perelman Distinguished Community Service Award, 2018 In 2018, we saluted Debra G. Perelman, co-founder and vice chair of the Child Mind Institute, for her leadership to improve treatment for childhood mental health disorders. A teen …
2020 Honorees AdvantageCare Physicians Seema Massand, MD, MBA, Vice President, Clinical Quality BronxCare Health System Marion Riggins, BSN, MPH, CPHQ, Assistant Vice President, Regulatory Services and Quality Management Coalition of Asian-American IPA (CAIPA) Zhao Hui Wang, MD, PhD, President, Wang’s …
SNF Learning Collaborative SUPPORTED BY A GRANT FROM THE MOTHER CABRINI HEALTH FOUNDATION When transitions from skilled nursing facilities to home are not well executed, elderly patients are at greater risk of poor outcomes. Creating safer and more effective transitions …
Integrating Behavioral Health Integrating behavioral health screening and developmental screening and surveillance into routine well-child visits can help clinicians identify and address issues that threaten a child’s optimal development. Without such screenings, some important conditions may be missed and significant …
Supporting Parenting Nurturing parents’ knowledge of child development and supporting their ability to build healthy family relationships are important for achieving positive health outcomes for children. All children rely on safe, stable and positive interactions with a parent or caregiver …
Workforce Training For pediatric practices to advance health equity and mitigate the impacts of systemic racism on health disparities and health care outcomes, the entire care team needs to be engaged, informed, and trained on equitable approaches to care. Principal …
Gould Visiting Scholar The Gould Visiting Scholar program was established in 2020 by Elaine and David Gould to bring high-level external expertise to existing UHF program areas and to help develop new initiatives. The Gould Visiting Scholar works on a …
Sunset Park Family Health Center at NYU Langone–Second Avenue The Sunset Park Family Health Center at NYU Langone–Second Avenue is located on Second Avenue in Brooklyn and is part of the Family Health Centers at NYU Langone’s network of eight …
UHF's Impact - Disabled UHF's Impact How UHF is improving health and health care Health care can be dauntingly convoluted, with different factors affecting so many aspects of health. UHF works to improve health and health care on numerous fronts, …
Improving New York Medicaid UHF’s Pivotal Role in Improving New York Medicaid A monumental undertaking Each year, New York State spends more than $70 billion through its Medicaid program to care for 6 million vulnerable residents. Because of this immense …
Polypharmacy in NYC Nursing Homes Addressing Polypharmacy in Nursing Homes Reducing the burdens of overprescription SUPPORTED BY A GRANT FROM THE MOTHER CABRINI HEALTH FOUNDATION Polypharmacy is the overprescribing of potentially inappropriate medications. For the second year, United Hospital Fund …
UHF Mission, Annotated A Primer on UHF's Mission Clarifying our intent and the terms we use to describe our work Some of the terms in our mission statement have no standard definitions and may be confusing and subject to misinterpretation. …
2022 Honorees The 2022 Excellence in Health Care Award Honorees 73 honorees from across the New York metropolitan region UHF’s Excellence in Health Care Award honors extraordinary personal leadership to improve quality of care, patient safety, and patient experience. Honorees …
Jennifer Mieres, MD Jennifer Mieres, MD UHF Special Tribute 2022 In 2022, UHF saluted Jennifer Mieres, MD, for her role as a leader in women’s health, in diversity, equity, and inclusion in health care, and in advancing heart care in …
New York Annual Public Health Insurance New York Public Health Insurance All Public Insurance Enrollment This graph reviews enrollment in all New York public health insurance programs: Medicaid, Child Health Plus (CHP), Essential Plan (EP), and Qualified Health Plans (QHP) …
2023 Gala Journal 2023 Gala Journal
Personal Reflection 2023 A Personal Reflection A year-end message from Dr. Oxiris Barbot, president and CEO of United Hospital Fund Support United Hospital Fund Every New Yorker deserves good health care. You can help. Donate Now
Reflections Reflections Dora Mendez, MPA, Vice President of Human Resources and Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer Reflections on a Year of DEI Best Practices When United Hospital Fund launched a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiative in 2019, it …
2023 Participating Sites 2023 Participating Sites Pediatric Steps to Literacy, One Book at a Time Apicha Community Health Center A newly established community health center in Jackson Heights, Queens, Apicha created a reading corner in their waiting room and hosted …
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). The Institute for …
Schuyler Center for Analysis and Advocacy To help ensure that the unique health needs of children are considered in New York's health care reform efforts, by assessing the impact on child health of various approaches to value-based payment, and disseminating …
Montefiore Medical Center To support integration of behavioral health care services into small to medium-sized primary care practices by developing an implementation framework and guide to evidence-based models—especially timely as Performing Provider Systems, under New York's Delivery System Reform Incentive …
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Immigrant Health and Cancer Disparities Service To implement and evaluate strategies to improve the connection to and use of primary care services among New York State of Health marketplace enrollees, with specific focus on immigrants …