Post-Acute Care and COVID-19: An Already Fraught Decision Becomes Even More Difficult Informed decisions about post-acute care are even more urgent now, as the peril is far greater. This commentary describes the challenges surrounding post-acute care decisions and explains CMS's …
Struggling in the Time of COVID: Viewing the Pandemic Through the Eyes of a Frontline Health Care Worker Danyelle DiScala, a New York City social worker and member of 1199 SEIU, looks at important day-to-day issues facing many Americans during …
Health Insurance Coverage in New York, 2009 This wide-ranging analysis of New York’s health insurance coverage landscape in 2008-09 presents data in two parts: a “snapshot” highlighting coverage patterns; and a “chartbook” of detailed tables. Prepared by authors from the …
Provider-Payer Collaboration Could Strengthen Vaccine Adoption As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread across the U.S. and vaccines become more available, health plans can partner with physicians, hospitals, and community-based organizations to bolster vaccine adoption. Commentary by Karen Ignagni, President …
Working Toward a Brighter Future For many, 2020 will be remembered for unprecedented pain and suffering. Not only for the 20 million U.S. cases of COVID-19 and 350,000 deaths just last year alone, but also for the widespread misery caused …
Opportunities in a Time of Crisis: Launching Innovative Long-Term Care Programs During COVID-19 Stuart B. Almer, Gurwin Healthcare System president and CEO, writes about one of the few bright spots amid the devastation of COVID-19—the opportunity to leverage technology and …
Designing a Digital Platform to Monitor Health Status and Foster Trust Between Patients and Clinicians Developing a prototype for a new digital resource, How’s My Health Dashboard, which would help patients and health care providers work together to achieve health …
After the American Rescue Plan: Trick or Treat? As New York seeks to get out from under the COVID-19 virus and its variants, what further initiatives would help reach New Yorkers who still lack coverage, and will more federal help …
Transforming Primary Pediatric Care: Lessons Learned from PEDS Learning Network Health Equity Projects What is health equity and why does it matter? According to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, health equity, at its most fundamental, means that everyone has a …
Opportunities to Improve Infant Health Through WIC To improve enrollment in WIC and help alleviate food insecurity, look to outreach models used during the pandemic--and figure out where interventions might yield the biggest effects. In New York State, nearly 13 …
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 …
Case Study: Making Maternal Care More Equitable through Remote Monitoring In 2022, United Hospital Fund convened a task force of leaders from New York health care organizations to help coordinate efforts to improve health equity and health care quality. The …
Showing Up for One Another—at the Voting Booth and Beyond Good health is about relationships. Having a go-to doctor, a primary care provider (PCP) who gets to know you over time and supports your goals for health, has been demonstrated …
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 Expanding 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 refers to the overprescribing of potentially inappropriate medications. With support from the Mother Cabrini …