A Critical Connection for At-Risk Patients The rate of potentially lifesaving follow-up calls to substance use or mental health emergency room patients have spiked dramatically at NYC Health + Hospitals thanks to a new protocol implemented by Clinical Quality Fellow …
Meet the Graduating Class of Change Agents in New York Health Care Making sure fewer people leave the emergency room unseen. Helping more patients safely take their oral medications at home. Reducing by 20 percent the rate of a serious …
UHF Equity Task Force Lays Groundwork for Future Impact A United Hospital Fund task force focused on integrating equity in efforts to improve health care quality has wrapped up a year of productive meetings, setting the stage for its findings …
Polypharmacy Learning Collaborative: Reducing Risks through Patient-Centered Care The skilled nursing facilities in United Hospital Fund’s polypharmacy learning collaborative recently came together to discuss successes, challenges, and opportunities for using a framework of patient-centered care known as Age-Friendly Health Systems. …
Spurring Quality Improvement Momentum at a Home Health Agency A Clinical Quality fellow's project to help patients safely and independently take medications at home has spurred a new approach and enthusiasm for quality improvement at her home health agency. Helping …
Quality Leaders Forum: To Improve Care, First You Must Measure It Dana Gelb Safran, ScD, the President and CEO of the National Quality Forum (NQF), spoke to United Hospital Fund’s Quality Leaders Forum about the importance of performance measurement. Building …
Halftime Analysis: UHF Hosts Third Convening on Critical Medicaid “Unwinding” The convening—the third in a series hosted by UHF on the unwinding—brought together hundreds of stakeholders to discuss the latest enrollment data, ongoing challenges, and future opportunities to build a …
Setting the Stage for Lifelong Oral Health A fellow with United Hospital Fund’s Pediatrics for an Equitable Developmental Start Learning Network set out to increase pediatric dental visits for patients between six and 18 months. Early oral health habits can …
‘Cough Questionnaire’ Enhances Care for Lung Disease Patients A Clinical Quality Fellow's idea to give lung disease patients a "cough questionnaire" at each visit is helping doctors keep track of their symptoms and improve their care. One of the most …
UHF’s Fourth “Unwinding” Convening Highlights Coverage Renewals, Future Plans New York is nearing the end of its massive effort to unwind COVID-19-related continuous coverage provisions and ensure millions across the state enrolled in Medicaid, the Essential Plan, and Child Health …
United Hospital Fund Opens Applications for Inaugural Class of New Health Equity Fellowship for Clinician Leaders NEW YORK, NY—June 12, 2024—United Hospital Fund has opened the application process for the inaugural class of its new Health Equity Fellowship for clinician …
UHF Elects Three New Members to Its Board NEW YORK, NY—July 15, 2024—United Hospital Fund has elected three new members to its Board of Directors: Anna Fagin, a partner at Town Hall Ventures, a venture capital firm investing in medically …
Critical Unwinding Data Added to UHF’s Public Health Insurance Dashboards United Hospital Fund’s Medicaid Institute has added illuminating unwinding datasets to Public Health Insurance Dashboards on the UHF website. As with all graphs on the UHF dashboards, the new additions …
United Hospital Fund Examines the Future of the Child Health Plus Program A new United Hospital Fund report examines New York's Child Health Plus program, whose federal funding was recently extended, but the federal funding prospects beyond 2017 are unknown, …
United Hospital Fund Report Looks Beyond the Sunset of a Health Care Reinsurance Program That Is Helping Keep Individual Rates More Affordable A UHF snapshot report focuses on the Transitional Reinsurance Program, which was created by a provision of the …
UHF Honors 28 Hospital Trustees for Leadership and Service United Hospital Fund honored 28 trustees from hospitals throughout the greater New York region with its Distinguished Trustee Award. United Hospital Fund honored 28 trustees from hospitals throughout the greater New …
Bettina Alonso and Eugene Keilin Elected to United Hospital Fund's Board Bettina Alonso and Eugene Keilin have been elected to the United Hospital Fund's board of directors. Bettina Alonso and Eugene Keilin have been elected to the United Hospital Fund's …
United Hospital Fund Awards $662,642 in Grants to Improve Health Care Services in New York UHF announced seven grants, totaling $662,242, for projects to build a more effective health care system for every New Yorker. United Hospital Fund (UHF) has …
Non-Profit Leaders Discuss the Future of Health Care Reform At a panel discussion on January 24, 2017, hosted by Philanthropy New York, David Sandman and Jim Tallon discussed health care reform and the prospect of replacing the Affordable Care Act. …
United Hospital Fund Releases Two Guides to Help Patients, Family Caregivers Understand What to Expect During Transition from Hospital to Home Care New York State's 2.6 million unpaid family caregivers, like their 40 million counterparts across the United States, are …
UHF Releases Toolkit to Assist Hospitals in Implementing New York State's CARE Act A step-by-step toolkit helps hospitals meet CARE Act requirements to engage family caregivers in discharge planning and prepare them for the complex post-discharge care they wil be …
United Hospital Fund, Seven Hospitals Expand Efforts to Improve Antibiotic Prescribing for Outpatients in New York City UHF announced today that it is launching Stage II of its Outpatient Antibiotic Stewardship Initiative to improve antibiotic prescribing for outpatients across New …
Anthony Shih, MD, MPH, Will Become New UHF President Anthony Shih, MD, MPH, will become president of United Hospital Fund on August 14, UHF Chairman J. Barclay Collins II has announced. Dr. Shih was named after a national search for …
PECD Learning Collaborative: Getting to Know You Building working relationships was the challenge at the first Partnerships for Early Childhood Development learning collaborative meeting, when health care providers and community agencies, many of them strangers to each other, brainstormed on …
Health Affairs Article Highlights UHF's Partnerships in Early Childhood Development Initiative An innovative partnership among United Hospital, the Altman Foundation, and The New York Community Trust is helping health care and neighborhood social services providers address social, environmental, and economic …
New York State Medicaid Director Announces Initiative for Young Children at UHF Conference New York State Medicaid Director Jason Helgerson announced the First 1000 Days on Medicaid Initiative at United Hospital Fund's annual Medicaid conference on July 20. The Initiative …
United Hospital Fund Recognizes Four New Yorkers for Their Leadership to Improve Health and Health Care United Hospital Fund paid tribute tonight at its annual gala to leaders in philanthropy, banking, and health care—James H. Simons, PhD, Priscilla Almodovar, Robert …
Measures that Matter: Team Seeks Data that Consumers Can Use for Health Care Decisions For New Yorkers trying to choose a doctor or hospital, finding valid, relevant, and accessible quality comparisons is remarkably difficult. A Quality Institute project is tackling …
Board Member Eileen Sullivan-Marx Named Nursing Academy President-Elect UHF Board member Eileen Sullivan-Marx has been named president-elect of the American Academy of Nursing. UHF board member Eileen Sullivan-Marx, PhD, RN, FAAN, dean and Erline Perkins McGriff Professor of New York …
New York State a Leader in Implementing Patient-Centered Medical Home, but Growth Slowing United Hospital Fund reports that growth in the number of providers offering patient-centered medical homes is starting to slow in New York State, and small independent primary …
United Hospital Fund Transfers Ownership of Model Website to NYS Office for the Aging to Help Senior-Serving Community Organizations be More Strategic and Effective United Hospital Fund has transferred its NORC Blueprint: A Guide to Community Action website to the …
The Quality Institute: A Year of Progress With a focus on three strategic building blocks of safe, effective health care, the Quality Institute at United Hospital Fund has made real progress on key initiatives over the past year. The Quality …
UHF Welcomes New Partner, Junto Health United Hospital Fund and health care technology consortium Junto Health are partnering to share information and expertise that will benefit both organizations. United Hospital Fund and health care technology consortium Junto Health are partnering …
Milestone for Quality Leadership Program The Clinical Quality Fellowship Program reaches a milestone: its tenth—and largest—class of leaders-in-training. The tenth class of the UHF/Greater New York Hospital Association Clinical Quality Fellowship Program started its intensive training as quality improvement experts …
Suzanne Brundage Named UHF's Patricia S. Levinson Fellow Suzanne Brundage, director of the Children's Health Initiative at United Hospital Fund, has been selected as UHF's Patricia S. Levinson Fellow. Suzanne Brundage, director of the Children's Health Initiative at United Hospital …
In Wake of Individual Mandate Penalty Repeal, Federal Association Plan Rule Could Further Destabilize NY Markets A proposed federal rule on association health plans could alter Affordable Care Act (ACA) provisions and roll back gains New York State has made, …
A Two-Pronged Approach to Antibiotic Resistance UHF addresses a public health crisis on two tracks: analyzing the problem and changing practice. Overprescribing of antibiotics has become a critical public health problem in America, resulting in a sharp rise in antibiotic-resistant …
Health Care 2021: A Vision for New York A summary of the conference "Health Care 2021," co-sponsored by United Hospital Fund and New York State Health Foundation and held on February 9, 2016. David Sandman, Senior Vice President and President-designate …
Quality Fellows Use New Skills to Improve Patient Care Having completed an intensive 15-month program to learn proven techniques to advance quality and patient safety programs in their hospitals, the 2015/2016 class of the Clinical Quality Fellowship Program and their …
New UHF Resources Help Primary Care Practices Prioritize Patients’ Needs and Goals UHF’s 18-month collaboration with three health care systems yields lessons for incorporating patient-reported outcomes in primary care NEW YORK, NEW YORK December 17, 2018— In a complex and …
Reflections on a Decade of Quality Improvement Videos celebrate 10 years of CQFP UHF and Greater New York Hospital Association are proud to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Clinical Quality Fellowship Program (CQFP), a unique opportunity for clinicians to …
Carol Levine: 8 Myths About Aging and Long-Term Care The author of 'Navigating Your Later Years for Dummies' busts them (Excerpted with permission of the publisher, Wiley, from Navigating Your Later Years for Dummies by Carol Levine and AARP. Copyright …
UHF Outpatient Initiative on Antibiotic Prescribing for Acute Respiratory Infections Shows Need for Antibiotic Stewardship Programs A UHF study published in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology illustrates the need for robust outpatient antibiotic stewardship programs. A review of more than …
Tony Shih Named to “Health Care Power 50” Dr. Shih listed as one of the 50 most influential people in New York health care. United Hospital Fund congratulates president Anthony Shih MD, MPH, on being named by City & State …
“Every Home a Potential Hospital” The challenges of family caregivers are explored in the new Home Alone Revisited report. Challenges of family caregivers explored in Home Alone Revisited report A new report reveals that half of the nation's 40 million …