Greater New York Hospital Association

GNYHA’s Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAI) Forum is a quarterly event for infection prevention and control staff to share best practices, exchange strategies to reduce HAIs, and help shape advocacy priorities. Join us for the next forum on December 10. #HealthCareQualityWeek

Looming Medicaid, ACA Cuts Stand to Bring a D.C. Hospital to Its Knees Howard University administrators are bracing for staff reductions that risk shortchanging patient care

Looming Medicaid, ACA Cuts Stand to Bring a DC Hospital to Its Knees

GNYHA’s free Safety Culture Survey Initiative administers AHRQ Surveys on Patient Safety Culture™ at #member facilities. Participation satisfies CMS Patient Safety Structural Measure attestation and fulfills Leapfrog and Joint Commission requirements. bit.ly/4bLQH0l

Grateful to NYU Langone Health for hosting the Health & Housing Consortium Convening yesterday! We had an informative day discussing workforce and policy solutions to support people with unmet health and housing needs.

Family Health Insurance Coverage Nears $27,000 a Year

Workers and Employers Face Higher Health Insurance Costs

YouTube video by WebsEdgeMedicine Tackling History’s Gravest Outbreaks | NYC Health + Hospitals | Bellevue Special Pathogens Program

Shining a #MemberSpotlight on @bellevuehosp.bsky.social during International Infection Prevention Week for their outstanding commitment to infection prevention.

The Health Insurance Prior Authorization Memo That You Helped Write

The Health Insurance Prior Authorization Memo That You Helped Write

GNYHA/ @unitedhospitalfund.bsky.social Clinical Quality Fellowship Program (CQFP) teaches clinicians the necessary tools and methodology to lead quality improvement (QI) and patient safety initiatives. Applications for the 2026-27 CQFP class are now open: bit.ly/46RwvZM

ObamaCare subsidy extension key for GOP ahead of midterms

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WATCH the next video in our caregiver series to learn about these non-pharmacologic ways to help a loved one in pain.

GNYHA’s Quality Fundamentals courses introduce quality improvement (QI) tools and review how to plan QI projects in your hospital. Learn more: bit.ly/45ChIhI #HealthcareQualityWeek

Inside Priscilla Chan’s Multibillion-Dollar Wager to Outsmart Disease As the initiative she co-founded celebrates its 10-year anniversary, Chan is pursuing a wildly ambitious goal: unlocking the hidden causes of disease.

Inside Priscilla Chan’s Multibillion-Dollar Wager to Outsmart Disease

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We are the proud presenting sponsor of this year’s Brooklyn Walk to End Alzheimer's on Sunday, October 26. Together with organizations like the Alzheimer’s Association, we care for, support and guide those who are affected by the disease.

Thankful to connect with population health leaders at NYU Langone Health's Healthy Communities Symposium last week. We explored innovative ways to address health-related social needs, strengthen community partnerships, and create pathways to non-clinical health care careers.

12-year-old battling rare disorder got the surprise of a lifetime from his favorite airline A 12-year-old boy from Long Island with a rare genetic disorder got a heartwarming surprise from his favorite airline, JetBlue.

Fasten your seatbelt! Ali, our pediatric hospice patient who is an aviation enthusiast, recently received the most incredible surprise.

Higher Obamacare Prices Become Public in a Dozen States

Higher Obamacare Prices Become Public in a Dozen States

October 19-25 is #HealthCareQualityWeek 🩺 and we’re recognizing the important role of health care quality professionals in improving patient outcomes.

Shutdown Fight Reopens Debate in G.O.P. Over Health Care

Shutdown Fight Reopens Debate in GOP Over Health Care www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/u...

Amazon Outage Forces Hundreds of Websites Offline for Hours

Amazon Disruption Forces Hundreds of Websites Offline for Hours

States Jostle Over $50B Rural Health Fund as Trump's Medicaid Cuts Trigger Scramble - KFF Health News States are battling for their piece of $50 billion in federal rural health funding, but it's not just hospitals vying for the money. Tech startups and policy demands are raising the stakes as Medicaid cuts loom.

States Jostle Over $50B Rural Health Fund as Trump’s Medicaid Cuts Trigger Scramble https://t.co/nJbm4HF0de

Trump Rattles Vaccine Experts Over Aluminum The president's call for removal of the metal from childhood inoculations set off alarms. About half of shots for polio, whooping cough and other diseases would be affected.

Trump Rattles Vaccine Experts Over Aluminum https://nyti.ms/4qjfJe0

America Is Heavily Reliant on China for Raw Materials in Medicines A new analysis found that nearly 700 drugs approved for use in the United States depend on chemicals solely produced in China.

America Is Heavily Reliant on China for Raw Materials in Medicines https://nyti.ms/4n9dbMG

Medicare backs off plan to pause doctor payments amid shutdown The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services backed off a plan to pause Medicare payments to doctors amid the government shutdown.

Medicare backs off plan to pause doctor payments amid shutdown https://bit.ly/3KVfHIY

Limited health literacy and limited literacy are not the same, but they are related. In a 2006 study, the US Department of Education found that adults who self-report the worst health also have the most limited literacy, numeracy, and health literacy skills. #HealthLiteracyMonth

New York Confirms State’s First Locally Acquired Case of Chikungunya Testing proved that a Long Island woman had been exposed to the mosquito-borne virus, which is more commonly seen in the Caribbean and Central and South America.

New York Confirms State’s First Locally Acquired Case of Chikungunya https://nyti.ms/48x0QhF

Exclusive | Blue States Are Setting Up a Shadow Public-Health Alliance to Counter RFK Jr. The initiative aims to help states detect and respond to disease threats in light of public-health funding cuts under President Trump.

Blue States Are Setting Up a Shadow Public-Health Alliance to Counter RFK Jr. https://on.wsj.com/4nSFTTi

Empower your team to handle cyber disruptions with confidence. Our Cyber Disruption Toolkit offers practical resources for every level—helping emergency managers, executives, and frontline staff stay prepared. Discover more: bit.ly/4bDSEKL #CybersecurityAwarenessMonth

The Fiscal Gambit at the Center of the Shutdown It is a well-worn strategy to temporarily create a government benefit and hope that its eventual expiration will create a standoff like the shutdown fight.

The Fiscal Gambit at the Center of the Shutdown https://nyti.ms/4hcEKTY

Have you ever heard of grief journaling?
📖 This form of journaling allows you to dive into your grief and write down your feelings, unedited.

#WorldMentalHealthDay #MentalHealth #WMHD #EndTheStigma #MentalHealthAwareness #GriefJournaling #Grief #Sadness #Bereavement #Loss #MentalHealthMatters

When organizations create and give others health information that is too difficult to understand, we create a health literacy problem. People need information they can understand and use to make the best decisions for their health. #HealthLiteracyMonth