GNYHA will host a presentation on New York City hospitals’ aggregate responses to the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) Patient Safety Component Annual Facility Survey on November 4. The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s William Greendyke, MD, medical epidemiologist, and Thomas Portier, MPH, epidemiologist, will highlight microbiology laboratory practices, infection control…

GNYHA will host its next Safety Net Hospital Collaborative Steering Committee meeting on November 12. Attendees can join this meeting either in person or via Zoom. GNYHA staff will review waiver deliverable timelines, the status of New York’s States Advancing All-Payer Health Equity Approaches and Development (AHEAD) model application, and other waiver activities, including the…

GNYHA will host an Emergency Preparedness Coordinating Council (EPCC) meeting on November 14 on business continuity and crisis management drills. Alexandra Lahm of NYU Langone Health’s Emergency Management and Enterprise Resilience team will review the system’s business continuity program and offer a deep dive into its crisis management drill program. Additionally, the GNYHA Emergency Preparedness…

On November 18, GHNYA will host its triannual meeting on the latest privacy and health information technology (HIT) issues. We are pleased to announce that GNYHA will be providing 1.0 continuing legal education (CLE) credits in the category of Cybersecurity, Privacy, & Data Protection – General for both newly admitted and experienced attorneys. Please note…

GNYHA will host its next Clinical, Quality, and Regulatory Forum meeting on November 19 to provide updates on local, State, and Federal clinical regulatory matters and initiatives, and GNYHA quality resources. The agenda will cover: The Medicare outpatient prospective payment system final rule, including obstetrical services Conditions of Participation New mandatory child abuse reporting training…

We are looking forward to seeing you at the in-person Antibiotic Use and Resistance (AUR) Collaborative Forum that GNYHA will host on November 21. The event will feature Arjun Srinivasan, MD, Deputy Director for Program Improvement at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, representatives from the New York State Department of Health and New…

On November 21, GNYHA and the Healthcare Association of New York State will hold a meeting on updated New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH) PRN and STAT medication guidance and the use of psychiatric advance directives (PADs) and peer-led resources. Flávio Casoy, MD, OMH’s Medical Director, Acute Hospital Care, Community Transitions, and Managed…