On July 9, GNYHA will hold a briefing on current Federal and state regulatory requirements related to treating individuals with opioid use disorder. While the opioid epidemic has been a complex decades-long crisis with well-documented disparities in access to treatment and overdose mortality rates, several burdensome medication-assisted treatment (MAT) requirements have been eliminated, offering patients…

On July 11, GNYHA will host its triannual meeting on current privacy and health information technology (HIT) issues. The tentative agenda includes: Latest developments on the Change Healthcare cybersecurity incident, including breach notification process Recently finalized updates to the regulations that govern the Statewide Health Information Network of New York Final rule from the Office…

This virtual Emergency Preparedness Coordinating Council (EPCC)/Cyber Learning Series event will highlight trainings and exercises. Erica Gralnick of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital’s Security & Emergency Management team will discuss system-wide leadership and present on an operational exercise recently conducted. GNYHA’s Emergency Preparedness Team will also highlight the training and exercise resources in our Cyber Disruption Toolkit. This…

GNYHA will continue its Social Determinants of Health (SDH) Learning Series with a July 23 webinar on the role of civic engagement, voting, and how they impact population health. Northwell Health and Mount Sinai Health System representatives will discuss how voting impacts health outcomes, programs to increase civic engagement at their systems, and how other…

GNYHA will host the next Chief Nursing Officer (CNO)/Nurse Executive virtual Forum on July 30. After registering, you will receive a confirmation e-mail containing information about joining the meeting. A detailed agenda will follow. Please contact me with topics to add to the agenda or any questions about the program and Elina Kats with questions…

On July 30, GNYHA will host a webinar on a health care data exchange standard called Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR). This standard is designed to modernize and simplify health care data exchange among a broad group of health care entities, including providers, insurers, governments, and patients. Notably, although this standard is not new, Federal…

GNYHA will host a meeting on July 31 of its Safety Net Hospital Collaborative Global Budget Transformation Workgroup. Your hospital leadership has designated you to serve on the Global Budget Transformation Workgroup and represent your hospital as it transitions to a global budget model over the next few years. GNYHA will 1) review our Safety…

GNYHA hosted this Office Hours webinar for members participating in its Antibiotic Use and Resistance (AUR) Collaborative with Christopher Evans, PharmD, Pharmacist for the Healthcare-Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance (AR) Program at the Tennessee Department of Health. In this meeting Dr. Evans shared his experience with AR data reporting, insights on the uses of AR…