Collaborating to Transform Ambulatory Care At Brookdale

“Ambulatory care has a primary role in keeping people healthy so that they don’t need to go to the hospital,” said 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers’ East Executive Vice President Joyce Neil to Brookdale University Hospital Medical Center’s new ambulatory care...

A Day of Learning for 1199SEIU Healthcare Workers East Nurses

Mark your calendar for the ninth annual RN Symposium, “Nurses, Leading with Hearts and Minds,” a day of sharing knowledge about industry trends and how they are affecting your job. The symposium will be held on Tuesday, November 27, 2018, at the Marriott Brooklyn...

Preventable Hospitalizations Decline Under DSRIP

Aimed at restructuring New York’s healthcare system to reduce avoidable hospital use by 25 percent over five years, the Delivery System Reform Incentive Program (DSRIP) has shown measurable progress. At the close of DSRIP’s third year, preventable readmissions were...

Improving Retention by Empowering CNAs

Turnover among Certified Nursing Assistants (CNAs) in nursing homes is an enormous problem, with estimates of annual turnover ranging from 42 percent to an astounding 86 percent. CNA turnover has been linked to diminished quality of care, resident behavioral problems...

Complete Communication Wheel

Complete Communication Wheel The Complete Communication Wheel provides guidance for effective communication without reactivity or...

Identifying Mutual Interests – The Venn Diagram

Identifying Mutual Interests – The Venn Diagram The Venn diagram is a tool that helps labor and management visualize where their interests intersect, in this way setting the groundwork for collaborative work toward common goals....