Walking for Wellness at MSBI

Sitting for long periods of time is a health hazard.  Sedentary behavior has been linked to higher risk of heart disease, diabetes and early death, leading experts to call sitting the “new smoking.”  To encourage more physical activity among Mount Sinai Beth Israel...

Labor and Management Partnership Helps Prevent Diabetes

Hospitals are increasingly offering employee wellness programs to promote healthy lifestyles and prevent chronic conditions such as diabetes. A new report from the LMP’s research department documents the effects of a wellness program piloted by the LMP’s Workplace and...

Improving Behavioral Health

Mental illness/behavioral health challenges are highly common among nursing home residents.  Over the past two decades, the number of individuals with mental illness–particularly depression—has increased significantly, and admissions for mental illness now exceed...

Best Practices for Infection Control through Environmental Services

Did you know that, at any given time, one in 25 patients in the U.S. is battling an infection acquired in the hospital? Or that an estimated 720,000 hospital-acquired infections occur every year in the U.S.? In addition to the human costs, hospital-acquired infections...

Answering the C.A.L.L. for Exceptional Care

A new initiative was spearheaded by Oshei Children’s Hospital (OCH) in Buffalo, New York and 1199SEIU, and supported by our new Upstate New York Labor Management Project (LMP) presence. A new LMP case study, the third in our “The Power of Partnership” series, offers...