As we enter the second year of the five-year, $8.25 billion Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment (DSRIP) program in New York State, it is time to take stock of lessons learned from the beginning of the process. The Commonwealth Fund’s April 2016 report,...
New York State has made progress in decreasing hospital-acquired infections (HAIs), but additional improvement is necessary, according to the Labor Management Project’s review of data reported in the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) annual HAI Progress Report. HAIs...
Emergency Department (ED) crowding has been a growing problem over the last two decades, leading to poor patient outcomes including increased rates of mortality and cardiovascular complications. A national study published in Health Affairs showed that while the...
A new case study from the Labor Management Project (LMP) research team details recent improvements made by Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center, as a result of a patient-centered care initiative completed with the help of the LMP. The report is part of a series of LMP case...
In his session on how to respond to if a gunman begins to shoot people at your workplace, J. David Weidner, Director of Emergency Preparedness for the Health Care Association of New Jersey, emphasized the importance of trusting your instincts. “Run – Hide – Fight” was...
This month we celebrated Labor Day, a reminder that the labor movement has accomplished many things that have benefited all Americans, including shorter workweeks, the end of child labor, fair(er) wages, widespread employer-based health coverage, and the Family and...
