Hospital New York
Upcoming Exhibitions at the NYS Museum
In the 21st century, we expect emergency medical help to come to the aid of the seriously ill or injured, no matter where they are. It has not always been this way. Until the 19th century, emergency departments, even hospitals, did not exist as we know them today. First used in military campaigns, including the Civil War, horse-drawn ambulances began to bring patients to hospitals in New York's cities in the 1860s. In rural areas, first aid and ambulance transport came only with the general use of automobiles. Hospitals and funeral directors operated ambulances in the early 20th century. Independent rescue squads and fire departments began to provide ambulance service in the 1930s and 40s. ... [Read More]
Immunization of Health-Care Workers:Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) and the Hospital Infection Control PracticesAdvisory Committee (HICPAC)
Transmission of pertussis in hospital settings has been documented inseveral reports (156-159). Transmission has occurred from a hospitalvisitor, from hospital staff to patients, and from patients to hospitalstaff. Although of limited size (range: 2-17 patients and 5-13 staff),documented outbreaks were costly and disruptive. In each outbreak, largernumbers of staff were evaluated for cough illness and requirednasopharyngeal cultures, serologic tests, prophylactic antibiotics, andexclusion from work. ... [Read More]
HHC - Transforming the Public Hospital System
Transforming the Public Hospital System ... In November, 2004, Dr. Benjamin Chu (now Past President of HHC) spoke before the annual national meeting of the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program to share HHC's remarkable transformation of the public hospital system in New York City. Click here to download the presentation in Adobe Acrobat format ... HHC Hospitals & ... [Read More]
New York State Department of Health
Governor George E. Pataki today announced the regional members of the Commission on Health Care Facilities in the 21st Century - a broad based, non-partisan panel which will examine the needs and capacities of the health care system and make recommendations to right-size hospitals and nursing homes. The Governor also noted that the main panel had its first meeting yesterday at the Adam Clayton Powell Building in New York City. ... "New York's current blood supplies are at critical lows, as a result, the situation is forcing many hospitals across the state to postpone elective surgeries. You can make a difference by donating blood today," Dr. Novello said. "When we donate blood, we are giving a precious gift that may be used to save the life of a sick child, a cancer patient or a victim of a traffic accident." June 30, 2005 ... [Read More]
Intrauterine West Nile Virus Infection --- New York, 2002
On August 29, 2002, a previously healthy woman aged 20 years in the estimated 27th week of pregnancy was admitted to a New York hospital with a 2-day history of fever, severe headache, blurred vision, abdominal and back pain, and vomiting. On examination, she had a fever of 102.7 º F (39.3 º C); the fetal heart rate was elevated. A computerized tomographic scan of the patient's head, a fetal sonogram, and routine analyses of blood and amniocentesis fluid were normal. A urine culture grew Proteus mirabilis and Escherichia coli. Intravenous antibiotics were administered. ... [Read More]
New York Campus of the New York Harbor Healthcare System
From JFK Airport : Take the Van Wyck Expressway to the Long Island Expressway (LIE) West and proceed to the Queens Midtown Tunnel. Follow the signs to Downtown. Make a right on 2nd Avenue. Proceed to 23rd Street and make a left. Hospital entrance is on the left. From Brooklyn : Take the Belt Parkway West. Pass the Verrazano Bridge and continue on 278 (Brooklyn-Queens Expressway or BQE). Take the Manhattan Bridge to the FDR Drive North. Exit at 23rd Street. Hospital is on the right. ... [Read More]
HOSPITAL IN NEW YORK TO PAY OVER $5 MILLION TO SETTLE SEXUAL HARASSMENT BY DOCTOR
BROOKLYN, N.Y. -- The U.S. Equal Employment OpportunityCommission (EEOC) today announced its largest sexual harassmentsettlement ever in the state of New York for $5.425 million andsignificant remedial relief on behalf of a class of female workersat Lutheran Medical Center (Lutheran), a hospital based inBrooklyn, New York. ... FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Larry PincusWednesday, April 9, 2003 Public Affairs (212) 336-3667 Kam S. Wong Trial Attorney (212) 336-3703 Elizabeth Grossman Supervisory Trial Attorney (212) 336-3696 TTY: (212) 336-3622 HOSPITAL IN NEW YORK TO PAY OVER $5 MILLION TO SETTLE SEXUAL HARASSMENT BY DOCTOR ... [Read More]
Waste Reduction Activities for Hospitals
DiPietro, Robbe Charles, "Michigan Hospital Creates 'Recyclecare' Program," BioCycle, May 1991, pages 52-53. This article describes a program at Butterworth Hospital, Grand Rapids, Michigan, a 526-bed hospital with 3,300 employees. Contact at hospital: Daniel Stickles, Environmental Director. ... A good strategy is to target the largest components of the waste stream and do the easywaste reduction steps first. Below is a chart showing the solid waste composition inhospitals in the city of Los Angeles. Although waste varies, in most hospitals the largestcomponents of the waste stream are paper (especially cardboard, mixed paper, newspapers,and high-grade paper), plastics (especially film plastic), food waste, and disposablelinens (a combination of paper and other materials). Yard trimmings may be a much higherpercent of your waste stream if your hospital has a large landscaped area. See Appendix A for a more detailed listing of thesematerials. ... [Read More]
HHS/OIG, Audit -"Medicare Graduate Medical Education Payments to New York-Presbyterian Hospital,"(A-02-02-01011)
Our objective was to determine whether New York-Presbyterian Hospital (the hospital) complied with Federal requirements in calculating the resident full-time equivalents (FTEs) used to claim Medicare direct graduate medical education (GME) and indirect graduate medical education (IME) payments for calendar year 1999. The hospital did not fully comply with Federal requirements and therefore overstated its GME and IME FTEs on the 1999 Medicare cost report. The hospital overstated its claim by a total of $8,411,409 for 1999, 2000 and 2001. We recommended that the hospital (1) reimburse Medicare $8,411,409 for overclaimed GME and IME (2) make adjustments to reduce the FTE counts reported on its 1999 Medicare cost report (3) strengthen its procedures to ensure that future residents FTE counts and per resident amounts for residency specialties are calculated in accordance with Medicare requirements and (4) determine whether the errors in our review also occurred in prior an ... [Read More]
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