GNYHA’s mission is to advocate, on behalf of its members and the communities they serve, for improved access to high-quality, cost-efficient health care and for the tools and resources to provide it. GNYHA works to support the sound management of health care resources and to defend the hospital industry through a number of key activities:

• Policy Analysis and Development: GNYHA tracks, analyzes, and develops policy on emerging health care issues, particularly in the areas of economics and finance, governance, organization and management, planning and development, and utilization.

• Advocacy: GNYHA advocates on behalf of its members’ concerns and perspectives with local, State, and Federal governments; policymakers; and the public.

• Communications: GNYHA facilitates continuous dialogue among member institutions, policymakers, and various stakeholders in the health care community while maintaining regular contact with the media.

• Education: GNYHA’s expert staff provides comprehensive educational briefings for members and other health care professionals and advocates on pressing issues facing the health care community.

• Research: GNYHA addresses difficult and complex health care policy questions facing its members through world-class analysis, comprehensive surveys and groundbreaking studies, and by supporting a variety of research projects.

• Business Services: GNYHA’s subsidiary businesses offer a wide range of group-purchasing and consulting services for the entire spectrum of care providers—from hospitals to physician groups to long term care facilities and others—to help them maximize efficiency while maintaining high-quality operations.