This webinar, cohosted with LegalHealth, a division of the New York Legal Assistance Group (NYLAG), focuses on possible changes to Federal immigration policy affecting certain individuals’ ability to change their immigration status based on whether they or certain family members have received Medicaid or other public benefits. The Trump Administration has been reviewing the existing “public…

This curriculum includes training on the definition of health literacy and the introduction of basic health literacy concepts; a discussion on the importance of addressing health literacy for patients who are aged, have chronic diseases, or have special communications assistance needs; and effective written and verbal communication methods. Interactive exercises will also be used to…

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This webinar, on the governance of cybersecurity within hospitals and health care systems, will provide an opportunity to discuss the roles and responsibilities of Chief Information Security Officers (CISO) and Chief Information Officers (CIO), where cybersecurity should sit within an organization, practical strategies for organizations without a separate IT security function, and how health care…

On April 10, GNYHA will host its next religious competency training session for hospital staff with the Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding (the Tanenbaum Center). The Tanenbaum Center is a secular, non-sectarian nonprofit organization that promotes and teaches mutual respect for religious diversity. The organization provides educational programs and resources to change the way individuals…

This program on building a resilient and compassionate clinician workforce within the hospital setting includes addressing external and organizational factors that contribute to clinician burnout. The event complements a GNYHA program held last year on burnout and individually focused strategies to reduce its impact. The upcoming program will detail for institutional leaders key national and…

GNYHA is pleased to partner with the New York State Department of Health (DOH) and the Healthcare Association of New York (HANYS) to present a four-part webinar series on the treatment of sexual offense victims in hospitals. The webinar series will provide an in-depth look at all facets of care for victims of sexual offenses…

This roundtable discussion will be co-hosted with LegalHealth, a division of the New York Legal Assistance Group, to hear from members on their current approaches to caring for unbefriended patients and continue the conversation on its myriad ethical, legal, and operational challenges. The roundtable is a follow up to the January 17 briefing on unbefriended…

Due to technical difficulties experienced with respect to a prior webinar, GNYHA will hold a repeat webinar on ligature risk standards surveyed by The Joint Commission (TJC) and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). TJC’s Kathryn Petrovic, Senior Associate Director, Standards Interpretation Group, and Herman McKenzie, Engineer, will clarify applicability of ligature risk standards…

On April 26, GNYHA will host a meeting to provide updates on recent developments in legal affairs, corporate compliance, and privacy. As always, members should feel free to raise questions and issues for discussion at the meeting. The tentative agenda includes: Recent regulatory and other guidance, e.g., The Joint Commission standards on ligature risks; New…

With the support of the New York State Department of Health’s (DOH) Health Workforce Retraining Initiative, GNYHA and the Continuing Care Leadership Coalition (CCLC) will continue to offer cultural competency training sessions for frontline hospital and continuing care staff and managers on Long Island. The training sessions are interactive and include a new, cross-cultural communication…