On November 3, GNYHA hosted a virtual member meeting on The Joint Commission’s (TJC) new requirements to reduce health care disparities. The briefing was conducted by Christina Cordero, PhD, MPH, TJC’s Project Director for Health Standards Development in the Division of Healthcare Quality Evaluation. Dr. Cordero leads standards development projects for new accreditation and certification…

Recognizing that vendor contracting is an important tool in medical device management, Jason Ferri, Vice President of Portfolio Advisors at Premier and Co-Chair of the Healthcare and Public Health Sector Coordinating Council (HPHSCC)’s Model Contract Task Group, will review the Task Group’s recent publication, Model Contract Language for Medical Technology Cybersecurity. The resource covers contractual…

GNYHA will host a webinar on November 8 for hospitals interested in participating in GNYHA’s antibiotic use and resistance (AUR) reporting module collaborative. Hospitals will be required to submit AUR data in a fully electronic format to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)’s National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) no later than October 2024….

Aftin Ross, PhD, Senior Special Advisor for Emerging Initiatives at the FDA, and Debra Bruemmer, Co-Chair of the HPHSCC Joint Security Plan Task Group, will review the Joint Security Plan, a resource guide for developing, deploying, and supporting cybersecure technology solutions in the health care environment. The presenters will also address how medical device management…

On November 10, GNYHA and HANYS will co-host a briefing on the COVID-19 litigation “lay of the land” and developments that are on the horizon. The briefing will provide an overview of judicial decisions on the two most relevant immunity statutes—the Federal Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness (PREP) Act and New York’s Emergency or Disaster…

The session will focus on implementation design considerations that ensure broad reach across all employee types. Northwell Health’s Valerie Gunderson and Nathalie Jean Baptiste, Program Directors, Employee Wellness, will discuss Northwell’s efforts to develop wellness programs that are relevant and accessible to various types of staff, such as nightshift and hybrid workers, staff who may…

On November 15, GNYHA will host a combined meeting of its Privacy Workgroup and Health Information Technology (HIT) Forum. The event is joint in nature due to internal scheduling issues. The tentative agenda includes: Status update on telehealth flexibilities Roundup of cybersecurity legislation and Federal directives Overview of the Sequoia Project’s latest initiatives (the Sequoia…