The Iroquois Healthcare Association Workforce Investment Organization (IHA WIO) has partnered with the New York State Association of Health Care Providers to address recruitment and retention issues in home care through the development of a peer-to-peer mentorship...
The New York State Department of Health (NYS DOH) issued guidelines regarding expanded hospital visitation, announced by Governor Cuomo yesterday. Under the new guidance: Expanded visitation at all hospitals will be permitted beginning June 19th. Hospitals may decide...
We are pleased to report, in response to advocacy by IHA, the Department of Health has issued updated guidance on the resumption of non-urgent surgeries/procedures: Hospitals in all counties may resume non-urgent surgeries/procedures in both inpatient and outpatient...
Governor Cuomo issued Executive Order (EO) 202.40, announcing that the state’s nursing home staff testing requirement is now being reduced to once weekly for facilities located in regions that have reached Phase II of reopening. EO 202.40 is in effect until July...
June 8, 2020 Dear New York Congressional Delegation, On behalf of the Upstate New York Healthcare Coalition, representing over 60 hospitals spanning nearly 40,000 square miles, we are writing to thank you for your leadership during these unprecedented times....
May 27, 2020 Dear Editor, In these unprecedented times, we are all struggling with some form of loss: a loved one, a job, our former daily routines. This pandemic has also expanded the definition of loss exponentially. In healthcare, and in New York State alone, the...
