HHC - 2010 Press Releases

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	2010 Press Releases December 14, 2010 Queens Hospital Center Opens 40 New Medical/Surgical Beds To Meet Borough's Growing Demand For Healthcare Services December 10, 2010 Coney Island Hospital Starts Construction of Larger ER December 8, 2010 Cumberland Diagnostic and Treatment Center Opens Newly Renovated Medical and Dental Suites December 1, 2010 Mayor Bloomberg and New York Organ Donor Network Launch Innovative Organ Preservation Program November 29, 2010 Oladipo Alao M.D. joins MetroPlus Health Plan as Associate Medical Director, HIV Services November 29, 2010 Mayor Bloomberg and Health and Hospitals Corporation President Aviles Announce STAT! for New York City's Public Hospitals A Five-Borough Music and Arts Festival Created to Raise Money for City's Public Hospitals November 23, 2010 MetroPlus Health Plan Named Number One Medicaid Managed Care Plan in New York City November 22, 2010 STAT! For New York City Public Hospitals! A Week-long Citywide Series of Multicultural Music and Arts Events November 18, 2010 Two HHC Health Networks Get New Leadership November 17, 2010 Coney Island Hospital Opens New Palliative Care Unit November 3, 2010 Bellevue Hospital Opens New Children's Psychiatric Emergency Care Center October 22, 2010 Lincoln Hospital Designated as Breast Imaging Center of Excellence by the American College of Radiology October 14, 2010 Kings County Hospital Opens Cancer Care Center October 13, 2010 HHC Consolidates Hospital Data Centers to Strengthen Disaster Recovery Plan and Reduce Maintenance, Energy Costs October 7, 2010 Mayor Bloomberg and Governor Paterson Propose Excluding Sugary Drinks from Food Stamp Purchases in New York City October 6, 2010 New Yorkers Urged to Get Free Depression Screening and Counseling at HHC Hospitals and Health Centers October 4, 2010 New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation Announces Upcoming Bond Sale September 29, 2010 Lincoln Hospital Gets $5.5 million to Expand Mental Health Services September 16, 2010 HHC Receives $12.8 Million in State Grant to Expand Health IT, Improve Efficiency, Lower Costs September 13, 2010 City’s WTC Centers of Excellence Continue to Enroll and Treat Patients Learn more about HHC's WTC Environmental Health Center. Read NYC's Annual Report on 9/11 Health. August 2, 2010 Hypothermia Treatment That Saves Lives in NYC public hospitals Now Used in City Ambulances July 20, 2010 HHC's MetroPlus Health Plan Launches Telehealth Program for Members with Heart Failure July 14, 2010 Recovered Psychiatric Patients Join Workforce, Serve as Counselors and Mentors to Care for Mentally Ill July 13, 2010 American Hospital Association Honors HHC for Innovation in Palliative and End-Of-Life Care Learn more and see the video about palliative care at HHC hospitals. July 7, 2010 HHC's Electronic Link to Private Community Physicians Directs Referrals to Public Hospitals, Improves Coordination of Care for Patients June 18, 2010 Woodhull Medical and Mental Health Center's Asthma Program Receives National Award from EPA June 2, 2010 Fiscal Year 2011 Executive Budget Hearing - Testimony of HHC President Alan D. Aviles to New York City Council May 25, 2010 NYC Health and Hospitals Corporation and Columbia University Medical School Address Backlog of Echocardiograms at Harlem Hospital May 19, 2010 HHC City's Public Hospitals Honor Volunteers May 11, 2010 HHC Targets Savings and Operational Efficiencies to Ensure Long Term Viability of City's Health Care Safety Net System Restructuring HHC: The Road Ahead (PDF) Remarks of HHC President Alan D. Aviles May 06, 2010 HHC to Provide Free Mammograms for Low-Income, Uninsured Women on Staten Island May 03, 2010 City Public Hospitals and American Cancer Society Urge Women Over 40 to Get a Mammogram April 30, 2010 HHC and Long Island University Offer Nursing Education at Kings County Hospital April 27, 2010 NYC Public Hospital ICUs Continue to See Drop in Infection Rates March 29, 2010 NYC Public Hospitals System Appoints Bert Robles as Chief Information Officer March 26, 2010 NYC Public Hospitals Honor Outstanding Physicians March 26, 2010 Statement of HHC President Alan D. Aviles in Response to Passage of National Healthcare Reform Bill March 18, 2010 Fiscal Year 2011 Preliminary Budget Hearing - Testimony of HHC President Alan D. Aviles to New York City Council Committee on Health March 8, 2010 Soda Tax Would Fight Obesity and Help Prevent Further State Cuts to Public Hospitals March 4, 2010 Pre-Cancerous Polyps found in 20% of Colonoscopies Performed at City Public Hospitals February 21, 2010 NYC Public Hospitals See Number of Uninsured Rise, State Funding Drop February 12, 2010 HHC Doctor Links Patients' Chronic Headaches to 9/11 Fumes February 04, 2010 Council Speaker Quinn, HHC and DOHMH Announce Primary Care Initiative Update January 28, 2010 HHC and LegalHealth to Offer Patients from Haiti Free Legal Assistance to File for Temporary Protected Status January 25, 2010 Kings County Sets Up Grief Counseling Hotline for Haitian New Yorkers January 13, 2010 HHC President Urges Inclusion of Immigrants in Healthcare Reform January 8, 2010 HHC reached an amicable resolution of litigation, regarding deficiencies in the psychiatric unit at Kings County Hospital Press Releases 2011 Press Releases 2009 Press Releases 2008 Press Releases 2007 Press Releases 2006 Press Releases 2005 Press Releases 2004 Press Releases 2003 Press Releases 2002