Managing Antibiotics: Publications

Antimicrobial Stewardship Toolkit

Publication Date: 09.30.2011
Author: Greater New York Hospital Association/United Hospital Fund

This toolkit is intended to provide a basic framework for developing and implementing an antimicrobial stewardship program at a hospital or long term care facility. 

Quality Collaborative, Fall 2010

Publication Date: 10.13.2010
This issue offers two different perspectives on one of the hot-button topics of our day—reducing avoidable hospital readmissions. In one, a CEO discusses her hospital’s decade-long approach, while in the other, GNYHA and the United Hospital Fund outline our multi-pronged strategy to work with providers throughout the region. Another article focuses on two of our initiatives to help hospitals better manage their use of antibiotics as a key to preventing avoidable infections. And an academic medical center’s chief quality officer discusses the importance of our Clinical Quality Fellowship Program, which is training the next generation of quality improvement and patient safety leaders.

Quality Collaborative, Winter 2009/2010

Publication Date: 12.31.2009
The winter 2009/2010 issue of Quality Collaborative features a guest column by Dr. Daniel Aronzon, president and CEO of Vassar Brothers Medical Center, about the Rapid Response System Collaborative, a story about a Critical Care Leadership Network-hosted symposium, a story about the launch of a new antibiotic management program, and an interview with Dr. Rohit Bhalla, chief quality officer at Montefiore Medical Center, about addressing preventable hospital readmissions.