United Hospital Fund: Publications

The United Hospital Fund provides wide-ranging and objective information to New York's health care community through its special reports, statistical publications, working papers, and newsletters.

	Aging in Place Initiative

	The Health Care Reform Imperative Publication Date: 2007 The budget process forces a focus on fundamental issues, and offers a chance for decisions critical to real health care reform, says Fund President Jim Tallon, in his latest Blueprint editorial.
	NORC Strategic, Program, and Technical Assistance Publication Date: 2006
	Testimony by Fredda Vladeck Subcommittee on Retirement, Security, and Aging/ Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee/ United States Senate May 16, 2006 Publication Date: 2006
	NORC Action Blueprint Project Publication Date: 2005
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	Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infection Collaborative

	UHF-GNYHA Project to Tackle Central Blood Line Infections Publication Date: 2005

	Families and Health Care Project

	Voice of the Family Caregiver Publication Date: 2007 Carol Levine presented "Voice of the Family Caregiver" at the ABIM Foundation's 2007 summer forum titled "Coordination of Care: Missed Opportunity?" The text is available.
	The Health Care Reform Imperative Publication Date: 2007 The budget process forces a focus on fundamental issues, and offers a chance for decisions critical to real health care reform, says Fund President Jim Tallon, in his latest Blueprint editorial.
	New York State Policy Agenda for Family Caregivers Publication Date: 2006 This document calls for an assessment of caregivers' needs and available services to meet those needs, a review of key policies and practices, the establishment of a mechanism to coordinate caregiving-related activities and policy implementation, and a focus on strengthening local agencies to reach, assess, and support caregivers.
	An Ethical Framework for New York State Policy Concerning Family Caregivers Publication Date: 2006 This document--a statement of basic values, principles, and community norms that should govern policy-making and implementation--spells out the standards by which specific regulations, policies, and programs can be measured.
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	Health Insurance for New Yorkers

	Health Insurance Coverage in New York, 2004-2005 Publication Date: 2007 Newly updated with 2004-05 data, the Fund's annual chartbook provides an invaluable snapshot of the uninsured in New York, detailing demographics, coverage distribution, and the number of uninsured who are eligible for public health insurance.
	Gaps in Coverage Among the Elderly in New York Publication Date: 2007 While nearly all the elderly have at least one source of health insurance coverage, primarily Medicare, many are underinsured�a situation with implications for them and for the state's Medicaid program.
	Blueprint Publication Date: 2007 In This Issue: Fund Points Way to Universal Health Insurance Coverage; Teaching the ABCs of Pregnancy--in Chinese; Rapid Response: Life-Saving Focus on High-Risk Patients; Conference Sparks Focus on Health Care Costs...and more.
	A Blueprint for Universal Health Insurance Coverage in New York Publication Date: 2006 The first comprehensive analysis of the elements needed for universal health insurance in New York State, this major new Fund publication presents the costs and benefits of several model strategies for covering almost all of the State's uninsured and creating a more stable, affordable system for all.
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	Home Care/Managed Long-Term Care

	The Top Ten Things Caregivers Don't Want to Hear�. Publication Date: 2006 Carol Levine, Director of the Fund's Families and Health Care Project, presents a collection of the kinds of unsolicited advice, unwelcome criticism, and undeserved praise that she and other caregivers receive all too often.
	Keeping Care at Home Publication Date: 2004 Better coordination of services through Medicaid Managed Long Term Care can help the frail elderly and other people with disabilities receive the support they need to remain in their own homes, according to this new Fund publication. Further expansion requires resolution of resource, staffing, and operational issues, however.
	Approaches to Care Management: The Experiences of New York City's Long Term Care Plans Publication Date: 2003
	Medicaid Long-term Care in New York City Publication Date: 2002 This report provides previously unavailable comparisons about these two programs relating to recipients' needs and personal care.
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	Hospital Finances and Utilization

	Blueprint Publication Date: 2007 In This Issue: Fund Points Way to Universal Health Insurance Coverage; Teaching the ABCs of Pregnancy--in Chinese; Rapid Response: Life-Saving Focus on High-Risk Patients; Conference Sparks Focus on Health Care Costs...and more.
	Hospital Watch Vital Signs Publication Date: 2007 The December 2007 Vital Signs shows the latest trends in hospital utilization and finances.
	Hospital Watch Publication Date: 2007 The March 2007 issue of Hospital Watch documents admissions to New York City hospital by non-city residents.
	The Health Care Reform Imperative Publication Date: 2007 The budget process forces a focus on fundamental issues, and offers a chance for decisions critical to real health care reform, says Fund President Jim Tallon, in his latest Blueprint editorial.
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	Hospital Watch

	Hospital Watch Publication Date: 2008 This issue of Hospital Watch presents the first ever analysis of emergency department use in New York City at the neighborhood level, drawn from new state Department of Health data.
	Hospital Watch Publication Date: 2008 This report documents growth in ambulatory care in New York City and price sensitivity that may affect the availability of such services.
	Hospital Watch Vital Signs Publication Date: 2007 The December 2007 Vital Signs shows the latest trends in hospital utilization and finances.
	Hospital Watch Vital Signs Publication Date: 2006 The latest issue of Hospital Watch tracks trends and key performance indicators through June 2006.
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	Medicaid

	Health Insurance Coverage in New York, 2004-2005 Publication Date: 2007 Newly updated with 2004-05 data, the Fund's annual chartbook provides an invaluable snapshot of the uninsured in New York, detailing demographics, coverage distribution, and the number of uninsured who are eligible for public health insurance.
	Gaps in Coverage Among the Elderly in New York Publication Date: 2007 While nearly all the elderly have at least one source of health insurance coverage, primarily Medicare, many are underinsured�a situation with implications for them and for the state's Medicaid program.
	Blueprint Publication Date: 2007 In This Issue: Fund Points Way to Universal Health Insurance Coverage; Teaching the ABCs of Pregnancy--in Chinese; Rapid Response: Life-Saving Focus on High-Risk Patients; Conference Sparks Focus on Health Care Costs...and more.
	Administration of Medicaid in New York State Publication Date: 2006 The administration of Medicaid in New York is dispersed among multiple agencies, with no single entity controlling more than a portion of the program. A groundbreaking Medicaid Institute study analyzes the program's organization, and its implications.
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	New York Quality Strategies Initiative

	NYeC Health Information Exchange Summit Publication Date: 2007 Presentations from the March 16, 2007, NYeC Summit on policy issues related to privacy and security in health information exchange.
	Growing Focus on Privacy and Security Policies Publication Date: 2007 A new initiative is working to address key policy challenges in making personal health information accessible electronically�while protecting privacy and security. The new issue of Qual-IT presents key findings of its first interim report.
	The Health Care Reform Imperative Publication Date: 2007 The budget process forces a focus on fundamental issues, and offers a chance for decisions critical to real health care reform, says Fund President Jim Tallon, in his latest Blueprint editorial.
	New Quality Strategies Document Addresses State HIT Agenda Publication Date: 2005 The Fund's Quality Strategies Initiative has released its report and recommendations to the New York State Department of Health on developing a health information technology strategy and convening the broad-based policy leadership organization needed to guide HIT efforts. Download the report here.
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	New York State Health Information Technology Policy Summit

	The Health Care Reform Imperative Publication Date: 2007 The budget process forces a focus on fundamental issues, and offers a chance for decisions critical to real health care reform, says Fund President Jim Tallon, in his latest Blueprint editorial.
	Qual-IT Archive Publication Date: 2007 Read past issues of Qual-IT, our newsletter focused on the areas of technology and interoperability.
	The Value of Healthcare Information Exchange and Interoperability in New York State Publication Date: 2006 Statewide implementation of health care information exchange and interoperability is a good investment, this Fund-sponsored Center for Information Technology Leadership report shows.
	New Quality Strategies Document Addresses State HIT Agenda Publication Date: 2005 The Fund's Quality Strategies Initiative has released its report and recommendations to the New York State Department of Health on developing a health information technology strategy and convening the broad-based policy leadership organization needed to guide HIT efforts. Download the report here.
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	New York Summit on eHealth

	NYeC Health Information Exchange Summit Publication Date: 2007 Presentations from the March 16, 2007, NYeC Summit on policy issues related to privacy and security in health information exchange.
	Growing Focus on Privacy and Security Policies Publication Date: 2007 A new initiative is working to address key policy challenges in making personal health information accessible electronically�while protecting privacy and security. The new issue of Qual-IT presents key findings of its first interim report.
	The Health Care Reform Imperative Publication Date: 2007 The budget process forces a focus on fundamental issues, and offers a chance for decisions critical to real health care reform, says Fund President Jim Tallon, in his latest Blueprint editorial.
	Advancing the Health Information Strategy in New York Publication Date: 2006 This report was drafted by the New York HIT Stakeholders Group Planning Committee and presented to the New York State Department of Health in July 2006.
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	Nursing Home Grants Program

	Voices of Decision in Nursing Homes Publication Date: 2001 This publication addresses one of the most challenging issues facing nursing home administrators and clinicians: how to support end-of-life decision making among nursing home residents whose ability to make decisions fluctuates, is unclear, or is completely and permanently absent.

	Palliative Care Initiatives

	Crossing Organizational Boundaries in Palliative Care Publication Date: 2003 Testing innovative approaches to caring for persons with progressive, life-threatening disease, the Fund's Community-Oriented Palliative Care Initiative promoted collaborations among health care and social service organizations, to provide earlier, better coordinated care. This first report from the Initiative focuses on the challenges of creating those networks.
	Moving Palliative Care into the Community Publication Date: 2004 An outgrowth of the Fund's Community-Oriented Palliative Care Initiative, this report captures six projects' attempts to devise comprehensive approaches to caring for people with progressive, life-limiting illness, through multi-organizational, multi-disciplinary networks. With discussions of partnership building, enrollment, service design and delivery, physician and community involvement, and related issues, the report examines the potential, and critical challenges, for such innovative collaborations.
	Background on the Community-Oriented Palliative Care Initiative Publication Date: 2002
	Building Hospital Palliative Care Programs Publication Date: 2001 This report describes the collective experiences of five New York City hospitals that received a total of $1.1 million in Fund grants over two years to initiate clinical palliative services to manage pain and symptoms, and to address emotional and other needs of terminally-ill patients and their families.
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	Promoting Interoperability

	NYeC Health Information Exchange Summit Publication Date: 2007 Presentations from the March 16, 2007, NYeC Summit on policy issues related to privacy and security in health information exchange.
	The Health Care Reform Imperative Publication Date: 2007 The budget process forces a focus on fundamental issues, and offers a chance for decisions critical to real health care reform, says Fund President Jim Tallon, in his latest Blueprint editorial.
	Qual-IT Archive Publication Date: 2007 Read past issues of Qual-IT, our newsletter focused on the areas of technology and interoperability.
	New Quality Strategies Document Addresses State HIT Agenda Publication Date: 2005 The Fund's Quality Strategies Initiative has released its report and recommendations to the New York State Department of Health on developing a health information technology strategy and convening the broad-based policy leadership organization needed to guide HIT efforts. Download the report here.

	Rapid Response System Collaborative

	Blueprint Publication Date: 2007 In This Issue: Fund Points Way to Universal Health Insurance Coverage; Teaching the ABCs of Pregnancy--in Chinese; Rapid Response: Life-Saving Focus on High-Risk Patients; Conference Sparks Focus on Health Care Costs...and more.



	"This Case Is Closed": Family Caregivers and the Termination of Home Health Care Services for Stroke Patients Publication Date: 2006 This is an electronic version of an article published in The Milbank Quarterly: complete citation information for the final version of the paper, as published in the print edition of The Milbank Quarterly, is available on the Blackwell Synergy on-line delivery service, accessible via the journal's Web site at www.blackwellpublishing.com/milq or www.blackwell-synergy.com.
	Closing the Home Care Case: Home Health Aides' Perspectives on Family Caregiving Publication Date: 2006 Published in June 2006 in Home Health Care Management and Practice, �Closing the Home Care Case: Home Health Aides' Perspectives on Family Caregiving� (abstract available) provides new insight from, and identifies two current challenges facing, home health aides, as revealed in focus group discussions.
	The Top Ten Things Caregivers Don't Want to Hear�. Publication Date: 2006 Carol Levine, Director of the Fund's Families and Health Care Project, presents a collection of the kinds of unsolicited advice, unwelcome criticism, and undeserved praise that she and other caregivers receive all too often.
	Closing the Home Care Case: Clinicians' Perspectives on Family Caregiving Publication Date: 2005 Published in August 2005 in Home Health Care Management and Practice, �Closing the Home Care Case: Clinicians' Perspectives on Family Caregiving� (abstract available) reveals five inherent conflicts that affect home health care clinicians' interactions with family caregivers, as revealed in focus group discussions.
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	Fund Newsletters

	Blueprint Winter 2008 Publication Date: 2008 The latest issue of the Fund's newsletter spotlights the Fund/GNYHA's groundbreaking,multi-year, multi-hospital quality and safety initiative, an innovative program helping teens and young adults get fit, a report on the diverse challenges facing New York's nursing homes, and more.
	Hospital Watch Vital Signs Publication Date: 2008 The latest issue of Hospital Watch tracks trends and key performance indicators of New York City hospital operations and finances through December 2007.
	Qual-IT - May 2006 A look back at the tenure of the first national coordinator for HIT shows some notable successes in adoption and interoperability -- and some serious barriers remaining.

	Other Work At the Fund

	Health Care Reform: Setting Up the Next Debate Publication Date: 2008 James Tallon, president of the United Hospital Fund, delivered a presentation��Healthcare Reform: Setting up the Next Debate��on March 28, at the Harpur Forum breakfast in Binghamton. The text of Mr. Tallon's presentation is available.
	Health Insurance Coverage in New York, 2005-2006 Publication Date: 2008 Newly updated with 200-06 data, the Fund's annual chartbook once again provides an invaluable snapshot of the uninsured in New York�detailing income, employment status, age, and other demographic information, tracking the coverage distribution among workers and low-income New Yorkers, and estimating the number of uninsured New Yorkers who are eligible for public health insurance.
	Presentations from "New Opportunities, Tough Choices: Health Care in New York" Publication Date: 2007 All presentations from this half-day conference, at which strategic paths toward health care reform on the state and national levels were examined, are available.
	Presentations from the 18th Annual Symposium on Health Care Services in New York: Publication Date: 2007 Sponsored jointly by the Fund and the Greater New York Hospital Association Foundation, this symposium, held October 17, 2007, brought together practitioners, policymakers, and researchers to shed light on critical issues in service delivery. Michael Hogan, Ph.D., commissioner of the New York State Office of Mental Health, gave the keynote address on improvements and challenges to mental health care services in New York.
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