Dr. Joseph P. Merlino is Director of Psychiatry at Kings County Hospital and an expert on grief. Three months after the Haiti earthquake, Dr. Merlino talks about the different ways people experience grief, and how to move on.
Ventilator-associated pneumonia and central line bloodstream infections have dropped as HHC continues to provide better training for medical teams to improve patient safety and reduce infections.
The new comprehensive federal health reform law aims to expand coverage for the uninsured, control health care costs and improve the healthcare delivery system. What does it mean for HHC?