New York, NY-UNS: NYC Health + Hospitals today announced it received nine awards from the Center to Advance Palliative Care for the health system’s commitment to high-quality palliative care. As part of its 2023 Tipping Point Challenge national challenge for clinical training, the Center to Advance Palliative Care recognized NYC Health + Hospitals/Coler as one of 15 winners and NYC Health + Hospitals/McKinney as one of 47 honor roll recipients in a pool of over 1,700 health care organizations nationwide. In addition, the Center’s New York City challenge recognized McKinney as one of 5 winners and four additional NYC Health + Hospitals sites in its citywide honor roll. Lastly, the Center also recognized two individuals at NYC Health + Hospitals for their commitment to expanding their skills: Yetunde Egbeyale, RN at NYC Health + Hospitals/Coler and Valentina Forcella, RN at NYC Health + Hospitals/South Brooklyn Health. The clinical training challenge encourages clinicians across medical specialties to enhance their skills to care for seriously ill patients, including communication, pain management, opioid prescribing, symptom management, and dementia care.
“Our palliative care teams work every day to relieve the symptoms and stress of serious illness, such as pain, nausea, and depression,” said NYC Health + Hospitals Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer Machelle Allen, MD. “Thank you to the Tipping Point Challenge for recognizing our care teams’ commitment to learn and grow as they improve the quality of life of our patients.”
“Congratulations to the clinical teams at Coler for their demonstrated commitment to meeting the palliative care needs of our residents through their pursuit of on-going professional growth and development,” said NYC Health + Hospitals/Coler CEO Stephen Catullo.
“I am proud that our The John A. Hartford Foundation Tipping Point Challenge provided a catalyst for clinicians from all specialties and disciplines to enhance their skills through CAPC courses,” said CAPC CEO Brynn Bowman, MPA. “The enthusiasm of health care organizations across the country to rapidly enhance skills that are not usually the focus of training in medical school, is a testament to the extraordinary need to improve the quality of care provided to people living with a serious illness. CAPC is honored to play a part in the achievement of better outcomes for patients, families, and caregivers.”
NYC Health + Hospitals received the following awards for the Center to Advance Palliative Care’s 2023 Tipping Point Challenge for Clinical Training:
NYC Health + Hospitals/Coler, Winner, National Challenge
NYC Health + Hospitals/McKinney
Honor Roll, National Challenge
Winner, New York City Challenge
NYC Health + Hospitals/Community Care, Honor Roll, New York City Challenge
NYC Health + Hospitals/Harlem, Honor Roll, New York City Challenge
NYC Health + Hospitals/Lincoln, Honor Roll, New York City Challenge
NYC Health + Hospitals/South Brooklyn Health, Ruth Bader Ginsburg Hospital, Honor Roll, New York City Challenge
Yetunde Egbeyale, RN, NYC Health + Hospitals/Coler, Individual winner
Valentina Forcella, RN, NYC Health + Hospitals/South Brooklyn Health, Individual winner
The national Tipping Point Challenge is sponsored by the Center to Advance Palliative Care and The John A. Hartford Foundation, and the New York City challenge receives additional funding from The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation.
