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Press Releases

Feb 02, 2024 Press Releases
NYC Health + Hospitals Provides Update on Telehealth Abortion Care, Which Offers Medication by Mail to Eligible Patients in New York City

With NYC Health + Hospitals’ Virtual ExpressCare telehealth service, patients in NYC can speak to a provider on demand via video or phone from the comfort of their own home

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Feb 01, 2024 Press Releases
NYC Health + Hospitals/Woodhull and Services for the Underserved (S:US) Host a Naloxone Training and Substance Use Education Session

The session aimed to equip participants with the necessary knowledge and skills to recognize and reverse an opioid overdose, ultimately empowering them to save lives within their community

Feb 01, 2024 Press Releases
NYC Health + Hospitals/Queens Holds Ribbon-Cutting for New State-of-the-Art Da Vinci Surgical Robot to Enhance Surgical, Inpatient and Ambulatory Care Departments

“Quincy Queens” will perform minimally invasive robotic surgery that increases precision and accuracy, resulting in less pain and faster recovery times for patients

Jan 31, 2024 Press Releases
On World Leprosy Day, NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue Recognizes Its Hansen’s Disease Clinic, Which Provides Treatment and Fights Stigma of Leprosy

Hansen’s disease is very rare in the U.S. and is 100% curable with antibiotics; the Bellevue Hospital clinic conducts approximately 440 patient visits a year

Jan 26, 2024 Press Releases
NYC Health + Hospitals/Metropolitan Re-Designated as a Baby-Friendly Hospital

Prestigious recognition certifies that the hospital protects, promotes and supports breastfeeding

Jan 25, 2024 Press Releases
NYC Health + Hospitals Unveils New Community Mural at NYC Health + Hospitals/Harlem

The Community Mural Project is believed to be the country’s largest public hospital mural program since the 1930s

Jan 23, 2024 Press Releases
NYC Health + Hospitals/Lincoln Medical Intensive Care Unit II Recognized with American Association Of Critical-Care Nurses Silver-Level Beacon Award for Excellence

National award marks a significant milestone on the path to exceptional patient care and achieving a healthy work environment

Jan 23, 2024 Press Releases
NYC Health + Hospitals/Harlem Receives Scopy Award from the American College Of Gastroenterology for Colon Cancer Outreach Efforts

The video was meant to encourage New Yorkers ages 45 to 75 to get screened for the preventable cancer and to de-stigmatize the potentially life-saving procedure

Jan 23, 2024 Press Releases
NYC Health + Hospitals Releases New Episode of The Remedy, a Podcast from the Largest Safety Net Health System in the United States

Episode 2: Food is Medicine recognizes that plant-based eating is powerful medicine – it can lower high blood pressure and bring type 2 diabetes into remission – and it considers how hospitals can help their patients pursue a plant-based diet