AGE-FRIENDLY NYC is a a program created by The New York Academy of Medicine, the NYC Council and the Office of the Mayor. This video provides an introduction to the process of creating an Age-Friendly City.
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Diagnosis: Disparities
Hispanic Executive
How do we combat the glaring health-care inequalities impacting the Latino community? NYAM Fellow Elena Rios, who heads the National Hispanic Medical Association, says it starts with improved representation in leadership positions and a commitment to delivering culturally competent care.
Primary Care and Population Health: Fourth in a Five-Part Series
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Human Capital Blog
The New York Academy of Medicine recently conducted a survey of 17 thought leaders in primary care and population health. In the fourth of five blog posts, we share a synthesis of what those leaders had to say.
NYAM Trustees in the News
The Stoler Report
The following is a segment of the Stoler Report on CUNY TV, New York's only television broadcast featuring real estate and business leaders. The segment, "Healthcare Executives Outlook for 2013," features NYAM Trustees Steven Safyer, M.D. President & CEO, Montefiore Medical Center and Michael Dowling, President & CEO, North Shore-LIJ Health System, Inc.
Kill Your Darlings
ICG Magazine
The November 2012 issue of ICG Magazine featured a piece about NYAM as a filming location for the upcoming movie Kill Your Darlings starring Daniel Radcliffe.
On Tuesday, November 19, 2012, Sherry Glied, PhD, Professor of Health Policy and Management at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health and former Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, delivered the 2012 Duncan Clark Lecture. The focus of her lecture was the intricacies of the Affordable Care Act and the legal impact it would have for years to come. Click here to see the lecture.
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To honor the legacy of Margaret E. Mahoney, and her commitment to addressing the health care and developmental needs of vulnerable populations, especially children, a new fellowship program has been created for health professional and health policy students, focused on transforming health care delivery systems for vulnerable urban populations as well as early childhood health and development.
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