HITE Community Connections South Bronx Forum
On February 28, 2012, HITE will hold the first of ten community forums for agencies that offer preventive services, medical and mental health care, benefits assistance, education, recreation, and more. Each meeting will provide agency representatives with an opportunity to share resource information, learn about new services, and participate in an open discussion to address common information and referral challenges. The HITE Community Connections program aims to strengthen linkages and improve access to vital tools and information for providers, ultimately helping them to better serve their community and improve the continuum of care for at-risk children and families.

GNYHA and CCLC Conference to Highlight the Results of INTERACT NY
On October 24, 2011, GNYHA and its long term care affiliate, the Continuing Care Leadership Coalition (CCLC), will hold a conference on improving care transitions between hospitals and nursing homes through INTERACT NY (Interventions to Reduce Preventable Acute Care Transfers NY). INTERACT NY is a quality improvement program facilitated by CCLC to assist members in reducing preventable hospitalizations through the adoption of evidence-based tools to improve communication between providers, promote adoption of successful clinical guidelines, and support advance care planning.

2011 Annual Symposium on Health Care Services in New York: Research and Practice
The Annual Symposium on Health Care Services in New York: Research and Practice is held each year to foster collaboration on and understanding of current health care research in New York, build bridges among health services researchers and practitioners, and showcase the New York health services research community.

Forum on Best Practices in Cultural Competency Training for Residents
This half-day forum focused on the importance of delivering culturally competent care and highlighted teaching institutions in the New York area that have instituted innovative cultural competency resident training strategies.

The Lewis and Jack Rudin New York Prize for Medicine and Health 
The Lewis and Jack Rudin New York Prize for Medicine and Health was established to provide a forum for a distinguished member of the metropolitan New York community to receive recognition from colleagues and the public at large. The award was given annually from 2003 through 2007, and reconfigured in 2011.