SAFETY NET in Queens, New York
AN ASSESSMENT OF THE SAFETY NET in Queens, New York Urgent Matters The George Washington University Medical Center School of Public Health and Health Services Department of Health Policy Acknowledgments The Urgent Matters safety net assessment team would like to thank our community partner, the Northern Queens Health Coalition (NQHC), for its help in identifying key safety net issues in Queens and connecting us with stakeholders in the community. At NQHC, Mala Desai was instrumental in coordinating our site visits, interviews and focus groups and an essential resource through the course of the project. The Northern Queens Health Coalition is a 60 member coalition of health services providers whose mission is to help providers and consumers identify gaps and inefficiencies in the health services delivery system. NQHC members include community-based providers of health and social services, faith-based organizations, ethnic community service groups, advocacy groups, disease-specific information and counseling organizations, hospice providers, libraries and cultural organizations, the Queen’s Borough President’s office, and small businesses. We would also like to acknowledge Stuart Kessler, MD, at the Elmhurst Hospital Center, for providing us with important information and resources regarding the emergency department at Elmhurst Hospital. The Urgent Matters team would also like to recognize the many individuals in the Queens health care community, who gave generously of their time and provided important and useful insights into the local safety net system. The Queens, New York, Safety Net Assessment would not have been possible without their participation. We are especially grateful to Pam Dickson, MBA, Minna Jung, JD, Chinwe Onyekere, MPH, John Lumpkin, MD, MPH, Calvin Bland, MS, and Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, MD, MBA, of The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation for their support and guidance throughout this project.
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