After the launching the ED MAT Quality collaborative, participating hospitals attend monthly Webinars to share progress and lessons learned and receive educational resources and technical guidance to accomplish the goals of the collaborative. In this webinar, collaborative short-term actions were discussed. Participating hospitals were reminded about existing initiatives to advance waiver trainings to prescribe buprenorphine….

Attendees heard from Governor Andrew Cuomo’s Assistant Secretary for Mental Hygiene Shelly Weizman, OMH’s Commissioner Zucker, MD, JD and Chief of Staff Dr. Greene, DrPH, MCHES, and OASAS General Counsel Robert Kent. Each spoke about New York’s commitment to addressing the opioid crisis by supporting hospital initiatives already underway and those yet to be implemented….

The New York State Department of Health (DOH), in partnership with GNYHA, the Healthcare Association for New York State, held a webinar on the New York State stroke designation program. DOH officials outlined the details of the State’s new stroke designation program, including the process for obtaining a New York State designation, quality metric submission,…