Stop by our Tables & Support NYC H+H by Encouraging Gov. Cuomo to Sign the Enhanced Safety Net Bill!

The Future of NYC H+H Depends on Us. As you have probably heard by now, New York City Health + Hospitals faces a $1.8 billion financial crisis, which left unaddressed, threatens the very existence of the system, our… Read More

Joint Statement Doctors Council SEIU and NYC H+H System Wide Collaboration Council June 22, 2016

A very well attended meeting of our System Wide Collaboration Council (SWCC) convened on June 22nd at Gouverneur Medical Center.  This meeting marks the completion of the first round of SWCC meetings which have occurred monthly since November,… Read More

May 2016 Joint Statement, Doctors Council SEIU & New York City Health + Hospitals System-Wide Collaboration Council

Executive leadership from all NYC H + H facilities and their Doctors Council SEIU member counterparts convened at NYC H+H/Gouverneur for our System Wide Collaboration Council (SWCC) meeting.  The focus of the System-Wide meetings continues to be to… Read More

February 2016 Joint Statement Doctors Council SEIU & HYC H+H System-Wide Collaboration Council

Dr. Aycan Turkmen, M.D., Doctors Council 2nd Vice-President, System-wide Collaboration Council (SWCC) Co-Chair and doctor from Coney Island Hospital, and NYC Health + Hospitals Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Ross Wilson, M.D. convened the third meeting of our SWCC… Read More

January 2016 Joint Statement Doctors Council SEIU & NYC H+H System-Wide Collaboration Council

On December 11, 2015, the second meeting of the System-Wide Collaboration Council met at Governeur Medical Center.  70 leaders from our health system continued to chart a new course of deep collaboration dedicated to creating the best patient… Read More

Gotham Health Update

In mid-November, Doctors Council Delegates from the Diagnostic and Treatment Centers- DTCs- (Belvis, Cumberland, East New York, Gouverneur, Morrisania, and Renaissance) met with Dr. Walid Michelen, CEO and CMO, for Gotham Health and facility Chief Medical Officers. The… Read More

Doctors Council Collaboration Council Primer

A Primer on the “Collaboration Councils” in our new Collective Bargaining Agreement By a major collective effort through our Union, we have been able to establish a new and lasting opportunity to achieve groundbreaking improvement for our patients… Read More