Mount Sinai Beth Israel Is Recognized by 2020 HealthFirst Quality Incentive Program
Each year the Mount Sinai Health System participates in HealthFirst’s Quality Incentive Program, which rewards top performers for achieving the highest overall quality among their peers in clinical care, preventive cancer screenings, and effective management of...
Celebrating our Retirees by Dr. Jeremy Boal
Today we acknowledge so many people in the MSBI family who will retire today or in the coming months. It is difficult to sum up their contributions in this simple email; their combined years of service and unwavering compassion cannot be...
Simply the Best Infection Prevention Team on the Planet by Dr. Jeremy Boal
It is Infection Prevention Week Year. We have simply the best Infection Prevention team on the planet.I’ve never come across a team that can handle such a serious subject matter while lifting spirits and making people laugh. They have a true passion for...
Our Materials Management Lifeline by Dr. Jeremy Boal
Every time you put on your mask (covering your nose and mouth!) over the next few days, I hope you will think about our amazing Materials Management team. That simple mask had to move through a complicated supply chain process that takes the dedication and...
Major League Baseball Recognizes Mount Sinai Front Line Workers
As part of an effort to honor front-line workers and others throughout the nation, Major League Baseball is featuring images of Mount Sinai employees during the baseball postseason games. The images of employees are attached to “cutouts” placed in the...
Excellent Outcomes in Heart Failure Patients by Dr. Jeremy Boal
We’ve always known it, and now even more people will know, too: our Cardiac Catheterization program is world-class. The New York State Department of Health recognized the Mount Sinai Heart team and Cardiac Catheterization lab at Mount Sinai...
Parents Are Grateful to NYEE for Their Newborn’s Sight-Saving Surgery
Two parents expressed profound gratitude to a team at the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai (NYEE) for kindly and skillfully supporting them through their baby daughter’s cataract surgeries and difficult recovery. Mia Alvarez was...
New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai, America’s First Specialty Hospital, Celebrates 200th Anniversary
The New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai (NYEE), in August, celebrated its 200th anniversary and its unique place as America’s first specialty hospital, which continues to provide patients with the highest level of care.“As we enter our third...
Happy Environmental Services Week by Dr. Jeremy Boal
If you see one of our Environmental Services (EVS) colleagues this week or next, please thank them for all they do! It’s Healthcare Environmental Services Week. I want to thank them for all they have done, and continue to do, to keep us all safe during the...
Mount Sinai Teamwork in Action by Dr. Jeremy Boal
One thing we learned during the crisis is how to collaborate more closely with our broader health system. MSBI is an incredibly special place; I have never worked in a hospital where colleagues treat their patients and each other so much like...
Our New Delancey Street Practice by Dr. Jeremy Boal
This week, I want to highlight a brand new practice we opened on Delancey Street in early March. Of course, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the opening of this practice looked different than we expected, but the team moved forward and is ready to...
Treating Patients As Family by Dr. Jeremy Boal
Part of what makes MSBI so unique is that our employees, regardless of discipline or role, create genuine connections with patients and take care of them even beyond their basic medical needs. We recently discharged a very special person who touched the...
We’re Live on Epic…Now What? by Dr. Jeremy Boal
The countdown is over, and I’m so thankful to everyone who made our Epic inpatient go-live successful. We knew the beginning would feel bumpy. We are encouraged knowing that our go-live was one of the smoothest we have had in the health system (many other...
For One Mount Sinai Doctor, the Blast in Beirut Hits Close to Home
For George Wanna, MD, Chair of the Department of Otolaryngology at New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai and Mount Sinai Beth Israel, the recent deadly blast in Beirut hit very close to home, which is why he is working so hard to help the city...
Elevator Heroes by Dr. Jeremy Boal
I want to share two brief stories of employees who are role models for me and for so many of our colleagues. I’m so thankful for their compassion for our patients. The photo above is of Derek Mohammed. One MSBI employee witnessed this...