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Health Beat New York

As New York faces a persistent nursing shortage, more than a dozen hospitals across the state, including three in the Bronx, are poised to receive a significant boost for their recruitment and retention efforts.

A $51 million grant program from the Mother Cabrini Health Foundation, a private nonprofit, announced on Wednesday, will fund efforts to strengthen the state’s nursing workforce as New York braces for an estimated shortage of nearly 40,000 nurses by 2030. The funding will help hospitals apply for nursing accreditation programs, which hospital leaders say will improve nurses’ well-being, as well as patient care…

…The foundation launched the grant program following the publication of a 2024 report from the Center for Health Workforce Studies at the University of Albany’s School of Public Health that identified pervasive statewide shortages in registered nurses and licensed practical nurses, driven by the Covid-19 pandemic, a wave of retirements, a diminished pipeline of qualified workers, and the draw of better-paid opportunities outside healthcare.

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United Health Services

UHS is proud that our organization has been selected as a recipient of a transformative grant from the Mother Cabrini Health Foundation, as part of the Foundation’s new Nursing Initiative. UHS will receive nearly $3.9 million in multi-year funding to strengthen nursing excellence, support nurses at every stage of their careers, and improve outcomes for the patients and families we serve across the Greater Binghamton region…

…The Mother Cabrini Health Foundation selected UHS from among more than 50 hospitals that applied for this competitive grant following a request for proposals. The Foundation’s decision was informed by an extensive selection process and a vision for equitable healthcare access across diverse regions of New York State.

The Nursing Initiative was developed in response to critical findings from a healthcare workforce report produced by the Foundation in partnership with the Center for Health Workforce Studies in Albany. The report identified challenges such as insufficient nurse preparedness, burnout, workplace violence, and generational shifts in career expectations—all of which the Initiative aims to address.

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New York Times

St. Barnabas Hospital plans to spend $5 million on a program for its nurses…

…Other foundation officials said that stress and burnout had contributed to the nursing shortage. They cited a statewide study by the Center for Health Workforce Studies at the University of Albany, which found that just under half of nurses surveyed reported symptoms of burnout in 2023. The center also found that retirements were not the only factor in staff shortages. Younger nurses were moving on as well: About 15 percent of hospital nurses between 20 and 39 planned to leave their current jobs within 12 months.

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Becker’s Hospital Review

More than a dozen safety-net hospitals across New York state are set to receive $51 million in grants from the Mother Cabrini Health Foundation, a nonprofit organization based in New York City…

…The Mother Cabrini Health Foundation developed the Nursing Initiative in response to findings from a report by the Albany, N.Y.-based Center for Health Workforce Studies. The report found that while the vast majority of study participants reported that RN recruitment had slowly improved, retention remains a challenge.

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CBS 6 News WRGB Albany 

Albany, NY (WRGB) — A new study from the University at Albany’s Oral Health Workforce Research Center has identified a concerning link between inadequate oral health care and complications during pregnancy. The research highlights the need for increased awareness and access to dental services for expectant mothers.

“Less than half of pregnant women actually seek oral health care,” said Dr. Simona Surdu, the director of the Oral Health Workforce Research Center at UAlbany. “And that was kind of like a very big red flag for us.”

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Dentistry

A new study, published in the Journal of the American Dental Association, found that pregnant women who received preventive oral health care or visited a dentist or a dental clinic for oral health problems during pregnancy had a lower risk of developing gestational diabetes and hypertensive disorders.

‘Our findings reinforce the connection between oral health and overall health,’ said Dr Simona Surdu, project director at the Center for Health Workforce Studies.

‘Integrating oral health education and services into maternal health care and expanding the oral health workforce through training, better distribution and inter-professional collaboration with prenatal care providers can improve access to oral health services for pregnant women – especially in underserved populations – and help reduce the risks of gestational diabetes and hypertensive disorders.’

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Crain’s New York Business

Eleven practices are urging a judge in a Manhattan federal court to prohibit an insurance middleman from changing how they get paid for Medicare and Medicaid patients.

…Shuttering dental practices that accept low-income patients could exacerbate existing barriers to dental care, the practices say. One in six New Yorkers who needed dental care in the past year could not get it, in part because of the small number of practices that accept Medicaid, according to a survey released last year by SUNY Albany’s Center for Healthcare Workforce Studies.

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Dentistry Today

For pregnant women in the U.S., the use of oral health services during pregnancy remains low, with fewer than 40% seeking preventive oral health care. So reports a new study conducted by the Oral Health Workforce Research Center, part of the Center for Health Workforce Studies at the University at Albany’s College of Integrated Health Sciences, which was featured on the cover of this month’s issue of the Journal of the American Dental Association.

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News 10 ABC

A new study, conducted by researchers at University at Albany’s College of Integrated Health Sciences, shows poor dental hygiene during pregnancy can increase the risk of dental diseases and pregnancy complications. According to the college, the study was done using Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System data between 2016 and 2020.

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News Medical

For pregnant women in the U.S., the use of oral health services during pregnancy remains low, with fewer than 40% seeking preventive oral health care. So reports a new study conducted by the Oral Health Workforce Research Center, part of the Center for Health Workforce Studies at the University at Albany’s College of Integrated Health Sciences, which was featured on the cover of this month’s issue of the Journal of the American Dental Association.

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