New York Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine Educational Consortium Upcoming Meetings/Events (in date order) NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine Hooding Ceremony 5/19/2014 — 10:00 a.m. LIU Tilles Center for the Performing Arts Trainee Committee Meeting 5/22/2014 — 6:30 p.m. Jonathan’s Restaurant Garden City Park, NY NYCOMEC Trainee Research Poster Competition 6/13/2014 — 10 a.m.-1 p.m. NYIT Hall of Fame Faculty Development OMM Workshop: “Teaching OMM: Let Your Hands Do the Talking” Click here for flyer 6/3/2014 — 5:30 p.m. Dinner 6:00—9:00 p.m. Workshop NYITCOM Serota Building R.S.V.P. required Education Committee Meeting 6/13/2014 —1:30 p.m. NYITCOM Rockefeller Auditorium I s s u e 7 7 M a y 1 5 , 2 0 1 4 NYCOMEC Happenings Board Strategic Planning Retreat On Thursday, May 8, the NYCOMEC Board of Directors gathered for a meeting and strategic planning retreat at the LaGuardia Mariott Hotel. During the productive session, the Board divided into strategic planning reference committees to perform a SWOT analysis of the organization. The Board identified some of the important roles NYCOMEC can play in graduate medical education in the future, which includes the single GME accreditation system. Plans were made for a subcommittee that would bring together allopathic and osteopathic leaders to Yuval D. Bar-Kokhba, Esq. speaking to the Board facilitate the transition to a single GME accreditation system. The meeting also featured a guest presentation by Yuval D. Bar-Kokhba, Esq., Partner at Garbarini & Scher, P.C. who is experienced in matters involving hospital liability, commercial insurance coverage, and medical malpractice, among other topics. At a previous meeting, the Board expressed concerns about trainee liability in the face of hospital bankruptcy, and Mr. Bar -Kokhba addressed many of the members’ questions. Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine Commencement 6/2/2014 — 1:00 p.m. The Apollo Theatre, NY, NY Inside this issue: NYCOMEC Happenings 1 FYI 2 In the News 3 Commendation Corner 3 Palisades Medical Center Resident Earns Top Marks Michael Magrino, D.O., a fourth-year resident in Palisades Medical Center’s General Surgery program, scored the highest in the country for OGME-4 on the annual in-service board examination. He was publicly recognized by the American College of Osteopathic Surgeons (ACOS) in its newsletter and on its Facebook page. Dr. Magrino placed in the 98th percentile on the M.D. exam as well. Page 2 NYCOMEC Happenings Good Samaritan Trainee Presents Poster at ACOG Meeting Recruitment Hospital Days/ Conventions Emmie Strassberg, D.O., a fourth-year resident at Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center, had the honor of presenting her research at the Poster Session at the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Annual Clinical Meeting, which ran from April 26-30 in Chicago. Dr. Strassberg’s poster is entitled “Does Influenza Vaccination in Pregnancy Reduce the Risk of Preeclampsia?” David Yens, Ph.D., NYCOMEC’s Director of Research, assisted with the research and was listed as a co-author, along with Dina El Kady, M.D. and Mona Khan, D.O. Resolution Heads to AOA House of Delegates NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine (NYITCOM) National Hospital and Career Day 6/13/2014 — 11a.m. - 1p.m. NYIT Gymnasium As per the Board’s request, NYCOMEC President David Broder, D.O. drafted a resolution on Trainee Professional Liability Insurance. The New York State Osteopathic Medical Society Board amended and approved the resolution and will submit it to the AOA House of Delegates. Read the resolution here. FYI NYITCOM Family Health Care Center Ribbon Cutting May 30 NYITCOM is celebrating its newest Family Health Center, located in Uniondale, with a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony and grand opening on Friday, May 30 from 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. Faculty and administration from NYCOMEC institutions are invited to attend. To RSVP, email Susan Christie or call (516) 686-3894. This is the third primary care clinic operated by NYITCOM and staffed by faculty from the Departments of Family Medicine, Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine, as well as physical, occupational, speech therapists and exercise physiologists. The Uniondale site will offer Breast Health Services, Family Medicine and Gynecology. *Reminder* Trainee Registration Form and Contracts Due The deadline is approaching for submitting Trainee Registration Forms and copies of contracts to NYCOMEC for the 20142015 academic training year. All contracts should be on file before the start of training in July. As a reminder, please include Trainee Registration Forms with trainee contracts so they can be completed and submitted together. Questions? Email nycomec@ nyit.edu or call (516) 6863730. OMM Workshop on June 3 All NYCOMEC Attending physicians and chief residents are invited to attend a CME course presented by the NYITCOM OMM department on June 3, 2014. View Dean Wolfgang Gilliar, D.O.’s video message here. The intensive workshop is designed to help train D.O. and M.D. Program Directors and Attendings to precept OMM. Dinner is included. For complete information, view the flyer here. R.S.V.P. to Randi Fox by May 28, 2014. Issue 77 In the News Page 3 Plainview Trainee’s Letter Featured in JAOA An article by Adam Bitterman, D.O. of Plainview Hospital, was featured in the “In Your Words” section of the Journal of the American Osteopathic Association in the May 1, 2014 issue. Dr. Bitterman, a fourth-year resident in the Orthopedic Surgery program, wrote “To an Intern: What if You Were the Patient?” in which he suggests that medical education put greater emphasis on professionalism and empathy in patient encounters. Read the complete article here. Long Beach Medical Center Sale to South Nassau Approved This week, a U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge approved the sale of Long Beach Medical Center’s hospital facility to South Nassau Communities Hospital. South Nassau can now move forward with its plans to develop an urgent-care clinic on the site of the closed medical center. Senator Schumer Advocates for FEMA Funding for Good Samaritan Hospital At the end of April, it was reported that U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer urged the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to give swift approval to Catholic Health Services’ application for $20.9 million in hazard mitigation funding. The funding is intended to purchase three new emergency electrical generators and raise all generators at Good Samari- tan Hospital Medical Center and Our Lady of Consolation Nursing and Rehabilitative Care Center (OLC) above sea level. New York State established Catholic Health Services’ application as a high priority for New York State. Good Samaritan Hospital has the largest Emergency Room in Suffolk County, and its geography within a flood plain and lack of redundancy in its current stock of older generators make it vulnerable. The hospital lost power and was partially evacuated during Superstorm Sandy. Senator Schumer explained that the FEMA funding is critical for helping protect the healthcare facilities of Good Samaritan and OLC, keep their life-saving equipment running with electricity, and avoid future evacuation. Commendation Corner Member Hospitals Earn “A” Grades in Safety Survey The Leapfrog Group released its Spring 2014 update to the Hospital Safety Scores, and a number of NYCOMEC member institutions received an “A” grade. These ratings indicate a hospital’s ability to prevent errors, injuries and infections. In New York State, Nassau University Medical Center and St. Barnabas Hospital received A’s. In New Jersey, the top grade was assigned to Jersey City Medical Center, Meadowlands Hospital Medical Center, and Saint Barnabas Medical Center. Using 28 safety measures identified as having potential to save patient lives, The Leapfrog Group evaluated more than 2,500 hospitals nationwide on a scale of A to F. The Leapfrog Group reported that the latest data show 10 percent or higher improvement in performance among nearly one-third of all hospitals since 2012. For more information, visit http://www.hospitalsafetyscore.org/ or see The Leapfrog Group’s summary here. Page 4 NYCOMEC Blue Calendar New York Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine Educational Consortium (“NYCOMEC”) Mission: NYCOMEC Corp. NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine Northern Boulevard Old Westbury, NY 11568-8000 Phone: 516-686-3730 Fax: 516-686-3767 www.nycomec.org Committed to Quality Osteopathic Postdoctoral Education To continually improve the quality and scope of graduate medical education within the continuum of osteopathic medical education. If you have news to include in the NYCOMEC newsletter, please contact Victoria Rehkugler at [email protected] or (516) 686-3953. In the News Cost Savings with Mobile App at Jersey City Medical HealthDataManagement.com recently reported that Jersey City Medical Center saved at least $2 million with a customized, HIPAAcompliant smartphone app that improves communication and workflows among clinicians. The Practice Unite mobile app from Navio Health LLC was used by patient care teams at the hospital for a year. Emergency Department physicians reported a 15% reduction in delays, moving patients through the ED 30 minutes faster, and surgeons reduced consult response times from 2-4 hours to 15-30 minutes. Physicians reported that the improved communications allowed them to discharge patients 20% faster, which alone saves the hospital $720,000 per year. 5/29/2014 — 12:00 p.m. Research Webinar: Funding Research, Preparing and Applying for Grant Funding The Research Webinar Archive is available on www.nycomec.org under “Resources” Webinar dates and/or times are subject to change. 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