Dear Chief Executive Officer
2012
2011
- January 6, 2011 - Dear Administrator: Launch of NYSDOH Electronic Certificate of Need application system (NYSE-CON),
- January 11, 2011 - Dear Chief Executive Officer: Advise Facilities of Recently-Enacted Laws that Directly Impact the Operations of Hospitals in New York State
- February 8, 2011 - Dear Chief Executive Officer: Palliative Care Information Act
- March 15, 2011Dear Hospital Administrator: New York Patient Occurrence and Tracking System (NYPORTS)
- March 23, 2011 - Dear Colleague: Clarify Certain Newborn Treatments Requirements - Eye Prophylaxis, Vitamin K, Breastfeeding Guidance
- April 1, 2011 - Dear Hospital Chief Executive Officer: FCC Narrowbanding Mandate
- May 27, 2011 - Dear CEO: Trauma Care in New York State Consolidated into a Statewide Trauma System
- May 31, 2011 - Dear Chief Executive Officer: Concerns Raised Over Full Body X-rays of Newborns ("Babygrams")
- July 22, 2011 - Dear CEO: Pharmaceutical Disposal and Sharps Disposal Surveys for Hospitals and D&TC
- August 4, 2011 - Dear Hospital CEO: Accurate Completion of the SCREEN form, and the Hospital and Community Patient Review Instrument (H/C PRI)
- August 19, 2011 - Dear Chief Executive Officer Letter: Distribution of Information to Maternity Patients Regarding the US Consumer Product Safety Commission's (CPSC) E-mail Subscription
- October 31, 2011 - Dear CEO Letter: Thefts and Losses of Electronic Medical Record (EMR) Official New York State Prescription (ONYSP) Forms
- December 05, 2011 - Dear Hospital Chief Executive Officer: Guidelines for the Determination of Brain Death, December 5, 2011m
- December 05, 2011 - Guidelines for the Determination of Brain Death
- December 14, 2011 - Public Health Law ยง2997-d, the Palliative Care Access Act, Became Effective September 27, 2011
- December 19, 2011 - Community Hospitals Have Improved the Care They Provide to Their Community, the Critically Injured are Transferred to Appropriately Staffed Trauma Centers
2010
2009
2008
- April 2008 - Standards for evaluating psychiatric patients in the Emergency Department (PDF, 42KB, 1pg.)
- April 2008 - Hospital infection control (PDF, 3.1MB, 5pg.)
- May 2008 - Requirements for Mandated Reporters (PDF, 46KB, 2pg.)
- June 2008 - State Education Guidance for consectitive hours Registered Nurses can work (PDF, 250KB, 3pg.)
- July 2008 - Organ transplant registry (PDF, 47KB, 3pg.)
- August 2008 - New guidance for emergency responder care following HIV exposure (PDF, 4.9MB, 14pg.)
- October 2008 - Update to the NYS Public Health Law (PDF, 22KB, 2pg.)
- November 2008 - Community Health Assessment (PDF, 39KB, 6pg.)
- December 2008 - Patient Restraint and Seclusion
2007
- January 2007 - Resident Advance Directives and Basic Life Support
- January 2007 - Changes to NYPORTS (PDF, 30KB, 2pg.)
- February 2007 - Recommendations promote education and strategies for Perinatal Group B Streptococcal Disease (GBS) prevention. (PDF, 25KB, 3pg.)
- February 2007 - Job performance and responsibilities of cardiovascular perfusionists. (PDF, 17KB, 1pg.)
- February 2007 - Requirements for financial aid. (PDF, 30KB, 7pg.)
- February 2007 - Prevention of treating wrong patient or part. (PDF, 17KB, 2pg.)
- March 2007 - Update for hospital immunization requirements. (PDF, 39KB, 4pg.)
- March 2007 - Hospital immunization requirements for Influenza. (PDF, 37KB, 4pg.)
- March 2007 - Criteria for financial aid. (PDF, 14KB, 1pg.)
- March 2007 - Statewide Perinatal Data System (SPDS) Confidentiality (PDF, 15KB, 1pg
- April 2007 - Update on federal regulations for hospitals. (PDF, 23KB, 2pg.)
- April 2007 - Discharge Planning Survey (PDF, 15KB, 1pg
- April 2007 - Donation After Cardiac Death: Analysis and Recommendations from the New York State Task Force on Life & the Law
- June 2007 - Hospital Profile. (PDF, 16KB, 1pg.)
- June 2007 - Financial Policy Summary. (PDF, 60KB, 6pg.)
- June 2007 - Discharge Appeal. (PDF, 17KB, 2pg.)
- September 2007 - NYPORTS. (PDF, 23KB, 4pg.)
- September 2007 - NYPORTS update. (PDF, 22KB, 3pg.)
- September 2007 - HERDS update. (PDF, 18KB, 2pg.)
- September 2007 - NYPORTS now online. (PDF, 15KB, 1pg.)
- December 2007 - Ammendment to Public Health Law 3703. (PDF, 45KB, 1pg.)
- December 2007 - Community service plan. (PDF, 120KB, 11pg.)
2006
- March 9, 2006 - Implementation of Electronic Reporting in NYPORTS (PDF, 62KB, 7pg)
- April 18, 2006 - Recommentations for Prevention of Hepatitis B Infection of Perinatal and Early Childhood (PDF, 153KB, 2pg)
- April 19, 2006 - Suspension of Hospital Requirement to Use Official NYS Prescriptions When Prescribing Non-Controlled Substances (PDF, 18KB, 1pg)
- September 22, 2006 - Hospital Guidance in Fulfilling Their Medical Staff Credentialing, Appointment and Reappointment Process Obligations (PDF, 45KB, 7pg)
- October 12, 2006 - Updated Regulation regarding LPNs Accessing Central Venous Lines (PDF, 120KB, 15pg)
- October 12, 2006 - Statewide Perinatal Data System (SPDS) Regulation (PDF, 15KB, 1pg)
- October 2006 - New York State Surgical and Invasive Procedure Protocol (NYSSIPP)
2005
- March 17, 2005 - Prescription Fraud (PDF, 59KB, 5pg)
- August 5, 2005 - Transitional Care Unit Demonstration Project (PDF, 37KB, 4pg)
- August 16, 2005 - Clarification of Transitional Care Unit Application Requirements (PDF, 12KB, 1pg)
- December 16, 2005 - Guidelines for the Determination of Brain Death
- December 16, 2005 - Guidelines for the Determination of Brain Death (PDF, 125KB, 19pg)
2004
- February 26, 2004 - New Regulations for Live Adult Liver Transplant (PDF, 108KB, 33pg)
- August 13, 2004 - Intent to Establish Stroke Centers
- December 2, 2004 - New Data Submission Requirement for Cardiac Catherization Centers (PDF, 15KB, 1pg)
- December 2, 2004 - Electrophysiology Guidelines (PDF, 22KB, 2pg)
2003
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