Fashionable Healthcare Names Dr. Mitchell Katz One of many 100 Most Influential Individuals in Well being Care

Fashionable Healthcare Names Dr. Mitchell Katz One of many 100 Most Influential Individuals in Well being Care

Influential weekly publication cites Dr. Katz’s management throughout varied NYC Well being + Hospital initiatives, together with Housing for Well being, which connects sufferers to supportive housing

Dec 07, 2022

NYC Well being + Hospitals immediately introduced that President and CEO Dr. Mitchell Katz was listed as one in every of Fashionable Healthcare’s 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare 2022. Fashionable Healthcare is the business voice for well being system leaders. Listed at quantity 40, Dr. Katz was acknowledged for his management on NYC Care, which gives care to over 100,000 individuals with out medical health insurance; on Housing for Health, the initiative to attach the system’s homeless sufferers to supportive housing and create 650 new properties within the subsequent 5 years; and on his work turning across the well being system’s funds and shutting a deficit of practically $2 billion. The checklist is voted on by readers of the publication and contains leaders from well being methods, retail pharmacies, pharmaceutical firms, authorities companies, healthcare advocacy teams, and different main stakeholders in healthcare. The total checklist of awardees is on the market here.

“From his work in San Francisco and Los Angeles to his time at NYC Well being + Hospitals, Dr. Katz has introduced revolutionary initiatives to the healthcare system, and he leads with compassion and humility,” stated Mayor Eric Adams. “It’s good to see affirmation of what we in New York Metropolis already know – Dr. Mitchell Katz is an excellent chief in healthcare. We’re fortunate to have him.”

“We now have a unprecedented staff right here at NYC Well being + Hospitals, and I’m proud to be part of it,” stated NYC Well being + Hospitals President and CEO Mitchell Katz, MD. “What an honor to be part of this checklist, and in such good firm.”

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NYC Well being + Hospitals is the biggest municipal well being care system within the nation serving greater than one million New Yorkers yearly in additional than 70 affected person care places throughout town’s 5 boroughs. A sturdy community of outpatient, neighborhood-based main and specialty care facilities anchors care coordination with the system’s trauma facilities, nursing properties, post-acute care facilities, dwelling care company, and MetroPlus well being plan—all supported by 11 important hospitals. Its numerous workforce of greater than 43,000 staff is uniquely centered on empowering New Yorkers, with out exception, to reside the healthiest life attainable. For extra data, go to www.nychealthandhospitals.org and keep related on Fb at https://www.facebook.com/NYCHealthandHospitals or Twitter at @NYCHealthSystem.