Komal Bajaj MD, MS-HPEd
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chief quality officer @NYCHealthSystem/@JacobiHosp NCB. OB/GYN-geneticist, professor @EinsteinMed, @AHRQNews NAC, #TwinMom, she/her, tweets=own
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Thank you FierceHealthcare for this recognition. I’m honored to be among an inspiring group of colleagues who are all changing healthcare for the better. Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI)
Our region’s blood supply is low! Help your fellow neighbors by donating, and enjoy live music courtesy of The Juilliard School. Our blood drive with NY Blood Center will take place on 10/2 from 1:00-7:00pm in the Atrium. Appointments are required, register at nybc.org/lincolncenter
I went to bed feeling a little down, but then woke up this morning to a 6 am email from @fieldsish, editor of @fortune Well, announcing me, along with twelve of my esteemed colleagues, as one of fortunemag’s 13 Innovators Shaping the Future of Health. I’m honored and humbled.
I start at The Atlantic next week covering climate change. I'd love to know what kind of stories you'd like to read, and what questions you'd like to see answered.
Check out this News12BK report on the expansion of our Lifestyle Medicine program to NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi in #theBronx . We’re bringing patients nutritional support, exercise, and monthly groceries to prevent chronic illness like diabetes & high blood pressure. brooklyn.news12.com/nyc-health-hos…
Thank you Most Influential People of African Descent (MIPAD) for having me this past Sunday for the opportunity to discuss health equity for people of African descent worldwide. It was a great honor to be alongside such change-makers in healthcare and to meet Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus! #UNGA
NEW: UHF worked with 6 NY nursing homes on safe “deprescribing.” Overall, participants successfully reduced the number of residents taking 10 or more medications—decreasing key health risks #longtermcare #nursinghomes #polypharmacy
Read our report here: uhfnyc.org/publications/p…
Adverse event analysis is crucial but incomplete without an equity lens.
We know bias & #inequities contribute to #patientsafety events & ignoring that fact means high-quality care will be forever out of reach.
The good news: There are efforts underway to tackle this 👇 (1/2)
“Even if you have a clinically “good” outcome, the wounds sustained in this process often turn into permanent scars….These psychosocial burdens & career pressures… also affect our careers.”
Thank you Morgan S. Levy (she/her) Vinny Arora MD MAPP Arghavan Salles, MD, PhD
not enough people know about this, visit link-health.org for $30 back each month!
#ACP #internetforall #linkhealth
Jacobi Internal Medicine Residency open house! Wed Aug 23, 10-11am EST. Jacobi strong! Please retweet! #Match2024 #MedTwitter
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Join by meeting number (access code): 2304 071 2724
Meeting password: 2AYbsXUh?32
Jacobi NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi is #1 in the nation and in the state of New York for our success at avoiding tests and procedures that offer little to no clinical benefit to patients. Jacobi beat out 2,613 hospitals nationwide and 128 hospitals in NY State. nychealthandhospitals.org/pressrelease/n…
Don't miss this years #WIMSummit !!
#WIMStrongerTogether
Incredible faculty
Virtual and In Person
Recordings available for a year!
Megan Ranney MD MPH 🌻 RanaAwdishMD Genein Letford, M.Ed -Prismatic Leadership® Tiffany Moon, MD, FASA, D.ABA Hansa Bhargava, MD Mark Hertling Mark Shapiro, MD Kimberly D. Manning, MD Shematologist, MD
womeninmedicinesummit.org
As #OBGYN & #reproductive scientist, it is just 🔥🔥 that the new NIAID News Director”s research has been focused on female reproductive tract infections, hormonal contraception; HIV prevention & bacterial vaginosis
Congrats Jeanne Marrazzo ❗️ nih.gov/news-events/ne…
Check out our new episode with Komal Bajaj MD, MS-HPEd , an OBGYN and the Chief Quality Officer for NYC Health and Hospitals/Jacobi in North Central Bronx!
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#MedEd #QualityandSafety #OBGYN
Mark R. Hoffman, MD Aaron Fritts Amy Park, MD NYC Health + Hospitals NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi