Ep. 12 – Introducing Patients to Plant-Based Meals

04/08/24 • 12 min

Mercedes Redwood of NYC Health + Hospitals reviews how Health + Hospitals has transformed their patient meal offerings to feature plant-based meals throughout the health system, benefiting patients while simultaneously reducing their carbon footprint and saving the system hundreds of thousands of dollars a year.

View supplemental materials on the NYC H+H Plant-Based Meals program.

View supplemental materials on the NYC H+H Plant-Based Meals program.

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Ep. 11 – Preparedness for Climate-Based Threats

Svetlana Lipyanskaya, CEO of NYC Health + Hospitals/South Brooklyn Health; and Daniel Collins, Senior Associate Director of Facilities explore the disaster planning that went into the creation of South Brooklyn Health’s new, architecturally flexible, hurricane-proof hospital, including being prepared for future climate-based threats and increasing surge and flex capabilities.

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Ep. 13 – The Wild Hope of Afya Foundation

GNYHA’s Lee Perlman, interviews Danielle Butin, Founder of the Afya Foundation, who's goal its to create access to critical medical supplies where there is none. They also discuss Ms. Butin’s new book, Wild Hope Now, which showcases how deeply connected Afya is to the communities it serves.