Healthcare Association of New York receives $105,000 state grant

The Healthcare Association of New York State has received a $105,000 state grant for a program aimed at reducing hospital-acquired infections. The money will be used for The Healthcare Educational and Research Fund, which provides educational programs and monitors the systematic implementation of evidence-based control measures to reduce ventilator-associated pneumonia infections in critical care patients. HANYS was one of seven organizations to share in more than $1.2 million in funding from the state Health Department.