2012 OTTY Awards: A Comforting Presence in the Emergency Room

Written by admin on March 28, 2012. Posted in News Our Town, OTTY Awards, Our Town, Special Sections

By Sarah Amandolare Constance Peterson admits her job is intense. As director of patient services for the emergency department at New York Presbyterian Hospital, Peterson encounters pain and suffering on a daily basis. “Short of on the battlefield,” she said, “most people in their work life don’t experience this.” Peterson, 58, has directed what’s called
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Alicia Salzer, M.D. & Leslie Miller, M.D., Co-Founders of Medhattan

Written by admin on December 28, 2011. Posted in Breaking News

The insurance industry’s answer to rising health care costs is to increasingly offer high deductible plans and catastrophic-only insurance that only covers surgery, hospitalizations and the like. This means that in 2012, tons of New Yorkers will avoid going to the doctor to save money. And that’s a problem because you miss the chance to
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