HowardJFingerDO

Clinical Ethics Consultant at Coler Rehabilitation and Nursing Care Center and at Henry J. Carter Specialty Hospital and Nursing Facility

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NY State License 1979 - 2025
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Review PhysiciansHealth Care Quality and Mangment

Awardee at Doctor’s Day Celebration for contributions to Coler Rehabilation and Nursing Care Center NYC Health + Hospitals, 2023
Excellence in Performance Improvement Award for Post-Acute Care (Co-leader of PI project Reduction of Non-Beneficial Life-Sustaining Treatments in a Nursing Home Setting New York City Health + Hospitals, 2022
NYC Health + Hospitals Performance Improvement Champion Post-Acute Care New York City Health + Hospitals, 2021
Quality Improvement & Health Outcome Award for improving the quality of life for persons living in nursing homes Foundation for Post-Acute & Long-Term Care Medicine, 2020
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PubMed

3 citations
An Interdisciplinary Ethics Panel Approach to End-of-Life Decision Making for Unbefriended Nursing Home Residents.
Howard J Finger, Cheryl A Dury, Giorgio R Sansone, Rani N Rao, Nancy Neveloff Dubler> ;The Journal of Clinical Ethics. 2022 Jan 1
Newly Developed COVID-19 Bundle Greatly Reduces the Infection Fatality Rate for a Highly Vulnerable Nursing Home Population.
Howard J Finger, Rani N Rao, Giorgio R Sansone, Edouard J Hazel, Carmentina T Silvestri-Tan> ;American Journal of Medical Quality. 2021 May 31

Journal Articles

Life-Sustaining Treatment Decisions for Unbefriended Nursing Home Residents: Application of a Clinical Ethics Algorithm in Conjunction With the MOLST Form
Howard J. Finger, Cheryl A. Dury, Giorgio Sansone, Sherry Humphrey, and Nancy Neveloff Dubler, NYS Bar Association Health Law Journal, 1/2020
Life Sustaining Treatment Decisions for Unbefriended Nursing Home Residents: Application of a Clinical Ethics Algorithm
Howard J. Finger, DO et al., New York State Bar Association Health Law Journal, 10/2018

Other

Empire State Bioethics Consortium (ESBC) Webinar, "NY's Family Health Care Decisions Act - Ethical Issues" held June 29, 2022
Howard J. Finger (panelist in webinar), ESBC Webinar 6/29/2022
https://youtu.be/oeLFlIRcfnE
Vaccinated and Still Isolated: The Ethics of Overprotecting by Long-Term Care Workgroup of the Empire State Bioethics Consortium
Members of the Long-Term Care Workgroup are Nancy Berlinger, PhD (berlingern@thehastingscenter.org); Jennifer B. Breznay, MD, MPH (jbreznay@maimonidesmed.org); Nancy N..., Covid-19 Ethics Resource Center, Hastings Bioethics Forum
https://www.thehastingscenter.org/vaccinated-and-still-isolated-the-ethics-of-overprotecting-nursing-home-residents/
4/19/2021

Coler’s Longest Serving Physician Remains an InnovatorMay 9th, 2023
NYC Health + Hospitals' Decision Tool Improves Quality of End-of-Life CareDecember 6th, 2018
Six outstanding health system leaders were recognized as 2021 PI ChampionsNovember 13th, 2021
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Member, AMDA/The Society of Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine Ethics Subcommittee 2021 - Present
Member LTC Workgroup and Member ESBC Board of Directors, Empire State Bioethics Consortium (ESBC) Long-term Care (LTC) Workgroup 2021 - Present
Co-Chair Person, New York City Health + Hospitals Bioethics Council 2019 - 2022

American Medical Directors Association - AMDA
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American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Review Physicians (ABQAURP)
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Empire State Bioethics Consortium (ESBC)
Member/Board of Directors