As part of their ongoing quality improvement initiatives, the Continuing Care Leadership Coalition (CCLC) and the Greater New York Hospital Association (GNYHA), developed this voluntary initiative, The Colors of Safety Across the Continuum of Care, to standardize color-coding of certain alert conditions with the guidance of a multidisciplinary steering group comprised of members of CCLC and GNYHA.

In the fall of 2007, GNYHA and UHF launched a Perinatal Safety Collaborative, whose goal is to enhance patient safety and improve the quality of obstetrical and perinatal care. The primary focus of the collaborative is the development of a comprehensive team approach to the management of the patient in labor.