What is the Hudson Center?

Our Vision

The Hudson Center for Health Equity & Quality (the Hudson Center) is dedicated to improving the accessibility and quality of health care through administrative, technological, and clinical streamlining.

An independent, not-for-profit organization, the Hudson Center supports the delivery of high quality health care for all people. We are an advocate for universal health care and other policies to broaden health care access, and a developer of information technologies for improving the quality, safety, and efficiency of medical care. As the national health information infrastructure grows, we will contribute by offering tools that streamline administrative and clinical practices.

Our Goals

  • To identify barriers to care, and to propose policies and technologies to reduce those barriers.
  • To promote patient education and disseminate care guidelines and other self-management tools.
  • To better define medical necessity by promoting the use of evidence-based medicine in government-sponsored health programs.

What We Do

  • Develop health care information technology that allows community based organizations, as well as Facilitated Enrollers, to identify, enroll, and support those eligible for Medicaid and other federal and state-subsidized health care programs. See Enrollment Solutions for more information.
  • Advocate on behalf of universal health care and other issues, such as the prevention of routine infant circumcision in the United States. See Advocacy for more information.

Who We are

The Hudson Center for Health Equity & Quality was established by Georganne Chapin in 2004. The Hudson Center’s role is to act as a regional and national voice on issues of health policy and the use of health information technology to streamline eligibility for state-sponsored insurance, and to improve the services delivered under these programs.

Ms. Chapin earned her BA in Anthropology from Barnard College, and her MA and MPhil degrees in Sociomedical Sciences from Columbia University. In 2003, she received a JD, cum laude, with certificates in Health Law and International Law from Pace University School of Law. Ms. Chapin also has taught at Pace as an adjunct professor of law; her courses include Health Care for the Disabled and Disadvantaged, and Bioethics and Medical Malpractice.