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Hamilton Orthopaedics partners with Oneida Health for surgical procedures
HAMILTON, N.Y. — Hamilton Orthopaedics, Spine & Sports Medicine, which has offices in Hamilton and New Hartford, is now an official partner of Oneida Health. Under this partnership, Hamilton surgeons Rudolph Buckley and Russell LaFrance will perform hospital-based surgical procedures at Oneida Health Hospital in Oneida, the practice announced. “Hamilton Orthopaedics and Oneida Health have […]

St. Luke’s campus reuse effort to hold concept plan meeting on Oct. 30
UTICA, N.Y. — Reimagine St. Luke’s will hold a community workshop to review the concept plan for the reuse of the former St. Luke’s Healthcare

MVHS attains accreditation from American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer
UTICA — Mohawk Valley Health System (MVHS) has recently received accreditation from the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer (ACS CoC) Accreditation Program. The ACS CoC is a consortium of professional organizations dedicated to improving survival and quality of life for patients with cancer by setting and raising standards. Accreditation is granted to health-care

Upstate Golisano Children’s Hospital sees big benefit from new $10M Golisano gift
SYRACUSE — Rochester businessman Thomas Golisano provided the $6 million naming gift for Upstate Golisano Children’s Hospital before it opened in September 2009. Now, 15 years later, the hospital is again benefiting from his philanthropic activity with the announcement of a $10 million award. “We’re grateful to Tom Golisano and his caring heart and generosity

Community Memorial gets Joint Commission accreditation renewed
HAMILTON, N.Y. — Community Memorial Hospital has received a renewal of its accreditation from The Joint Commission, demonstrating continuous compliance with performance standards. The Gold

Finger Lakes Land Trust acquires 101 acres of land near Skaneateles for conservation area
SKANEATELES, N.Y. — The Finger Lakes Land Trust (FLLT) says it has acquired 101 acres of open space just outside the village of Skaneateles. FLLT will retain and manage the property in perpetuity as a publicly accessible nature preserve to be known as the Shotwell Brook Conservation Area. The property was identified as a conservation

MMRI research project receives $3.7 million NIH grant
UTICA, N.Y. — The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently awarded a $3.7 million grant to support a project led by Chase Kessinger, principal investigator and assistant professor of biomedical research and translational medicine at Masonic Medical Research Institute (MMRI). Kessinger will use the funding to

Bassett adds new MRI technology
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — Bassett Healthcare Network has invested in new MRI technology at its Bassett Medical Center in Cooperstown to improve patient comfort while providing fast, high-quality scanning, the health system announced. Magnetic resonance imaging, or MRI, is a medical-imaging technique that uses a magnetic field and computer-generated radio waves to create detailed images of

Excellus opens Resource Center of the Mohawk Valley
NEW HARTFORD, N.Y. — Excellus BlueCross Blue Shield has opened its new Resource Center of the Mohawk Valley, a public-facing office that offers retail sales

Rural ambulance corps receives grant for EMS training in three-county Mohawk Valley area
OLD FORGE — Old Forge Volunteer Ambulance Corps, in partnership with Mohawk Valley Health System (MVHS), has received a $400,000 grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMSHA) for rural emergency medical services training in Oneida, Herkimer, and Madison counties. The grant spans two years and the purpose of the program is
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