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Crouse Health using AI software for stroke care
SYRACUSE — Crouse Health announced it is using a computer-aided triage system in its stroke-care services. A company called Viz.ai is providing the system. Viz.ai has offices in San Francisco, California and Tel Aviv, Israel. The firm says it focuses on using applied artificial intelligence (AI) software in health care to “reduce time to treatment […]
Top Digital Health Trends for 2020
Last November, we saw the rollout of the latest upgrades to Amazon’s Echo speaker line: earbuds, glasses, and a ring that connect to Amazon’s personal assistant Alexa. These new products are just three examples of a growing trend to incorporate technology seamlessly into our human experience, representing the ever-expanding frontiers for technology that have moved
Upstate Medical University generates $2.5 billion impact on economy, study finds
SYRACUSE — A new report finds that Upstate Medical University contributed $2.5 billion to the state and local economy and supported — both directly and indirectly — more than 18,300 jobs across New York in fiscal year 2018. Tripp Umbach, a consultancy based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, conducted the study, Upstate Medical announced on Jan. 14.
Report: HSA balances continue to grow gradually
But many account holders aren’t taking full advantage of HSA features Average health savings account (HSA) balances increased modestly from $1,990 in 2011 to $2,803 in 2018, according to a new report from the Washington, D.C.–based Employee Benefits Research Institute (EBRI). However, customers are not taking full advantage of account features that would allow them
People news: Finger Lakes Health appoints Seaberg as new controller
GENEVA, N.Y. — Finger Lakes Health announced it has hired Tammy Seaberg as its new controller. In this role, she will supervise the health-care organization’s
Leadership Tioga 2020 class starts its program
OWEGO, N.Y. — The 2020 class of the Leadership Tioga program, which the Tioga County Chamber of Commerce operates, has started this year’s session of
Pharmacist donates $100K to St. John Fisher’s Wegmans School of Pharmacy
PITTSFORD, N.Y. — The Wegmans School of Pharmacy at St. John Fisher College will use a $100,000 donation to pay for “student travel experiences,” such
Newhouse Foundation to donate $75 million to Syracuse University’s Newhouse School
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Samuel I. Newhouse Foundation has announced its plan to pledge $75 million to Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications.
Teams pitch their products in Medical Device Innovation Challenge
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Six medical-device startup companies are hoping to win some funding after making their product pitches at the Medical Device Innovation Challenge. The
Binghamton’s Stenger applauds Cuomo’s proposed Excelsior threshold increase
VESTAL, N.Y. — A proposed increase in the eligibility threshold for the Excelsior scholarship has received a thumbs up from Binghamton University President Harvey Stenger.
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