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Hamilton Family Health Center breaks ground on expansion, renovation project
HAMILTON — Community Memorial Hospital (CMH) in Hamilton on Oct. 2 broke ground on an expansion and renovation project of the Hamilton Family Health Center at 164 Broad St. The “Building for the Future” project is scheduled for completion in the summer of 2019 and will “provide convenient, one-stop primary and secondary specialty care” for […]

Grant supports professor’s AI research on disease treatment
OSWEGO — A grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is allowing SUNY Oswego computer science faculty member Daniel Schlegel to apply artificial intelligence (AI) to a very complex problem: the automated interpretation of guidelines for medical treatment of diseases, according to a news release from SUNY Oswego. The three-year, $325,000 grant from NIH’s

Loretto breaks ground for new expansion project at the Nottingham
DeWITT, N.Y. — Loretto on Friday broke ground on the new wing for the Nottingham, a senior-living community at 1301 Nottingham Road in the Jamesville

BHG targets patient-lending market, with Simple Admit
SYRACUSE — Both Bankers Healthcare Group (BHG) and Simple Admit, LLC are interested in the patient-lending market and they’ve recently reached a deal to team up. BHG, a provider of financing for licensed health-care professionals, announced it has acquired a 20 percent stake in Simple Admit, a Baldwinsville–based health-care technology company. The deal closed Aug.

Upstate Medical’s Laraque- Arena to step down Dec. 22, SUNY pursuing interim leader
SYRACUSE — The current semester will be the last for Dr. Danielle Laraque-Arena as president of Upstate Medical University, announcing that she’ll step down from the position on Dec. 22. SUNY will make a decision on interim leadership for the campus before Dec. 22, the system said in a Sept. 27 news release. During the

Nascentia Health formally opens new Syracuse HQ
SYRACUSE — Nascentia Health, which specializes in home health-care services, on Sept. 19 formally opened its new operational headquarters at 1050 W. Genesee St. in Syracuse in an event that included an open house, speakers, and a ribbon cutting. Nascentia Health is the rebranded name of the organization that involves the “unification” of VNA Homecare,
What channel is the Syracuse football game on? (at Pittsburgh)
The Syracuse Orange football team (4-1, 1-1 ACC) looks to rebound from its first loss of the season when it visits the Pittsburgh Panthers (2-3,

Crews complete second phase of emergency-services department at Crouse Hospital
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Construction crews have completed the final phase of the $38 million emergency-services renovation and expansion project at Crouse Hospital. The two-phase project

BUFFALO, N.Y. — SparkCharge, a Syracuse University startup company, on Wednesday night won the $1 million grand prize in the fifth annual 43North competition in
OCC to use federal grant to help low-income students
ONONDAGA, N.Y. — The U.S. Department of Education has awarded Onondaga Community College (OCC) a five-year, $3 million grant under Title III to help it
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