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Excellus: Only one-third of upstate New York adults get an annual flu shot
DeWITT, N.Y. — Only about one in three upstate New York adults gets an annual flu shot. That’s according to a review of New York

St. Joseph’s Health unveils new helipad for patient arrivals by helicopter
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — St. Joseph’s Health has unveiled Care Flight, a medical helipad located on top of its 98-foot tall building on North State Street

NIH awards Upstate researcher $1.5M grant to develop approach for preventing, treating sepsis
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded Juntao Luo, a researcher at Upstate Medical University, a four-year, $1.5 million grant for

Cayuga Health System CEO Rudd to retire in 2019; board selects Stallone to succeed
ITHACA, N.Y. — Cayuga Health System of Ithaca on Tuesday announced that president and CEO John Rudd, who serves in the same capacity for Cayuga

Liberty Resources announces hiring of new CFO, Harris
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Human-services agency Liberty Resources, Inc. announced it recently hired Kelli Harris as its new chief financial officer. Harris began her new role

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
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