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AMA Study finds that practice owners are no longer the physician majority
Less than half of patient-care physicians had an ownership stake in their medical practice, according to a newly updated study on physician-practice arrangements by the
Viewpoint: The Economic and Moral Burden of Obesity
Obesity is weighing us down — physically and economically. Today, one in five U.S. deaths are associated with obesity, a rate three times higher than previously estimated, according to the American Journal of Public Health. As countries around the world adopt a Western diet, obesity is “jostling with armed conflict and smoking as a human
Five Star Urgent Care opens clinic in Oneonta
ONEONTA, N.Y. — Five Star Urgent Care is now operating a clinic in Oneonta, representing the company’s 12th location statewide. The opening of the Oneonta
People news: Learning Disabilities Association of CNY announces board of directors
EAST SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Learning Disabilities Association of Central New York (LDACNY) recently announced its 2017-2018 board of directors. The executive board includes: Rebecca
Crouse Health completes first phase of $38 million emergency department project
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Crouse Health has completed the first phase of construction on a $38 million project creating its new emergency-services department. Its infrastructure and
Bassett Healthcare Network takes mammography and cancer-screening program on the road
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — Bassett Healthcare Network announced it is traveling throughout its service area and adjacent counties with its mobile mammography and cancer-screening program. The
Schumer asks Feds to implement laws that could help combat Lyme disease
SALINA, N.Y. — Congress in 2016 approved laws that will “significantly” increase research, vaccine development, and treatment strategies to help stamp out tick-borne diseases like Lyme disease. U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D–N.Y.), during a Syracuse–area stop on July 7, urged the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to “fully implement” the
Upstate Medical students gain exposure to rural health care
OSWEGO, N.Y. — It’s no secret that it’s difficult attracting doctors to practice in rural areas. Though about 20 percent of the U.S. population lives in rural communities, less than 10 percent of physicians practice in these areas, according to a Stanford University Medicine rural health fact sheet entitled, “Healthcare Disparities & Barriers to Healthcare.”
Carthage Area Hospital nears closure of skilled-nursing unit
Most residents moved to other facilities within 3 weeks after closure announcement CARTHAGE, N.Y. — Just three weeks after announcing the planned closure of its skilled-nursing unit, Carthage Area Hospital said it had already moved 18 of the unit’s 23 residents to other facilities in both Jefferson and Lewis counties. As of July 7, five
Oswego Health formally opens new physical-therapy office on Route 104 in Oswego
OSWEGO, N.Y. — Oswego Health and the Greater Oswego and Fulton Chamber of Commerce recently held a ribbon-cutting event to formally open the health system’s new physical-therapy office inside the Lake Ontario Prompt Care Building. The organization’s sixth physical-therapy site is located at 300 State Route 104 in the city of Oswego. The new site
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