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Area hospitals hope for employee return with end of vaccine mandate
In the wake of news that the state will no longer enforce the COVID-19 vaccine mandate for health-care workers as it works to repeal it, hospitals and health systems in our region are hopeful the news means relief to the chronic worker shortages they face. Those shortages, present before the pandemic began, only worsened as […]
Bassett, Hartwick partner on simulation lab for residents, nursing students
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — Bassett Healthcare Network and Hartwick College are launching joint simulation labs for first-year Bassett residents and nursing students. It marks the first time Bassett residents are partnering with Hartwick nursing students in simulation labs. A total of 23 first-year resident physicians from Bassett Medical Center graduate medical education programs will work with
Excellus names new CNY Regional Advisory Board members
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Excellus BlueCross BlueShield, Central New York’s largest health insurer, recently announced it has named Michael C. Backus, Derrick L. Murry, and Dr. Robert Weisenthal to its Central New York Regional Advisory Board. Backus is president and CEO of Oswego Health. He advocates for health care in the region as he works with
Latest class graduates from FLH College of Nursing
GENEVA, N.Y. — A total of 56 students were pinned and graduated as part of the 14th class of Finger Lakes Health (FLH) College of Nursing & Health Sciences. FLH held its pinning and commencement ceremonies on May 21 at the Smith Center for the Arts in Geneva. The ceremonies were also live streamed on
Bill would allow victims of age discrimination to sue in court
The proposed Protecting Older Americans Act would invalidate forced-arbitration clauses that prevent age-discrimination victims by suing in court, where they could seek “justice and public accountability,” the bill’s sponsors contend. U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D–N.Y.), Senate Judiciary Committee ranking member Lindsey Graham (R–S.C.); Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Dick Durbin (D–Ill.); and U.S/ Representative Nancy Mace
Nine new nurses begin their careers at Oswego Health
OSWEGO, N.Y. — Oswego Health says it has added nine new graduate nurses for positions throughout the health-care organization. Emma Teeter of Mexico and Jaime Thompson of Oswego joined Oswego Health’s medical surgical unit. Teeter graduated from Cayuga Community College (CCC) and Thompson graduated from SUNY Brockport. In addition, Sarah Crucitti and Sarah Fitzgibbons, both
Guthrie acquisition of Lourdes Hospital to close by early 2024
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — Guthrie Clinic’s deal to acquire Binghamton’s Our Lady of Lourdes Memorial Hospital (Lourdes Hospital) is expected to close by early 2024, subject to standard regulatory approvals. The purchase includes Our Lady of Lourdes locations and related physician practices. Until that time, Guthrie and Lourdes will continue to operate independently. Sayre, Pennsylvania–based Guthrie
Loretto names Williams new chief people officer
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Nancy Williams has been hired as the new chief people officer at Loretto, the health-care organization announced on June 5. Williams was previously the director of patient experience and logistics at Crouse Hospital and is a long-term Loretto board member. In her new role at Loretto, she will be responsible for the
VIEWPOINT: Overcoming a Historic Funding Failure for Nursing Homes
As a business leader, can you think of something your business needs to keep its doors open that has increased in price since 2008? Have you increased prices for your products and/or services since 2008? At the start of 2023, the New York State Medicaid program was paying for care for 75 percent of the
MMRI announces summer fellows at research lab
UTICA, N.Y. — The Masonic Medical Research Institute (MMRI) recently announced the participants in its 2023 summer fellowship program. The scholarship-based program gives college students the opportunity to work at a laboratory while learning from scientists whose biomedical research focuses on cardiovascular, neurological, and autoimmune disorders. “We are thrilled to have these talented students with
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