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3 Golisano patients have measles; health officials push vaccines
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — This year, Rochester has seen three separate measles exposures. A disease once thought to be eliminated in 2000 is returning in small numbers as fewer people are vaccinated, according to Rochester area health experts. “I’m simply disappointed,” Dr. Michael Apostolakos, chief medical officer of Strong Memorial and Highland hospitals, said regarding […]
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RRH sees rise in self-pay patients after Essential Plan changes
What percentage of affected individuals enrolled in new health plans?. Rochester, N.Y. (WHAM) — Three months after roughly 450,000 New Yorkers were required to leave the state’s Essential Plan because of federal changes, Rochester Regional Health says it is beginning to see the impact. According to data from...
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New Trillium Health Clinic Opens in Southwest Rochester, Eyes 3,000 More Patients
Source: U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Jacob Allison / Wikimedia Commons. Trillium Health celebrated the grand opening of a new clinic at 924 Jefferson Avenue in Rochester this week, bringing family medicine, behavioral health, and supportive services to a Southwest Rochester neighborhood where more than a third of residents live below the federal poverty line. The clinic is expected to help an additional 3,000 patients a year, adding a third primary care site to Trillium's growing Rochester footprint.
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Trillium Health opens new clinic in Rochester
Rochester, N.Y. — Trillium Health celebrated the grand opening of its new clinic on Jefferson Avenue in Rochester. The center, in addition to the main campus on Monroe Avenue, will provide family medicine, behavioral health, and supportive services, carrying on Trillium’s legacy of leaving no one behind. Bright...
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Trillium Health opens third medical site in the area on Jefferson Avenue
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Trillium Health has opened a new health center on Jefferson Avenue, marking its third medical site in the area. The new facility features six exam rooms and offers family medicine, behavioral health and supportive services. Patients will also have access to programs like free home delivery of medications and help with insurance, […]
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Trillium Health opens third Rochester site on Jefferson Ave.
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — Trillium Health celebrated the opening of its third Rochester site today with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. The new health center will offer family medicine, behavioral health, and supportive services on Jefferson Avenue. Rochester Mayor Malik Evans says the location will be the key to the facility’s success. “That this new center is […]
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Waterview Heights closure delayed by nursing home crisis
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — Some Waterview Heights residents are still searching for a new place to call home after health officials shut it down last month. The facility was originally scheduled to close several days ago, but it can’t close its doors until every resident has a plan in place. Although the future of Waterview […]
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Rochester Regional Health responds to questions over hiring of foreign medical graduates
Rochester Regional Health officials are responding to recent claims by the inspector general of the U.S. Department of Labor. In a post on social media, Anthony D'Esposito asked the healthcare system how many of its incoming class of residents are H-1B and J-1 visa holders. This is regarding a claim that only two of the 82 in the incoming class studied in America.
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OCO’s Cancer Services Program and Upstate Bring Mobile Mammography to Oswego Farmer’s Market
Community partnership brings free cancer screening services to the farmer’s market. OSWEGO, N.Y. — OCO’s Cancer Services Program of the North Country coordinated Upstate’s Mobile Mammography Unit for the fifth annual mobile mammography screening event at the farmer’s market. The event was made possible through collaboration among the Chamber of Commerce, the Cancer Services Program of the North Country, and Upstate’s Mobile Mammography Unit and staff. “Access to breast cancer screening is essential to the health of our community, and I commend the organizations and staff whose collaboration made this event possible,” said Mayor Corradino.
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MD Hyperbaric-Rochester Opens in Fairport
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy helps treat a wide range of conditions — from wounds, anemia to tissue damage and other injuries. Those in the Rochester area can turn to MD Hyperbaric-Rochester for hyperbaric oxygen therapy. “It is functional and wellness hyperbaric treatment,” said George Cananaugh, the owner and director of...
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Nurse practitioner joins Physician House Calls practice
LaFaro spent many years as a clinical faculty member at the University of Rochester School of Nursing, helping educate the next generation of nurses. She holds a Doctor of Nursing Practice degree from Chatham University and a master’s degree from the University of Rochester School of Nursing. Physician House...
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‘A Whirlwind of Emotions’: Two Auburn (NY) Medics Win Awards
The Citizen, Auburn, N.Y. Two emergency medical service providers working for Auburn’s ambulance department won awards at an annual banquet on Tuesday. Paramedic Bobby Cuddy won the Central New York Regional Emergency Medical Services Council’s Advanced Life Support Provider of the Year Award after a coworker sent in a nomination letter highlighting the 11 years of work he’s done for Auburn City Ambulance.
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Waterview Heights closure: 13 residents remain as nursing home set to close Tuesday
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Rochester residency post sparks debate over foreign graduates
A social media post claiming that a Rochester, New York, hospital filled nearly all of its internal medicine residency positions with foreign medical graduates has triggered a debate over international medical graduates. It also highlights visa sponsorship and access to U.S. residency training. The post, shared on X, claimed that...
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Nursing home bed shortage in Rochester reaches crisis level after Waterview Heights shutdown
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The shortage of nursing home beds in our region has reached a crisis level after the state shut down Waterview Heights, leaving local hospitals and families struggling to find care for loved ones. On any given day, every hospital in the Rochester region is boarding dozens of people who don’t need hospital-level […]