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Mass. health secretary tours Pittsfield’s Brien Center to hear local concerns around addiction, crisis care, loneliness
The Massachusetts Health and Human Services secretary was in Pittsfield on Wednesday to hear from healthcare providers about the community’s needs. As WAMC reports, they had a lot to tell him. From a lack of public transportation and affordable housing to an abundance of addiction and mental illness, it's...
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The Increasingly Long Drive to Give Birth in Rural America
For Chloe Freeman, the drive from her home in North Rose, New York, to Newark-Wayne Community Hospital is a familiar one: 25 minutes southwest, past farmland and apple orchards, to the labor and delivery unit where all three of her children were born. When Freeman had her first child there, at age 22, it was May 2020, only a few months into the Covid-19 pandemic. But Freeman and her husband weren't worried. They knew the route; they had a birthing plan. They checked into Newark-Wayne's Marshall Birthing Unit on May 13, and in the early hours of the following morning, their daughter was born.
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Ellis Medicine first in Capital Region to offer new, upgraded treatment for AFib
Ellis Medicine has become the first health care facility in the Capital Region to offer a newer form of pulse field ablation, called Volt, to treat atrial fibrillation, giving doctors a new tool as they anticipate AFib cases will continue rising year over year. The technology is now being used...
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Medical Monday 10/12/26: Podiatry with Douglas Tumen
Dr. Douglas Tumen of Hudson Valley Foot Associates joins us to take your foot health questions. Ray Graf hosts. Call at 2pm with your question. 1-800-348-2551. Email: voxpop@wamc.org. A very popular Medical Monday guest, Dr. Tumen has been practicing podiatry for more than 35 years. He's a graduate of the...
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LifeNet 7-13 Air Ambulance celebrates 10 years of lifesaving service
LifeNet 7-13 Air Ambulance provides rapid-response air medical transport for emergency and trauma situations, as well as interfacility transfers for patients requiring specialized care at another hospital. TICONDEROGA | The LifeNet 7-13 Air Ambulance program celebrated 10 years of lifesaving service to communities across Eastern New York and Western Vermont during an anniversary BBQ held Oct. 4 at the LifeNet 7-13 base in Ticonderoga.
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Cooley Dickinson, Mass General Brigham hospitals experience network outages
NORTHAMPTON, Mass. (WGGB/WSHM) -A major network outage hit Mass General Brigham on Thursday including Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton. But officials said it does not appear to be a cyberattack. The outage is affected computer systems across the state’s largest health care network. Hospitals have switched to “downtime protocol,” which...
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Ellis Medicine to set up shop at Rotterdam's former VA clinic
Ellis Medicine is planning to set up shop at the former Veterans Affairs Clinic in Schenectady County. Ellis Medicine is in the process of signing a lease for the old VA clinic in the Town of Rotterdam and is planning to open its own clinic there in January. Ellis CEO...
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BHS Implements Color-Coded System for Respiratory Illness Measures
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — In anticipation of the expected rise in respiratory illness during the fall and winter seasons, Berkshire Health Systems will implement its three-tiered virus alert level system, which will determine how the organization manages masking, visitor access, and testing and whether staff, patients and visitors will require masking.
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Colonie officials question Albany Med after suicide attempt patient released quickly
COLONIE, NY (WRGB) — Colonie officials are raising concerns about Albany Medical Center’s handling of patients who need immediate psychiatric care after a woman who attempted suicide was released from the hospital in less than 12 hours. The incident began when a woman called 911 in Colonie for...
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Ellis Medicine holds town hall; patients share concerns
Ellis Medicine invited the public to ask questions about the future of healthcare in light of the failed St. Peter's merger and ongoing litigation. About 135 people attended with questions and concerns about the future of their cardiac healthcare.
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Ellis Medicine set to host community forum on future of Schenectady health care
SCHENECTADY, NY (WRGB)- Ellis Medicine is holding a community conversation in Schenectady as questions swirl about the future of local health care access, including an ongoing legal fight over cardiology services. The event is being held at the DoubleTree by Hilton in Schenectady on Thursday at 7:30 a.m. Ellis Medicine...