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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...
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'The internet is a strange place': The story of how a small-town 'COVID-conscious lesbian bar' went viral
Mask policies at a lesbian bar in a small western Massachusetts town don't sound like the kind of topic that would become a viral sensation. But that's exactly what happened when the Boston Globe published a look last week into the uproar that ensued when Last Ditch, a bar in the small LGBTQ-friendly town of Greenfield, Mass., decided to transition to a mask-optional policy for its Saturday night happy hours.
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Patients fear losing local cardiology care amid Ellis-St. Peter’s legal fight
SCHENECTADY, NY (WRGB) — Two longtime cardiology patients at Ellis Hospital say they are worried and uncertain about their future access to care as Ellis Medicine and St. Peter’s Health Partners battle in court over 27 cardiologists. Carol Phillips, a 12-year cardiology patient, said the situation has left...
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Ellis Medicine to host community forum about healthcare future in Schenectady
SCHENECTADY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — Ellis Medicine will be hosting a community conversation on Thursday regarding the future of healthcare within Schenectady. Members of the public are encouraged to attend. According to the healthcare provider, the forum will include discussions about the future of Ellis medicine, recent investments, merger talks...
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‘Disloyal campaign': St. Peter's sues Schenectady cardiologists as feud with Ellis deepens
SCHENECTADY - St. Peter's Health Partners is suing the leaders of a Schenectady cardiology practice at the center of its widening and ongoing legal battle with Ellis Medicine following the collapse of merger talks between the two healthcare organizations this summer. The hospitals are currently sparring over access to 27...