According to the Post-Standard, a computer program recently implemented at Crouse Hospital, in Syracuse, New York, uncovered the fact that the hospital’s pulmonary embolism rate is above average. In response to the program, Crouse Hospital formed a team of doctors to review in the program’s findings and formulate a standardized…
Two Syracuse hospitals – Crouse Hospital and St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center – announced today that they are taking very specific steps to reduce hospital stay complications, which may be due to medical malpractice or hospital negligence, including doctor errors and nurse mistakes. University Hospital and Community General Hospital plan…
Two weeks ago, the Slocum-Dickson Medical Group filed a lawsuit against St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center for $102,000,000 in damages. The lawsuit does not allege medical malpractice or a failure to diagnose. Rather, it was for damages stemming from what the Slocum-Dickson doctors believe is St. Elizabeth’s wrongful siphoning of cardiac…
According to Lori Smith, a physician’s assistant at Lourdes Hospital, a stroke can “affect anyone at any age.” Knowing that strokes happen every day to Southern Tier residents, as well as throughout Upstate and Central New York, Lourdes Hospital (Binghamton, New York) held its first ever Stroke Awareness Day on…
To ensure that one day all babies are born healthy, and without birth injuries or birth defects, last Sunday the Central New York Chapter of the March of Dimes held its annual “March For Babies” walk at Onondaga Lake Park, in Syracuse, New York. Hundreds of Syracuse and Central New…
According to a recent study published by Pediatrics, early treatment with magnesium can limit nerve damage in babies born with low oxygen levels. A low oxygen level at birth is known as perinatal asphyxia. Perinatal asphyxia, which can be due to natural forces or medical malpractice, occurs when an unborn…
In an effort to prevent the spread of infection, which can lead to prolonged recovery, amputation, permanent disability and wrongful death, St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center in Syracuse, New York, announced yesterday that it was reducing patient visiting hours to 2:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. In the immediate future, St.…
Researchers announced today that new cancer diagnoses in Central New York, and around the county, will increase by 45% over the next twenty years to 2,300,000 new cases of cancer per year. Many of the new cases will be diagnosed in the elderly and minorities. Data suggests a doubling of…
While the Cortland County Health Department investigates three suspected cases of the H1N1 virus, also known as the swine flu, reported in Cortland, New York, many concerned Syracuse and Central New York residents are taking steps to protect or isolate themselves from the community at large. One step is to…
The North County Telemedicine Project (“Project”) will begin in May of 2009. The Project will enable as many as thirty (30) North Country hospitals and health care facilities to exchange information through fiber-optic cables with hospitals in Onondaga County and Oneida County. The fiber-optic lines will allow Central New York…