Crouse Connects
Crouse isn’t just about healthcare. We’re about what we believe sets us apart: Carepassion™ .
We always say we’re not a ‘perfect’ hospital. But our physicians, nurses, providers and staff strive to listen to each patient and family member’s feelings and needs with the respect and dignity you deserve.
Our CrouseConnects blog is designed to talk about some of the ways we connect and do just that. How we work on achieving clinical advances that help us provide the best in patient care for our community and region. And how we try to tend to the “little things” — parking, getting around and dining, for example — to make anyone’s visit or stay at Crouse more welcoming and comfortable.
03/25/2020
Five Tips to Face a Health Crisis with Calm and Preparedness
By: Crouse News
As more information is received about the number of COVID-19 cases becoming more widespread, it’s normal to experience some fear and increased stress during this healthcare challenge. Our HelpPeople Employee Assistance Program team, led by Clinical Manager Elizabeth McCarthy, NCC, LMHC, suggests the following tips to help you and your family stay strong. Try to…
Read more03/19/2020
Tips for Coping with COVID-19
By: Ryan Barker
Like all colleges in our region, the Pomeroy College of Nursing at Crouse Hospital has transitioned to synchronous online learning. We’ve been communicating with our students regularly through college email and website updates. Besides supporting them with academic endeavors, we’re concerned about their overall welfare — how they’re feeling and how they are coping. Today…
Read more02/26/2020
With Education, the Sky’s the Limit
By: Kaelyn Lowe
“My mother always told me ‘Everything is hard until you learn it.’” And it’s apparent that Jeanette Epps, PhD, former Crouse employee who’s now a NASA astronaut, took her mother’s belief about education to heart. The Syracuse native graduated from Thomas J. Corcoran High School in 1988, and earned a Bachelor of Science in Physics…
Read more02/25/2020
Staying Healthy in 2020
Make an Appointment with Dr. Perry Last month, as we began the new year, I shared my top 10 tips for staying healthy in 2020. As the year progresses, I’ll focus on each of the ten tips to help you stay focused — and more healthy! 2020 Tip #1: Eat Healthy Although diet fads and…
Read more02/13/2020
African-American Trailblazers in Heart Health
By: Karley Warden
In February, Crouse Health celebrates Black History Month with events organized by our Diversity and Inclusion committee. Crouse wishes to acknowledge African-American trailblazers in heart health – given that February also happens to be National Heart Month. A number of individuals have set the path for healthcare professionals in their day — and for centuries…
Read more01/31/2020
Former Teacher: Magic Happens Mentoring Young Volunteers
By: Crouse News
A 15-year-old volunteer once visited a Crouse Hospital patient who seemed less than eager to chat. The volunteer stuck with it, following the advice of Student Volunteer Program Coordinator Dick Scott: slow down, smile and introduce yourself. When the volunteer mentioned she sang with the Syracuse Children’s Chorus, the patient perked up. She’d always wanted…
Read more01/17/2020
Crouse Carepassion: It’s the Right Thing to Do
By: Twiggy Eure
At Crouse Health, we listen more closely, treat more skillfully, trust more completely and care more deeply — with the respect and dignity each individual deserves. We call it Carepassion®. As we look to celebrate the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. this Monday, Jan. 20, we affirm the natural link between Carepassion…
Read more01/13/2020
Nursing Programs Can’t be One Size Fits All
By: Laurie Clark
The Pomeroy College of Nursing at Crouse Hospital has been educating nurses for more than 100 years, ranking among the top nursing programs in the nation. With a 99% job placement rate and an NCLEX-RN pass rate higher than both state and national averages, it’s no surprise why students choose to start their nursing careers…
Read more01/03/2020
The Top 10 Ways to Stay Healthy in 2020
There’s no magic pill to ensure good health. Yet there are steps we can take to be more proactive about our overall condition. Primary care physician Paraskos Araouzos, MD, a member of our Crouse Medical Practice team of providers, shares his top 10 ways to stay healthy and fit. “Preventive care is the best kind…
Read more12/23/2019
Carepassion in Our Community: We Rise Above the Streets
By: Colleen Phinney, RN, BSN, OCN
The mantra sounds simple: “If we eat, they eat.” Yet the life journey of Al-amin Muhammad (right) has been anything but. Hearing his story during one of our recent management team meetings left a lasting imprint on our hearts — one that not merely moved us, but moved us to action. Crouse Community Connections Al-amin…
Read more12/17/2019
The Dreaded Flu Season
By: Laurie Clark
October until April is typically known as flu season. Formally called influenza, the flu is a respiratory illness caused by viruses that infect the nose, throat and lungs.
Read more11/14/2019
Congratulations to Our Future Leaders
By: Crouse News
Crouse Health is an employer of choice in our region because of our unique culture, competitive pay and benefits and the investment our organization makes in employees who want to grow personally and professionally. Our Future Leaders program, now in its second year, provides a pathway for leadership to those in the organization who aspire…
Read more10/17/2019
Addressing Neck and Back Pain
By: Crouse News
If you’ve ever moaned, “Oh, my aching back,” you’re not alone. Back pain is one of the most common ailments, affecting eight out of 10 people at some point during their lives, according to the National Institutes of Health. Crouse Neuroscience Institute Clinical Director Jameson Crumb, MS, RPA-C, says that those in pain usually wait…
Read more10/15/2019
Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month
When we think about pregnancy and motherhood, we think about the joy of welcoming a new baby into our lives. We don’t typically think about loss and grief. Crouse delivers 4,000 babies each year, and we can’t forget those mothers — about 120 annually — whose experiences aren’t what they expected and leave the hospital…
Read more09/30/2019
Paramedics Receive Advanced Critical Care Transport Training
By: Crouse News
Patients in small villages, towns and cities across upstate New York often require more intensive specialized care than their local healthcare facilities can provide. That’s why Crouse Health and American Medical Response (AMR) ambulance service are partnering to fill a critical need for the efficient transport of these patients to Crouse, while they are being…
Read more09/27/2019
Carepassion in Action: Crouse Finance Team Serve the Community
By: Crouse News
If you think those who work in finance and accounting are only concerned about the bottom line, then you haven’t met our Crouse Health team. Interim Chief Financial Officer Kevin Randall, with Allyson Rossi, affiliate manager of finance, and 10 of their departmental colleagues, spent a morning recently volunteering at the Samaritan Center, an interfaith…
Read more08/27/2019
Breastfeeding: Things They Don’t Tell You
By: Erin Christopher
August is World Breastfeeding Month. The team at Crouse Health’s Kienzle Family Maternity Center recognizes a woman’s right to choose whether to breastfeed or not. During this month, in particular, we celebrate mothers who have are attempting to feed their babies human milk. What follows are some insights that may make the breastfeeding experience more…
Read more08/23/2019
Late Senator’s Death Puts Glioblastoma in the News
By: Cheryl Abrams
This past June, the U.S. Senate passed Senate Resolution 245 by unanimous consent, which set aside July 17 as “Glioblastoma Awareness Day” nationally (#GBMDay) to focus on GBM, the most common form of brain cancer.
Read more07/20/2019
Refugees Learn about Health Careers from Crouse
By: Laurie Clark
Through a partnership with the North Side Learning Center, these students participate in a program which helps refugee and immigrant young adults, ages 14 to 21, familiarize themselves with paths to personal, academic, professional and financial success.
Read more07/19/2019
The Opioid Crisis: An Unprecedented Battle
The current opioid crisis is the most profound and devastating public health crisis ever encountered in the United States. With approximately 140 opioid overdose-related deaths in the nation daily, it is shaping up to be the most consequential health crisis of our generation.
Read more05/30/2019
From Cardiologist to Patient
By: Anil George, MD
What could, I, a practicing cardiologist at Crouse Health, possibly have in common with Howard Washington, a 20-year-old guard on the Syracuse University men’s basketball team? Three things, actually: We both suffered a stroke; had a heart defect that caused it; and were saved by the expertise of physicians and other providers at Crouse. Our…
Read more05/12/2019
Preemies, Parenthood and the NICU Journey
By: Cheryl Abrams
Every day is Happy Mother’s Day for Kasey Mathews and her family, including husband, Lee, son Tucker, and daughter, Andie, who was born prematurely, arriving at just 25 weeks. Weighing a mere one pound, 11 ounces, she survived and happily will turn 19 this fall. A 1985 graduate of Jamesville-Dewitt High School, Kasey was the…
Read more05/09/2019
Parenthood: It Takes a Village
By: Christine Kowaleski, DNP, MHNP-BC
You’ve no doubt heard the expression “it takes a village,” made popular in our cultural lingo with the publishing in 1996 of It Takes a Village: And Other Lessons Children Teach Us, a book by then First Lady of the United States Hillary Rodham Clinton. The notion of it takes a village did not originate…
Read more05/01/2019
May is Stroke Awareness Month
By: Crouse News
Medical providers share an expression about treating stroke patients. “Time is brain,” they say, emphasizing the crucial concept that treating patients quickly minimizes brain damage. Crouse Health’s designation as a Comprehensive Stroke Center (CSC) assures patients and their families that Crouse provides highly trained experts, leading-edge technology and speedy treatment for any kind of stroke…
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