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.
04/25/2019
Reinventing Spine Care: A Compassionate and Personalized Approach
What is one thing that people in pain usually do? Wait too long to seek relief. Many of us go through life having, from time to time, pain in our neck or lower back. In most cases the pain subsides, and we continue on with everyday life. Other times, our pain persists for longer periods…
Read more02/05/2019
Providing Diapers to Families in Need
By: Laurie Clark
How many times a month does a baby’s diaper have to be changed? Any new parent can do the math: six to ten changes each day, times 30 days, equals about 300 diapers needed for a newborn each month. By any count, that’s a lot of diapers. But when parents are financially challenged, the cost…
Read more01/29/2019
2018: A Year of Accomplishments
By: Crouse News
Last year was a busy one for Crouse Health, marked by new partnerships, including affiliations with three North Country hospitals: Carthage Area Hospital, Claxton-Hepburn Hospital and River Hospital. As part of the Crouse Health System, Crouse Medical Practice continued its growth this year, increasing access to clinical services with the addition of 16 new providers…
Read more01/03/2019
Surgical Robot: Important Part of the OR Toolkit
While I watched a recent NBC news segment entitled “The da Vinci surgical robot: A medical breakthrough with risks for patients” with great interest, it reminded me of my days during college and medical school when I was learning the trade of painting and wall coverings. My mentor, Alex, was careful to show me all…
Read more11/16/2018
New Crouse Health Urologist Developing Pelvic Health Program
By: Crouse News
After lifetimes of menstruation and childbirth, most women are more stoic about their health problems. That’s according to Buffalo native Hadley Narins, MD, who brings expertise in women’s pelvic health to the subspecialty program in Female Urology and Pelvic Health she is leading at Crouse. Although many women remain resigned to having various “female conditions,”…
Read more10/11/2018
My Experience with Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorder
By: Emily Smyth, RN
I had always wanted to become a mother. Since I’d had a miscarriage several years before this pregnancy, it was a huge relief carrying our baby to full term. Although I was excited and overjoyed, I was terrified to become a mom. I knew that it would be difficult at times, but I felt…
Read more08/28/2018
Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorder: What happens when the pink and blue balloons fly away?
By: Christine Kowaleski, DNP, MHNP-BC
Having a baby is an exciting time that we’ve been told would fill us with joy. Much attention is given to the pregnant woman planning for the big day and preparing for the joyful arrival of the chubby-cheeked pink baby with ten little fingers and ten little toes. Giving birth is, after all, the most…
Read more08/17/2018
Crouse Partners With Syracuse Community Health Center’s Summer Reading Program
By: Crouse News
Research shows that the health and well-being of students is directly impacted by their learning and reading practices. Fulfilling our mission of promoting community health in all its forms, Crouse Health has partnered with the Syracuse Community Health Center (SCHC) President and CEO Mark Hall and Chief Administrative Officer Craig Williams to help city school…
Read more08/13/2018
Musician Todd Hobin: From Stroke to Stage
By: Cheryl Abrams
Proving that stroke can strike anyone, at any age, is S.U. Men’s Basketball team member Howard Washington. The college sophomore suffered a stroke on campus and was brought to the Crouse Comprehensive Stroke Center for treatment. Read his story of survival here. ____________________________________________________________ > Todd: One Year, Post Stroke > Take Me to Crouse Since his…
Read more08/10/2018
Crouse Awards 2018 Junior Volunteer Scholarships
By: Crouse News
Congratulations to the recipients of a 2018 Junior Volunteer Scholarship. These five students were selected from a field of 19 outstanding candidates who, according to Dick Scott, coordinator of the Crouse CHOICES program, “made the annual process very challenging.” Members of the hospital staff joined the students and their families this week to celebrate their…
Read more06/20/2018
Helping CNY’s Refugees Navigate Healthcare
By: Crouse News
Imagine resettling in a new country, having to navigate an unfamiliar culture trying to use a language you don’t speak or understand. Further envision needing medical care, particularly in an emergency, not knowing how to access treatment — or even realizing it’s available.That’s the plight of 3,000 to 5,000 refugees who come to New York…
Read more05/30/2018
Creating Opportunity Through Crouse Future Leaders
By: Crouse News
Our newest professional development offering for employees is Crouse Future Leaders. The goal of the program is to challenge participants to increase their current skills and abilities in preparation for possible future promotion within the organization.
Read more05/24/2018
Carepassion Defines the Crouse Health Culture
By: Kimberly Boynton
Healthcare isn’t just about illness and injury — or even medicine. It’s much more than that…it’s about connecting on an emotional level with a deep sense of caring and a passion for helping others.
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