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.

Tag Archives: community

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…

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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…

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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.

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The Opioid Crisis: An Unprecedented Battle

By: Tolani Ajagbe, MD

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.

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