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08/07/2020
Crouse Health Earns National Stroke and Heart Failure Achievement Awards
Crouse Health has earned the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines–Stroke ‘Gold Plus’ Quality Achievement Award and the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines Heart Failure ‘Gold Plus’ Quality Achievement Award. Crouse is the only Central New York hospital to be awarded the Honor Role Elite Plus designation for stroke care.…
Read more07/08/2020
Juli and Juli Boeheim Foundation Awards Grant to Crouse
Crouse Health Foundation has received a grant of $10,000 from the Jim and Juli Boeheim Foundation to help support some of the costs of keeping areas safe and protected from COVID-19, specifically in the hospital’s Kienzle Family Maternity Center and Baker Regional Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Increased costs during the pandemic include providing personal protective…
Read more05/12/2020
American College of Emergency Physicians Recognizes Crouse Health’s Emergency Department for Improving Outcomes of Opioids, Sepsis and Chest Pain
The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) has recognized Crouse Health’s Pomeroy Emergency Services Department in its Emergency Quality Network (E-QUAL) Honor Roll for leading the way for how the nation cares for emergency services patients. Just 192 emergency departments across the United States — out of 5,200 — were named to the 2019 E-QUAL…
Read more05/05/2020
Red Cross Blood Drives in Central New York During Summer 2020
Each year, Crouse Health hosts four quarterly American Red Cross blood drives at the hospital to increase blood product supplies for our community members who may need blood. At this time, during the COVID-19 pandemic, we are unable to host drives at the hospital. Instead, we are encouraging Central New Yorkers to continue to donate…
Read more05/04/2020
Crouse has Resumed Outpatient Elective Surgeries and Procedures
On Thursday, May 7, Crouse Health resumed outpatient elective surgeries and procedures following criteria set by Executive Order 202.10 issued by Governor Andrew Cuomo. Crouse had temporarily halted elective procedures on March 17 — days ahead of a state mandate calling for cancellation — for the safety of patients, staff and visitors and to create…
Read more04/28/2020
Suburban Propane Partners, LP, Announces COVID-19 Charitable Initiative with Chick-fil-A Cicero for Crouse Health
Whippany, NJ – April 27, 2020 – Suburban Propane Partners, L.P. (NYSE:SPH), a nationwide distributor of propane, fuel oil and related products and services, as well as a marketer of natural gas and electricity, today announced a charitable initiative with Chick-fil-A Cicero in the Greater Syracuse, NY, area to deliver 1,250 complete meals, enough to…
Read more03/28/2020
Crouse Health Requests Mobile Devices to Connect Patients with Families
Please donate your new or used technology devices to help our patients communicate with their loved ones. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the state mandated visitation restrictions, Crouse Health has a significant number of patients who are not allowed visitors at this time. We also have Neonatal Intensive Care (NICU) families, living both locally and…
Read more03/25/2020
Crouse NICU Nurse Receives DAISY Award
Having a baby should be a joyous experience for a parent, but it can become stressful and scary if your baby is born early and has to spend time in the NICU. That was the case for one mom, whose son was born at Crouse at 37 weeks and 6 days. He has a severe…
Read more03/13/2020
Crouse Institute of Robotic Surgery at the Dome
Over the past decade, the Crouse Institute for Robotic Surgery has become the largest multispecialty robotic surgery program in Central New York, thanks to an experienced team of regionally and nationally recognized physicians and a commitment to using the most advanced, minimally invasive technology available. On Saturday, February 29, we brought a da Vinci surgical…
Read more02/26/2020
Melanie Cadin, RN, Receives DAISY Award
Melanie Cadin, RN, from the 7 Memorial Unit, is our latest DAISY Award recipient. Nominated by a 91-year-old patient’s family, Melanie received the award for making a difference in the patient’s outlook and attitude. “My father had a terrible stay at another hospital for an infection. He went to a rehabilitation facility only to need…
Read more02/25/2020
Nutritional Services Worker Receives BEE Award
Joshua Wolfe, a member of our Nutritional Services team, is the latest recipient of the BEE Award. The BEE Award – Being Extraordinary Everyday – was created to honor non-nursing staff who support Registered Nurses in meeting our mission of providing the best in patient care. Any colleague outside of nursing is eligible for the…
Read more02/19/2020
Crouse Hosts Nursing Recruitment Event at Destiny USA
Crouse Health is actively seeking compassionate, patient-focused nurses to join its growing, diverse and inclusive organization. On Saturday, March 7, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., in the first floor canyon area of Destiny USA, Crouse Human Resources will host a nursing recruitment event to fill open positions in a variety of clinical areas. Experienced…
Read more02/18/2020
Crouse Health Hosts Vaping Program at Jamesville-DeWitt High School
One in four high school students is currently vaping or juuling, and as students move from freshman to senior years, the numbers drastically increase. Vaping has been classified as an epidemic by the FDA, CDC and U.S. Surgeon General. Crouse Health will host a program about vaping at Jamesville-DeWitt High School on Thursday, March 5,…
Read more02/17/2020
Endocrinologist Steven Zygmont, MD, Joins Crouse Medical Pratice
Steven Zygmont, MD, board certified and fellowship trained in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, as well as in Internal Medicine, has joined Crouse Medical Practice. Dr. Zygmont is welcoming new patients at the practice’s East Syracuse location at 5000 Brittonfield Parkway, Suite A100. Dr. Zygmont comes to Crouse from Auburn Memorial Medical Services, where he served…
Read more02/06/2020
Clinical Nurse Specialist Receives DAISY Award
Clinical Nurse Specialist Todd Olrich, RN, is the latest recipient of the DAISY Award. Todd was nominated by Colleen Phinney, RN, who has worked with him for many years and has felt fortunate to have a collaborative relationship with him after working on numerous initiatives. “He is a skilled practitioner as well as educator. He…
Read more02/03/2020
Central New York Surgical Physicians, PC, Joins Crouse Medical Practice
Crouse Health has announced that Central New York Surgical Physicians, PC, has joined Crouse Medical Practice (CMP), effective Feb. 1. Established in 1997, CNY Surgical Physicians – with 12 physicians and four advanced practice providers – is the area’s largest private multispecialty surgical practice, providing care to more than 6,300 patients annually. The practice continues…
Read more01/30/2020
Baker Regional NICU at Crouse Health Participates in Beads of Courage Program
The Baker Regional Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Crouse Health will be a participating hospital in the national Beads of Courage Program. The program is being sponsored at Crouse by two local non-profit organizations: Maureen’s Hope and the Jim and Juli Boeheim Foundation. Beads of Courage works to transform the treatment experience for children and…
Read more01/28/2020
Richard S. Shineman Foundation Awards Crouse Health Foundation $150,000 Grant
The Richard S. Shineman Foundation, in Oswego, NY, has awarded Crouse Health Foundation a $150,000 grant to be used for the renovation and expansion of the Baker Regional Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). Crouse Health Foundation is raising $10 million through private gifts to the CrouseCares campaign to support the $31 million dollar project. In…
Read more01/21/2020
First BEE Award Given to Nursing Assistant
Since 2013, Crouse has been a DAISY hospital, an international program that rewards and celebrates extraordinary nursing care. We recognize that nurses cannot be successful without the hard work and dedication of our support staff, just as daisies cannot exist without loyal bees! The BEE Award – Being Extraordinary Everyday – was created to honor…
Read more12/27/2019
Nurse on 4 North Irving Unit Receives DAISY Award
Megan O’Dell from our 4 North Irving Unit is the latest recipient of the DAISY Award. Megan was nominated by a colleague who said she consistently goes above and beyond for both her patients and her fellow staff. For example, Megan wanted a patient to have a great birthday, even though she was in the…
Read more12/06/2019
Pomeroy Emergency Services Department Nurse Receives DAISY Award from Colleague
Cassandra Allen, RN, from our Pomeroy Emergency Services Department, is the latest recipient of the DAISY Award. Cassandra was nominated by a colleague in the department, who noted that although the emergency department is very busy Cassandra always keeps things running smoothly. “She is a great communicator who isn’t afraid to keep us informed,” the…
Read more11/25/2019
Crouse Auxiliary Launches 32nd Annual Lights of Love Campaign
The holiday season is upon us and with it one of Central New York’s most glowing traditions: the annual Crouse Hospital Auxiliary Lights of Love campaign. Each of the 3,000 lights on the iconic Crouse clock tower are illuminated, representing gifts — given in honor or in memory of someone — that will support the…
Read more11/06/2019
CNY Regional Educational Evening Mini Series Presents Down Syndrome: Delivering Results in Our New Age of Genetic Testing
The Central New York Regional Perinatal Program and Crouse Health will welcome Brian Skotko, MD, MPP, on Monday, Nov. 18, as part of the CNY Regional Educational Evening Mini Series. Dr. Skotko will present evidence-based research on how physicians can effectively deliver prenatal and postnatal diagnoses of Down syndrome, as well as discuss the latest…
Read more11/01/2019
Crouse Health Lung Partners Selected as Finalist for ACCP Fish Bowl Competition
Crouse Health’s Lung Partners was selected as a finalist in the Clinical Disease category at the American College of Chest Physicians Annual Meeting in New Orleans this month. This year, the ACCP introduced a new event inspired by Shark Tank™ call FISH Bowl (Furthering Innovation and Science for Health). FISH Bowl features members who are…
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