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02/23/2021

Mother Cabrini Health Foundation Awards $125,000 to Crouse Health for Addiction Treatment Services

Grant to help expand treatment services to individuals with substance use disorder to support recovery journey.

02/10/2021

Crouse Medical Practice Neurosurgery Moves to New Location in New Hartford

Crouse Medical Practice Neurosurgery has moved to a new location to expand its services for Utica-area patients. The new office is located at 555 French Rd., Building 2 – Suite 102, in New Hartford. “We are pleased to continue to serve the needs of neurosurgery patients in the Utica area at our new location,” says…

02/10/2021

Crouse Health Expands Laboratory Service with New Camillus Location

Internist Associates of CNY Clinical Laboratory, affiliated with Crouse Health, has expanded its lab services in Central New York with a fifth location, now open in Camillus. The lab is located at 5417 West Genesee St. (corner of Knowell Rd.), located within the same office suite as Crouse Medical Practice. The lab’s hours are Monday…

10/29/2020

Regional Hospitals Collaborate for World Stroke Day

Crouse Health, Mohawk Valley Health System, Samaritan Medical Center, St. Joseph’s Health, and Upstate University Hospital have joined forces to raise awareness of the signs of stroke and when to seek help in recognition of World Stroke Day, Oct. 29. The five hospitals—all members of the CNY Regional Stroke Advisory Council—have collaborated in the creation…

10/07/2020

DAISY Award for Team and Team Leader

The DAISY Award is a way to honor a nurse each month for extraordinary care. At Crouse, DAISY Award recipients personify Carepassion and the patient experience. Once a year, we also honor a nursing team and nurse leader who exemplify the Crouse mission, vision and values and are role models of collaboration and teamwork. For…

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.…

07/08/2020

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…

05/12/2020

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…

05/05/2020

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…

05/04/2020

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…

04/28/2020

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…

03/28/2020

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…

03/25/2020

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…

03/13/2020

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…

02/26/2020

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…

02/25/2020

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…

02/19/2020

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…

02/18/2020

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,…

02/17/2020

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…

02/06/2020

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…

02/03/2020

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…

01/30/2020

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…

01/28/2020

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…

01/21/2020

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…