Excellus BlueCross BlueShield has recognized Crouse Health with its Blue Distinction® Center+ for Bariatric Surgery designation as part of the Blue Distinction Specialty Care program. Blue Distinction Centers are nationally designated healthcare facilities that show expertise in delivering improved patient safety and better health outcomes, based on objective measures that were developed with input from…
Crouse Health has been awarded a $125,000 grant from the Mother Cabrini Health Foundation to help support and expand services for individuals in treatment for substance use disorders. The grant will expand access to Certified Recovery Peer Advocates (CRPA) outside of traditional treatment hours. CRPAs are individuals with lived experience who understand the toll of…
Perry Johnson & Associates (PJ&A), a medical transcription service assisting providers across the U.S., has experienced a data breach as a result of a hacking incident in its own systems. At least 4 million New Yorkers have been impacted by the data breach, including some (but not all) Crouse Health patients. There was no compromise…
Crouse Health cardiologists are the first in Syracuse to have implanted the Watchman in patients with atrial fibrillation (AFib), a common heart rhythm disorder. Crouse Health is the first hospital in Central New York to use the Watchman device, the minimally invasive implant approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as an alternative to…
