Rochester Beacon (https://rochesterbeacon.com/category/health-science/page/2/)
The university’s School of Nursing has augmented its curriculum with technology, integrating two virtual reality classrooms and a 20-bed skills lab, as a way to address the projected long-term shortage of nurses.
Marielena Velez de Brown M.D., deputy commissioner, will serve as acting commissioner until a replacement is selected.
Roughly 115 professional home care workers at the unit voted to join 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East.
Data from Common Ground Health shows the impact of social disconnection in the Finger Lakes region.
The medical center and Five Star are working together on a pilot effort to offer telemedicine-equipped health stations at bank branches in three rural communities.
Squeezed by sharply rising costs and what they believe are inadequate reimbursements from Excellus, Rochester-area physicians in private practice are “literally crying their hearts out.”
UR affiliate Excell and the university’s Center for Health + Technology aim to help life science startups gain FDA approval for new drugs.
Both bargaining units’ contracts expired Oct. 31. The new agreements run until Sept. 5, 2026.
Two Service Employee International Union units representing some 1,800 River Campus and UR Medical Center workers have been negotiating with the university since their contracts expired at the end of October.
A surgical oncologist, David Linehan will also serve as dean of the School of Medicine and Dentistry. His appointment is effective Feb. 1.