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Excellus to lose schools’ retiree health plan
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The Rochester Area School Health Plan, encompassing all of Monroe County’s 17 school districts and two BOCES organizations, will move its retiree health plan from Excellus to Aetna.
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Rochester General nurses poised for second strike
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Ninety-one percent of the union’s members voted to authorize the action, but both sides say they are committed to keep negotiating.
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The long road to resolution
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The Rochester Union of Nurses and Allied Professionals, which formed 15 months ago, marks a year of largely unresolved contract negotiations with Rochester General Hospital. A recent union report highlights patient safety and staffing concerns.
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Rochester Regional’s selective pay hike
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The health system, which says it cannot afford Rochester General Hospital nurses’ salary demands, is giving significant raises to medical residents.
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UR pain researcher lands $8.3 million in federal grants
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Paul Geha M.D.’s ongoing research focuses on the correlation between brain structure and chronic pain.
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‘We had people die that didn’t have to die’
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COVID-19 has claimed more than 2,000 lives in Monroe County, but its crisis stage finally appears to be over. As many people move on from the worst pandemic in a century, Commissioner of Public Health Michael Mendoza M.D. reflects on what we’ve learned. “We could have prevented so many of those deaths,” he says.
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Rochester General makes pitch to avert nurses strike
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The hospital’s plea was turned down by the nurses union, but a last-minute bargaining session is slated for Aug. 2—one day before the scheduled walkout.
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Strike vote underscores rift between nurses, RGH
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Frustrated by lack of progress in contract talks, the union representing roughly 900 nurses at Rochester General Hospital plan a walkout.
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Finger Lakes Health to merge with UR Medicine
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The health systems will join forces on Aug.1. It adds two hospitals, in Yates and Ontario counties, to UR’s eight-hospital network.
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A cuddly strategy to boost medication adherence
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Developed by a UR clinical associate professor, MediTeddi is an electronic health care coach in the form of a stuffed bear.