Valet parking expands to Glens Falls ER
Beginning today, Glens Falls Hospital will offer free valet parking at its Emergency Care Center. Hours for the service are scheduled for Monday through Friday from 11:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. According...
View ArticleHospital readmissions in NY cost $3.7 billion
Hospital readmissions—patients returning to the hospital within 30 days of an initial hospital stay—in New York State cost $3.7 billion per year, according to a report released today by the New York...
View ArticlePoll: Do you like St. Peter’s Hospital’s new renovation?
St. Peter’s Hospital officially opened it’s new Patient Care Pavilion on Wednesday. (Read the story, To our health, $259 million – Times Union) The centerpiece of the pavilion is a dramatic 116-foot...
View ArticleClifton Park chiropractor adjusts to the radio
Clifton Park chiropractor Joseph Gulyas is launching a weekly health program “Hands on with Dr. Joe” on 101.3 FM. Gulyas is owner and director of Northeast Spine and Wellness. He will share tips for...
View ArticleWhat does it feel like to have Alzheimer’s disease?
“I imagine my brain as an iceberg,” said Dr. Steve Hume. “Some days it’s very sunny and it melts, but you never know quite where it will melt. Other times, it’s cloudy or cold and it doesn’t melt.”...
View ArticleNo Seton/St. Mary’s leaders on senior staff of merged health system
St. Peter’s Health Partners, which combines three health systems and four hospitals, announced its new senior leadership team on Monday. There is a conspicuous lack of representation from Seton...
View ArticlePalliative care offered at 7 Capital Region hospitals
What’s the difference between palliative care and hospice care? Palliative care, often confused with hospice care, is about easing the suffering of patients, whether they are undergoing aggressive...
View ArticleFormer NYS Health Commissioner Dr. Richard Daines honored in health talk
Dr. Richard Daines, New York’s former health commissioner, had a lot of ideas on how to improve New Yorkers’ health and it he wasn’t afraid of hurting or embarrassing himself to get his point across....
View ArticlePeople I write about help me through my own health crisis
I spent eight wonderful days in Thailand last January for a friend’s wedding before a stomach bug locked me in the hotel bathroom for two days straight. I recovered just in time for the 14 hour flight...
View ArticleCuomo’s speech says (very) little about health and Medicaid
Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s State of the State runs 8,000 words long, but here’s the short version for people interested in the health care highlights from the speech. Well, there’s not much to mention. Cuomo...
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