Pandemic Causes a Spike in Medical School Applications
Enrollment is up 40% at University at Buffalo, 26.2% at SUNY Upstate Medical University. Experts attribute that to ‘Fauci Effect’ By Payne Horning Cassidy McGinn, a 22-year-old from Tully, has…
New Position at Oswego Health: Employee Experience Manager
New hire involved in employee engagement to make sure that employees feel valued and heard By Deborah Jeanne Sergeant As healthcare organizations feel even greater difficulty in employee retention, Oswego…
New Health Laws: How They Will Affect You
By Payne Horning If 2020 was the year of the pandemic, one can only hope that 2021 will be remembered as the year it ended. The distribution of vaccines is…
Working from home, Melissa Gardner, executive vice president, population health engagement at Excellus BCBS, has to juggle work and kids. In a statement, she said: “We are supporting each other more than I would have thought possible,” she said about her colleagues at the insurer. Photo provided.
Excellus’ Crisis Plan Helps Company Pivot
Nearly entire workforce of 3,600 at Excellus still working from home. ‘We haven’t missed a beat,’ says regional president By Deborah Jeanne Sergeant Making an organization-wide shift in basic business…
Front of the current J.C. Penney store on the east side of Oswego.
Surviving COVID-19
As Oswego J.C. Penney lingers, ex-employees recall retail of yesteryear When J.C. Penney filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection earlier this year, many wondered about future of the department store…
‘COVID. COVID. COVID.’
By George Chapman Special for Oswego County Business These are the words of our soon-to-be former president at a campaign rally just days before the November election. It was said…
Do For-profit Hospitals Provide Better Care?
By Deborah Jeanne Sergeant Why does hospital ownership matter? New York state prohibits publicly traded corporations from owning and operating their own hospitals. Most states allow investor ownership of hospitals.…
Healing the Budget
Hospitals are (almost) like businesses. They need to generate revenue to stay afloat. How do they do that? More and more they rely on additional revenue streams By Deborah Jeanne…
Private Practices Hit Hard by Coronavirus Pandemic
By Deborah Jeanne Sergeant Among the many industries reeling from the financial fallout of the pandemic, independent medical practices represent a surprise. Healthcare is always in demand, yet without the…
Telehealth: Here to Stay
Changes in reimbursement due to COVID-19 have made possible surge in use of telemedicine By Deborah Jeanne Sergeant Using technology to access healthcare isn’t new but it looks like the…