Community Foodlink, URMC Announce Partnership to Address Local Food Insecurity By Jherell Drain Dec. 2, 2021 Leaders from Foodlink and the University of Rochester Medical Center today announced a partnership to address food insecurity by providing emergency food assistance through health providers, starting ...
Patient Care UR Medicine pauses elective, semi-elective surgeries By Barbara Ficarra Dec. 2, 2021 UR Medicine hospitals will implement a three-week pause on elective and semi-elective surgical procedures that require inpatient hospital stays, beginning Dec. 6. Outpatient procedures will continue ...
Research Researchers Mobilize at Hospital’s “Front Door” to Expand Cancer Screenings By Leslie Orr Oct. 19, 2021 Are you behind on cancer screenings? Researchers are studying ways to motivate people to follow through.
Patient Care UR Medicine Vaccinating Hospital Patients at Discharge By Mark Michaud Mar. 5, 2021 UR Medicine has begun vaccinating at-risk patients who are in the process of being discharged from Strong Memorial Hospital. The effort is part of a New York State initiative announced earlier this ...
People Irwin Frank, Leading Urologist, Dies at 93 By Mark Michaud Oct. 19, 2020 Irwin N. Frank, M.D. – one of the most influential urologists in the last half-century – has died at the age of 93. Frank, who spent his entire academic and medical career at the University of ...
Community URMC Unveils Equity and Anti-Racism Action Plan By Chip Partner Oct. 7, 2020 The University of Rochester Medical Center today released its Equity and Anti-Racism Action Plan, a five-year effort to strengthen diversity and inclusion at the Medical Center, address inequities in ...
Patient Care UR Medicine Hospitals Resume Limited Inpatient Visitation By Barbara Ficarra Jun. 23, 2020 As COVID-19 cases decline in New York, limited visitation for patients will resume at UR Medicine hospitals beginning June 25. The changes follow state Department of Health guidance from June 17, ...
Community University Makes Self-Screening Technology for COVID Symptoms Available to Employers By Chip Partner Jun. 12, 2020 ROCHESTER, N.Y., June 12, 2020 – Employers across the country can advance reopening efforts with technology developed by the University of Rochester to check employees for potential COVID-19 symptoms ...
Patient Care Organ transplant programs continue despite pandemic By URMC Communications May. 21, 2020 Greece resident Frank Rosinski received a heart transplant this spring, giving him what he calls a new lease on life. (University of Rochester photo)Though most elective surgeries were suspended ...
Community Statement on Guidelines for Resuming Elective Outpatient Treatments By URMC Communications Apr. 21, 2020 UR Medicine welcomes the Governor's guidelines that will allow hospitals to resume elective outpatient treatments.
