In the Headlines

October 5, 2017 - Common Ground Health has produced a white paper with analysis focusing on Rochester's five poorest zip codes.  Albert Blankley, director of research and analytics says that while more people are insured through the Affordable care Act, health outcomes haven't necessarily improved.

September 25, 2017 -  Wade Norwood, Common Ground Health chief strategy officer and pastor of Holy Jersulem Spiritual Church was the keynote speaker at the Health is a Spiritual Matter Conference, which was supported by our high blood pressure initiative. Read the Good News article here.

September 22, 2017 -  Fran Weisberg, president and CEO of United Way of Greater Rochester Inc., is slated to leave the nonprofit organization on Dec. 31.  Prior to joining United Way, Weisberg served as CEO of Common Ground Health, then called Finger Lakes Health Systems Agency.  Under her leadership, the agency convened the 2020 Commission, a committee of local community, business and health care leaders that investigated expansion planned by several local hospitals.

September 8, 2017 - In this story on the dangers of stage 2 hypertension, Dr. Matthew Devine, medical director of Accountable Health Partners and a Common Ground Health consultant, describes the agency's high blood pressure registry which shows that approximately 35 percent of adults in our Finger Lakes region have hypertension.

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September 6, 2017 - Sept. 6, 2017 – The Healthi Kids Collaborative and Parent Leadership Training Institute conducted a survey before primary day asking city candidates their positions on children’s health and well-being.  Visit playrocs.org to view their responses. More here. 

September 1, 2017 - Ben Woelk, our Health and Community Infrastructure Analyst, was featured in an article about Rochester’s first parklet outside of Joe Bean Coffee.

August 29, 2017 - Aug. 28, 2017 – Streets in two Rochester neighborhoods were shut down Monday for pop-up play spaces. PlayROCs Play Streets is a resident-driven pilot program that turns neighborhood blocks into safe play areas.

August 28, 2017 - The Interdenominational Health Ministry Coalition with support from Common Ground Health hosts the free Health is a Spiritual Matter Conference for men, women, parents and young adults on Oct. 7. 

August 28, 2017 - A pilot program is giving kids the chance to play in the streets safely this summer. PlayROCs Play Streets turns neighborhood blocks into safe play areas.

August 24, 2017 -  A recent report noted fatal bicycle crashes were up more than 12 percent in 2015, and adults were more likely to be the victims. Common Ground Health is part of a group working on a new traffic safety campaign.  

August 24, 2017 -  A neighbor on Treyer Street envisioned an empty lot as a safe and healthy place for kids to play. Evette Colon teamed up with Ibero’s Project Hope and Healthi Kids’ PlayROCs! initiative to make it a pop up play space.