In the Headlines

January 25, 2018 -  According to a new report of hospital admission and emergency department data from Common Ground Health, Yates County experienced the second highest rate of opioid abuse in the Finger Lakes region in 2016. Albert Blankley, director of research and analytics for Common Ground Health said “these data show that for some individuals, prescription medications may contribute to or trigger the problem".

January 22, 2018 -  Corning City police said they expect another busy year of drug enforcement in the city. A study from Common Ground Health found Steuben County had one of the highest rates of opioid abuse in 2016 among the nine Finger Lakes counties. The study states that in 2016, there were 121 admissions to hospital emergency rooms in the county due to opioid abuse and overdoses.

January 22, 2018 -  Common Ground Health, a Rochester

January 21, 2018 -  Common Ground Health, a nonprofit advocacy group, reports that from 2014 to 2016, more than half of people who overdosed on opioids in the Finger Lakes region had a previous prescription for painkillers. While Monroe County has made progress in addressing the issue, there is still much work to be done.  

January 20, 2018 -  The drug epidemic stretches across the state and nation, and this fresh look at what is happening locally shows it continues to worsen in the Finger Lakes region. Common Ground Health, a Rochester

January 19, 2018 -  A report released this week by the Finger Lakes health agency "Common Ground Health" indicates Steuben County experienced one of the highest rates of opioid abuse in the region in 2016. The Common Ground study further showed, for non

January 18, 2018 - This article states that every county in New York has been touched by the opioid epidemic and Steuben is no exception. Albert Blankley, director of research and analytics for Common Ground Health was quoted saying "as opioid deaths and overdoses continue to devastate many in our region, it is critical that we better understand how individuals are becoming dependent, and also these data show that for some individuals, prescription medications may contribute to or trigger the problem."

January 18, 2018 -  In the past couple years, UR Medicine and Rochester Regional Health have built or taken over urgent care centers, sometimes within blocks of each other. Albert Blankley, the director of research and analytics for Common Ground Health was quoted saying“the proliferation of urgent care is really because consumers are driving it, and it wouldn’t exist unless people chose that type of care."

January 18, 2018 -  A new report from Common Ground Health has labeled Chemung County as having the highest rate of opioid abuse throughout the Finger Lakes region, and that is why the county's health department says opioid abuse hs become a priority in its Community Health Improvement Plan.

January 17, 2018 -  According to a data analysis report conducted by Common Ground Health, half of opioid overdoses in the region were associated with a prior pain prescription and found that from 2014 to 2016, 54

January 17, 2018 -  Chemung County had the highest rate of opioid abuse during 2016 in a nine

January 12, 2018 - In this Health Podcast, D&C Digital Healthy Life reporter Patti Singer talks about why a new source of data about the opioid epidemic in Monroe County may help law enforcement prevent more fatalities, and there's an active turf war going on between different urgent care centers in Rochester. There is no statute or regulations that defines an urgent care center, but if attached to a hospital they have to go through the regulatory process, which Common Ground Health recommends, but they are not saying no because some centers are too close together.