In the Headlines

February 9, 2017 - A child born today in Piffard will live about six years longer than a child born in Mount Morris, according to a new report from the Finger Lakes Health Systems Agency.

February 3, 2017 - ReThink Health featured the six communities on its blog that have been chosen to accelerate tranformation through the ReThink Health Ventures project, including the Finger Lakes region. 

January 26, 2017 - The Community Technology Assessment Advisory Board, which meets at Finger Lakes Health Systems Agency, recommended that the state approve an expansion at Rochester General Hospital.

January 19, 2017 - Mike Bulger, healthy communities coordinator for the Healthi Kids program at Finger Lakes Health Systems Agency, spoke about some of the best ways to encourage healthy food access and myths about the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) during a recent conversation on the Connections show with Evan Dawson.

December 30, 2016 - FLHSA CEO Trilby de Jung was among panelists on the WXXI

December 24, 2016 - The nine counties represented by the Rochester

December 13, 2016 - The Finger Lakes region is one of only six areas across the country recently selected to participate in ReThink Health Ventures, a health innovation project funded by the Fannie E. Rippel and Robert Wood Johnson foundations.

November 23, 2016 - Elizabeth Murphy of FLHSA served as a panelist on the Rochester Street Films festival, which presented a slate of films that showed how smart transportation design and policy can yield streets that make communities better places to live, work and play.

November 22, 2016 - According to the latest studies, African American women are 42% more likely to die from breast cancer than white women; researchers have been working to identify the reason this disparity exists.

November 17, 2016 - Finger Lakes Health Systems Agency's Healthi Kids Play

November 16, 2016 - An editorial from the Democrat and Chronicle called for City Council and potential funders to consider taking action on proposal that would create a "Neighborhood of Play" in Rochester near the Strong Museum of Play, citing advocacy from Healthi Kids on the subject of playful design.

November 7, 2016 - Older adults in the Rochester and surrounding Finger Lakes area report more “poor mental health” days than their peers across the state, a fact compounded by a shortage of behavioral health providers in the region. A new interprofessional collaborative program has the potential to better address seniors’ complex health needs.