In the Headlines

February 18, 2016 - 18-feb-16 - Una nueva campaña bilingüe tiene por objetivo ayudar a recordar a los pacientes que tienen presión arterial alta a tomar sus medicamentos.

February 18, 2016 - A new bilingual campaign aims to help remind patients with high blood pressure to take their medication.

February 16, 2016 - Margaret "Peggy" Clark received the Board Member of the Year award from Happiness House, which serves indiviuals with developmental disabilities, traumatic brain injury and neurological impairments and their families. Clark worked for two years as director of planning and capacity management at FLHSA.

February 16, 2016 - The Democrat and Chronicle featured Rochester's GIS Scholars, a group of technologically savvy Rochester students who are using geospatial mapping technology to solve some of Rochester's biggest problems. We contracted with them to study high

February 16, 2016 - FLHSA Board of Directors member Jill Eisenstein was named executive director of the Rochester Regional Health Information Organization, which allows medical teams to securely share patient information. Eisenstein has been serving as interim executive director since October 2015.

February 16, 2016 - The Rochester Regional Health Information Organization has made interim executive director Jill Eisenstein’s appointment to the post permanent, RHIO officials said Tuesday. Eisenstein is a member of the FLHSA Board of Directors.

February 11, 2016 - A panel that included Elizabeth McDade of the Coalition to Prevent Lead Poisoning appeared on Connections with Evan Dawson to talk about the progress made in fighting lead poisoning in Rochester.

February 9, 2016 - FLHSA Director of Research and Analytics Albert Blankley says a new health profile of Monroe County highlights the fact that factors such as access to healthy food, a safe place to walk, and high smoking rates add up to big differences in the overall health and well

February 5, 2016 - Despite huge progress locally, lead poisoning remains a serious issue for Rochester's children, due in large part to inhalation and ingestion of lead paint dust and chips in Rochester's older homes.

February 4, 2016 - Following concerns by parents and advocacy from Healthi Kids, the Rochester City School District added a clause to its new student behavior resource manual to ensure that recess will not be taken away from students as a form of punishment. The advocacy was highlighted by the national Salud America! organization.

February 2, 2016 - A new report from the Greater Rochester Health Foundation revealed a critical shortage in professionals and a stigma that prevents children's mental health needs from being met; FLHSA Parent Engagement Coordinator Erick Stephens contributed to the report.

January 29, 2016 - Mel Callan, co