In the Headlines

January 3, 2016 - FLHSA is a partner on a project to expand geriatric mental health into the Finger Lakes region. The project will benefit as part of a new $2.35 million grant from the state department of health to the University of Rochester Medical Center's Office for Aging Research and Health Services to establish a Finger Lakes Center for Excellence in Alzheimer's disease.

January 1, 2016 - In this op

January 1, 2016 - Trauma

January 1, 2016 -  Dina Faticone, director of Healthi Kids at FLHSA, talks about the program's effort to provide a healthier nutritional environment. “More and more our strategies are moving beyond being kid

December 25, 2015 - Rochester Regional's $14 million project to create a unifited electronic medical record system is an upgrade that "makes sense" by allowing the health care provider to communication across its sytem, said Albert Blankley, FLHSA director of research and analytic. “It makes things seamless in theory for patients,” he added.

December 15, 2015 -  This article highlights Rochester as one of the few places in the country that has low health care spending for both Medicare and private insurance users. The report was based on a study that was released by the National Bureau of Economic Research.

December 8, 2015 -   Congregational health ministries often yield positive results because they provide a way to reach large numbers of people in environments they trust, said Phyllis Jackson, a community engagement specialist with Finger Lakes Health Systems Agency.

November 12, 2015 - Sady Fisher, formerly the consumer engagement program manager at Finger Lakes Health Systems Agency, was honored with a "reconocimiento" award from Latinas Unidas for her volunteer work.

November 10, 2015 - Nov. 10, 2015 - UR Medicine announced that Noyes Health in Livingston County and Jones Memorial Hospital in Alleghany County would join its medical system. The announcement Tuesday aligns with recommendations from the 2020 Commission convened by Finger Lakes Health Systems Agency to ensure stability in regional acute care.

November 10, 2015 - Nov. 10, 2015 - UR Medicine announced that Noyes Health in Livingston County and Jones Memorial Hospital in Alleghany County would join its medical system. The announcement Tuesday aligns with recommendations from the 2020 Commission convened by Finger Lakes Health Systems Agency to ensure stability in regional acute care.

November 2, 2015 - A local coalition’s five

November 2, 2015 - Nov. 2, 2015 - For the past five years, the partnership formed by the Rochester Business Alliance and the Finger Lakes Health Systems Agency has mobilized businesses, the health care system and other community partners around encouraging people to check their blood pressure and keep or get it under control.