In the Headlines

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 - The Finger Lakes Health Systems Agency says their High Blood Pressure Collaborative is moving the needle on positive treatment for hypertension.

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.

November 2, 2015 - There is progress in the fight to control high blood pressure, a leading factor in heart disease. Monday, the Finger Lakes Health Systems Agency joined members of the Rochester Business Alliance to discuss their work over the past five years.

November 2, 2015 - A local coalition’s five

October 23, 2015 - What separates Rochester's approach from other cities fighting childhood lead poisoning is simple: The city decided to start looking for lead in rental homes rather than waiting to act until a child had already been poisoned, the Cleveland Plain Dealer said. The newspaper quoted FLHSA's Chief Strategy Officer, Wade Norwood, and featured the work of the Coalition to Prevent Lead Poisoning as part of its series on lead poisoning.

October 23, 2015 - Advocates called on the federal government to close gaps in funding of child nutrition programs to ensure that children do not go hungry after school, on weekends and during the summer. FLHSA is part of the Summer Meals Partnership of Rochester.

October 20, 2015 - The Cleveland Plain Dealer, which focused a series of reports on lead poisoning, wrote that Rochester was able to achieve a drop in the percentage of children diagnosed with lead poisoning due to the passage of the city's lead ordinance in 2005. There was a moral, scientific and community imperative for the legislation, said Wade Norwood, FLHSA's chief strategy officer and a former city councilman.

October 7, 2015 - Healthi Kids program manager Dina Faticone said in the past, more than half of children walked to school, whereas today only about 14 percent walk and she called on the community to reduce barriers to walking.