hospitals

Cuomo threatens to cut off hospitals from vaccination program if they don't act faster

By • Jan 5, 2021
Office of the Governor

In New York state, like in most of the nation, the COVID-19 vaccination rollout is behind schedule and Gov. Andrew Cuomo is threatening to withhold new doses from hospitals that do not speed things up.

Cuomo allows visitors at hospitals, but not yet at nursing homes

By • Jun 16, 2020
Catholic Health

Gov. Andrew Cuomo says visitors will now be allowed for patients at hospitals and residents of group homes for the developmentally disabled. But nursing home visits remain off limits, for now.


4 local hospitals share $65M from CARES Act

By • May 11, 2020
Kaleida Health

Some local hospitals are getting millions of dollars from the most recent stimulus bill for COVID-19 care, but Rep. Brian Higgins said more needs to arrive.

Cuomo permits much of upstate to resume elective surgeries, but not Erie County

By • Apr 29, 2020
Office of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo

Gov. Andrew Cuomo said many counties in the state with low levels of the coronavirus will be allowed to resume elective surgeries in the coming days while in the regions hardest hit by the illness, the numbers of deaths and hospitalizations are declining at a very slow rate, with 330 deaths in New York from COVID-19 on Tuesday.


Health care organizations making cuts, as revenues fall

By • Apr 17, 2020

Health care staff are on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic, but facilities are seeing the same drop in revenue other businesses are experiencing.

Local hospitals push back on Cuomo's ventilator order

By • Apr 4, 2020
Misha Friedman / Getty Images/NPR.org

It’s a move many in the upstate healthcare industry are resisting. But Governor Andrew Cuomo says it’s about saving lives and containing the COVID-19 outbreak.


Chinese Club raising funds to buy masks for medical workers

By • Mar 26, 2020
cc-wny.org

Many local organizations have donated their spare masks to medical personnel, but one local community group has gone a step beyond that to buy masks directly to donate them to local hospitals.

'The single greatest challenge': Cuomo still searching for ventilators

By • Mar 25, 2020
Office of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo

Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he’s been working closely with President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and top White House aide, Jared Kushner, to get New York ventilators as the number of coronavirus cases continues to escalate. 


New York Gov. Cuomo Calls For Army Corps To Help Build Temporary Hospitals

By • Mar 22, 2020

Facing a rapid increase in the number of confirmed coronavirus cases, Gov. Andrew Cuomo says New York state is ready for the Army Corps of Engineers to start building temporary hospitals in the state immediately.

Cuomo said he had toured and formally approved four sites in the state, including the Javits Center in Manhattan and others in Westchester County and Long Island.

"Time matters, minutes count," Cuomo said at a press conference in Albany on Sunday. "From my perspective, construction can start tomorrow."

Report concludes quality of New York hospitals is poor

By • Jan 2, 2020
NYPIRG

New York's health care system is very expensive and doesn't deliver good hospital care. That's according to the New York Public Interest Research Group in a report called "Code Blue: New York Hospitals' Poor Quality Performance."

Ontario report finds 6 in 100 acute-care patients harmed by hospital stay

By • Dec 4, 2019
Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care

Ontario's auditor general says nearly 70,000 patients  - or six in every 100 - are injured while receiving care in Ontario's hospitals each year and called for immediate government action to help reduce that number.

Hospital standard charges now online

By Marian Hetherly • Jan 11, 2019
Catholic Health

Have you gone to the website of your local hospital this year? You will notice it now posts a list of their standard charges online.

Local hospitals welcome diverse new class of young doctors

By • Jul 10, 2017
WBFO's Mike Desmond

Young doctors in Western New York and around the country are in one of the most stressful periods of their careers.

Medicare Didn't Investigate Suspicious Reports Of Hospital Infections

By editor • May 9, 2017

Almost 100 hospitals reported suspicious data on dangerous infections to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services officials, but the agency did not follow up or examine any of the cases in depth, according to a report by the Health and Human Services inspector general's office.

Most hospitals report how many infections strike patients during treatment, meaning the infections are likely contracted inside the facility. Each year, Medicare is supposed to review up to 200 cases in which hospitals report suspicious infection-tracking results.

Rule Change Could Push Hospitals To Tell Patients About Nursing Home Quality

By editor • Nov 28, 2016

Hospitals have long been reluctant to share with patients their assessments of which nursing homes are best because of a Medicare requirement that patients' choices can't be restricted.

For years, many hospitals simply have given patients a list of all the skilled nursing facilities near where they live and told them which ones have room for a new patient. Patients have rarely been told which homes have poor quality ratings from Medicare or a history of public health violations, according to researchers and patient advocates.

Buff General highest ranked among local hospitals

By • Aug 2, 2016

U.S. News & World Report is out with its annual ranking of hospitals.

ECMC opens new $15 million surgery center

By • Dec 31, 2013
Mike Desmond/WBFO News

ECMC showed off its new $15 million ambulatory surgery center Monday with two operating rooms in a new building on the Grider Street campus.