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Health Care

Monroe discusses the changing service system of the health-care industry

SYRACUSE — The service system is changing in the health-care industry. That was part of the message from Ann Monroe, president of the Health Foundation of Western and Central New York, during her remarks at the HealtheConnections event entitled “Connecting for Better Health” held April 30 at the Holiday Inn Syracuse in Salina. Attendees included

Businesses brace for health-care law’s effects, take action

SYRACUSE —  The national health-care reform law, which was signed into law more than three years ago, finally becomes real for most people and businesses with this fall’s open-enrollment period for 2014 health-insurance coverage. That’s because the mandate that individuals buy health insurance, or pay a penalty,  goes into effect Jan. 1, 2014. Also going

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Medical ID Theft is Definitely Not What the Doctor Ordered

Vicki Lee Blair, a 63-year-old former computer analyst from Westminster, Calif., had the surprise of her life. Blair went to a clinic seeking antidepressant medication. She said she was shocked when clinicians bombarded her with questions about a blood test in her file indicating thyroid problems and illegal drug use. She insisted the records were inaccurate,

RIT providing Lean Six Sigma training for Crouse & Welch Allyn workers, EMS providers

SYRACUSE — The Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) is again providing Lean Six Sigma training to a group of employees from Crouse Hospital, engineers from Welch Allyn, and regional emergency-medical service (EMS) providers. The training at Crouse started the week of April 15. The training and performance-improvement collaboration, which Crouse launched in 2012 with RIT

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