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URMC Partners with Five Star Bank in Pilot Project to Expand Health Care Access in Rural Communities

• Nov. 9, 2023

Five Star Bank and the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) announced an innovative partnership intended to expand health care access in rural communities in Upstate New York.

Community

Death of RPD Officer Is a Tragic Symptom Of Rochester’s Gun-Violence Epidemic

• Jul. 26, 2022

On the evening of July 21, Rochester Police Officer Anthony Mazurkiewicz was shot on Bauman Street and rushed to Strong. Despite heroic efforts by our faculty and staff to save his life, the wounds ...

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More Than 20,000 Hospital Employees Vaccinated, Fewer Than 300 Resign As Mandate Takes Effect

• Sep. 30, 2021

99% of employees will continue working at UR Medicine hospitals, but other challenges make it difficult to maintain nonessential services.

Patient Care

UR Medicine Releases Staff Vaccination Data, Saying Hospitals Will Remain 'Open for Business'

• Sep. 23, 2021

As New York’s vaccine mandate takes effect Monday, 99% of professional medical staff and 91% of all staff are vaccinated at six UR Medicine hospitals, which will maintain critical care with some ...

Community

URMC Reinstates Indoor Face Mask Requirement Regardless of Vaccine Status

• Aug. 9, 2021

Responding to the growing public health threat of the Delta variant, and the recent emergence of COVID-19 cases in the Rochester area, the University of Rochester is reinstating indoor face-masking ...

People

University, UR Medicine Join County-led Effort Requiring COVID Tests for Unvaccinated Employees

• Aug. 2, 2021

Starting Sept. 8, all employees of the University of Rochester, including URMC and UR Medicine, must be vaccinated against COVID-19 or submit to regular COVID testing and stricter safety protocols.

Patient Care

URMC Announces Plan to End Executive Health, Special Patient Services Programs

• Feb. 11, 2021

In moves intended to strengthen equity in the delivery of care, URMC will immediately discontinue special patient services and phase out its Executive Health Program by June 30, officials announced ...

Patient Care

URMC Shares Update on Patient Vaccinations for COVID-19

• Jan. 12, 2021

Later this week URMC plans to begin vaccinating patients in “Group 1B” and others who are eligible. Patients will be contacted directly when they can schedule an appointment at one of two new ...

Community

URMC Unveils Equity and Anti-Racism Action Plan

• Oct. 7, 2020

The University of Rochester Medical Center today released its Equity and Anti-Racism Action Plan, a five-year effort to strengthen diversity and inclusion at the Medical Center, address inequities in ...

People

University Trustee David M. Flaum remembered as ‘a great champion’ for University, community

• Aug. 21, 2020

University Life Trustee David M. Flaum—generous philanthropist, entrepreneur, and community advocate—passed away on August 20 at the age of 67.

Patient Care

URMC Leaders Call on HHS to Rescind Rule That Discriminates Against Trans Patients

• Jul. 10, 2020

In a letter to Alex M. Azar II, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), top leaders of the University of Rochester Medical Center urged HHS to rescind a rule that ...

Community

Update from Mark Taubman on Anti-Racism Actions

• Jun. 19, 2020

Through letters and rallies, URMC’s learners, faculty, staff, and community members have shared strong recommendations that have caused us to reexamine fairness and inclusivity within our own ...

Education

Mark Taubman Responds to Student Calls for Anti-Racism Action

• Jun. 17, 2020

Through letters and rallies, URMC’s learners have shared strong recommendations that have caused us to reexamine fairness and inclusivity within our own organization. The text below is an email ...

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University Makes Self-Screening Technology for COVID Symptoms Available to Employers

• Jun. 12, 2020

ROCHESTER, N.Y., June 12, 2020 – Employers across the country can advance reopening efforts with technology developed by the University of Rochester to check employees for potential COVID-19 symptoms ...

Community

URMC Calls Out Health Disparities, Declares Racism a Public Health Crisis

• Jun. 10, 2020

The University of Rochester Medical Center supports the declaration that racism is a public health crisis and commends the Greater Rochester Black Agenda Group for putting our institution on the ...

Community

Message of Support from the URMC Community

• May. 30, 2020

None of us individually can solve our nation’s racial challenges or the COVID-19 pandemic. By working collectively, however, we believe the University of Rochester Medical Center can have a ...

Patient Care

UR Medicine to Begin COVID-19 Antibody Testing Monday, June 1

• May. 29, 2020

UR Medicine Labs will begin testing blood samples for antibodies to novel coronavirus on June 1.

People

Mina Chung, Retinal Surgeon and Researcher, Dies at 51

• Feb. 17, 2020

Mina Millicent Chung, M.D., an ophthalmologist and retina specialist who helped blind children to see and furthered the study of retinal disease, including macular degeneration, died Feb. 13 after a ...

Patient Care

University of Rochester Plans $240 Million Orthopaedics Campus to Expand Surgical, Outpatient Care

• Nov. 18, 2019

Patients with bone and joint conditions could receive treatment at one of the most comprehensive centers for orthopaedic surgery and outpatient care in the United States upon completion of a medical ...

Community

Leaders of 1199SEIU, URMC Urge Restoration of Cuts to Teaching Hospitals

• Mar. 19, 2019

Leaders of the 1199SEIU Healthcare Workers East, which represents nearly 1,500 employees at the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC), will join the medical center’s CEO in urging state ...

Patient Care

Rochester, Syracuse Health Systems Form Venture to Focus on Population Health

• Jan. 24, 2019

Extending prior strategic partnerships, and following more than 18 months of development work, leaders of St. Joseph’s Health in Syracuse, N.Y., and the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) ...

Patient Care

Area Residents to Get Online Access to Health-Care Providers’ Visit Notes

• Jan. 10, 2019

Hundreds of thousands of area residents will soon have fast, secure online access to the office-visit notes written by their health-care providers, through a collaborative initiative between UR ...

Patient Care

Fuller Spencer Tapped to Lead Strong Memorial and Highland Hospitals Finances

• Jul. 25, 2018

Carrie Fuller Spencer has been named chief financial officer (CFO) of Strong Memorial (SMH) and Highland hospitals effective immediately. She has held the position of interim CFO at Strong since last ...

Patient Care

URMC CEO Mark Taubman: Report to Spark Deeper Dialogue and Action

• Jan. 11, 2018

Yesterday afternoon, a team led by attorney Mary Jo White released the long-awaited findings of its independent investigation.

Patient Care

URMC Appoints Veteran Finance Leader as New CFO

• Oct. 18, 2017

The University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) has named Adam P. Anolik its chief financial officer (CFO). Anolik, a finance leader at the medical center for nearly two decades, has been serving ...