Rochester Regional Health

We’re here for quality care. 🩵 We’re thrilled to congratulate the five Rochester Regional Health teams who were honored at this year’s Greater Rochester Quality Council - GRQC’s Showcase & Performance Excellence Awards, an event dedicated to recognizing excellence in performance and quality. Please join us in congratulating the following teams for their well-deserved recognition in the category of “Team Excellence:” ▪ Long Term Care: Using Non-Pharmacological Interventions to Decrease Residents on Antipsychotic Medications ▪ Unity Hospital: Perioperative OR Cost Containment ▪ Patient Safety/Pharmacy: Huddling Together - A Relentless Focus on Medication Safety ▪ United Memorial Medical Center: A Rural Hospital’s Approach to Addressing Heart Failure Patient Care Gaps ▪ Care Management/Social Work: Treat to Target Inpatient Discharge Planning Thank you, all, for your dedication and commitment to ensuring the best possible outcomes for our patients, and for everything you do to make our organization and our community proud. 👏

Congratulations to our Chief Financial Office and Executive Vice President, Thomas Crilly, for being named as a 2024 Rochester Business Journal “Icon Honors” honoree! The Icon Honors recognize area business leaders, over the age of 60, for their notable success and demonstration of strong leadership within and outside their fields, and notes their role in moving the Rochester community forward by growing jobs and making a difference. Thank you to Tom, for your contributions to Rochester Regional Health and to the communities we serve, and congratulations on a well-deserved honor. 👏

"When we talk about access to care, it gives people the opportunity to have a mammogram when they don't have the ability to have that done in their town." - George Fish, RRH Mobile Mammo Unit Tech 🩷 For the past 5 years, our Mobile Mammography Unit 🚌 has been on the move across our communities, bringing essential breast cancer screenings to patients in 8 counties, including areas where patients may have a difficult time accessing mammography services. This Breast Cancer Awareness Month (and all year round!) we are especially grateful for the hard work of our Mobile Mammography team, to the community organizations who have sponsored this essential service, and to the many partners we've had over the years who have hosted screening events. ➡️ Learn more about our Mobile Mammography Unit: https://lnkd.in/gyEw_DxD

Then ➡️ Now After years of planning and hard work, our Regional Care Pavilion at Canton-Potsdam Hospital is officially OPEN! 🏥 With a brand new hospital entrance, expanded main lobby and private registration rooms, expanded Emergency Department and new ED entrance, 60 private medical/surgical rooms, and new nurses' stations, this state-of-the-art, 108,000 square foot expansion will be an incredible resource to our patients and team members in the St. Lawrence region. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/euPZUdMj

Ever wondered what it’s like to be a physical therapist? 💪🦵 RRH PT, Colleen Zuniga, takes us through a workday with her and her team at our Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation office at Ridgeway, and shows us what an average day looks like as a PT. ➡ Want to join our PT team? Visit https://lnkd.in/gc5qvc9V #YourNextBigStep #WereHereForIt

We were proud to be the presenting sponsor for the Making Strides walk in Rochester on Sunday, marking an incredible 16 years of partnership in the battle against breast cancer! 🙌🩷 Despite the cold and rain, we had a great time with all the attendees, volunteers, and community members who showed up with smiles on their faces and in every possible shade of pink. For every breast cancer journey, we're here for it — and we're so grateful for all who have joined us in this mission!

Yesterday, we were honored to host over 200 community and team members at the Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for our new Regional Care Pavilion at Canton-Potsdam Hospital! ✂ Many thanks to everyone who came out to celebrate the hard work of all the team members who have made our new pavilion possible. We look forward to the official GRAND OPENING of our NEW main entrance off of Grove Street to the public on Tuesday, October 15. ➡️ Additional updates and pictures of the new facility can be found at: https://roc.health/RCP

As the country grapples with nationwide physician shortages, Advanced Practice Providers (APPs) - including the many incredible APPs right here at Rochester Regional Health - are stepping up to ensure high-quality care is accessible to all. By allowing APPs to use the full extent of their education, experience, and license - and in the case of our NPs, allowing them to carry their own patient panels, we are witnessing significant improvements in patient outcomes and satisfaction. Empowering APPs to practice at the top of their license isn't just a regulatory advancement - it's a move towards a more efficient, patient-centered healthcare model. In a recent article for the Rochester Business Journal, Selma Mujezinovic DNP, FNP- BC, Vice President, Advanced Practice Providers, talks about the vital role of APPs in our community, our health system, and in patient care. Read the article here: https://lnkd.in/gGb5NPAS

As we kick off Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we're pleased to share a personal story from one of our very own Lipson Cancer Institute team members, Ann Dewar. 🌸 Eleven years ago, Ann found a lump during a self-exam and went on to receive an official breast cancer diagnosis, which was followed by a double mastectomy and chemotherapy to help both treat the cancer and prevent it from returning. Now, Ann works directly with with the many patients who walk through our doors at Lipson, hopeful that those going through their own cancer journey might be comforted to know that like them, she's been there too. 🩷

🎉 Celebrating an extra sweet milestone: 25 years ago this month, our August Family Birth Place welcomed its very first newborn at Park Ridge Hospital (now known as Unity Hospital)! With the area's first open courtyard, alternative labor therapies, and homelike rooms, the founding staff members of the August Family Birth Place hoped to offer families a "one-of-a-kind" birthing experience. And now, 32,000 deliveries and 25 years later, the sentiment remains the same (as do five of the unit's original nurses, who are still on the team today!). 🙏 Thank you to the August family, all of our team members, our volunteers, and of course, all of the patients and families who have trusted us with their care - we look forward to being here for the community for many more years to come. ➡️ Read more about the August Family Birth Place's anniversary and what our nurses had to say about it here: https://lnkd.in/g-BHQTUr