The healthcare industry contributes to approximately 10 percent of carbon emissions across the United States alone—using daily energy for processes like building heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning, anesthesia gases, and vehicles and machinery.…
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Key open job positions with increased sign-on bonuses include those in nursing, radiology, laboratory, physical and occupational therapy, operating rooms, and emergency departments, among other areas.…
Bassett Healthcare Network announced on Thursday, August 24 that Bassett Research Institute has hosted a week-long symposium to build upon the successes of its partnership with Umeå University’s Department of Epidemiology and Global Health. Umeå University is one of Sweden's largest institutions of higher education, with more than 34,000 students and 4,000 faculty and staff.…
Opportunities for Otsego’s Head Start program has opened enrollment for pregnant people and children up to the age of 5 for the 2023-2024 program year. Head Start is a no-cost preschool program that prepares 3- and 4-year-old children for kindergarten. Open play and guided activities promote learning skills, language, and physical and socio-emotional development.…
In a recent column, I shared my confidence that Bassett Healthcare Network is poised to meet post-pandemic healthcare challenges and emerge thriving on the other side. Today, I want to highlight what exactly that means for you—our patients and community neighbors. Labor shortages are posing problems in many industries, but in healthcare it is more than an economic crisis. Staff shortages lead to longer wait times for appointments, test results, hospital beds and treatment—all of which can potentially result in…
Recent national news reports have called into question annual charity care spending at nonprofit hospitals across the U.S. despite rising operating profits and cash reserves. Charity care, which is free or discounted medical services that hospitals and health systems offer to patients who otherwise cannot afford treatment, includes inpatient and emergency room care.…
Bassett Healthcare Net-work and Hartwick College are launching joint simulation labs for first-year Bassett residents and nursing students. This is the first time Bassett residents are partnering with Hartwick nursing students in simulation labs.…
Bassett Healthcare Network recently announced the latest expansion of its K-9 security team. Remi, a 15-month-old Rottweiler and his handler, Officer Lynda May, have joined Hudson and handler, Officer Robert Meiser, and Coal and handler, Officer Ryan Salisbury in the organization’s growing K-9 force.…
Walsh Begins Another Charity Through-Hike OTSEGO COUNTY Tom Walsh of Worcester, a 65-year-old hiker and cancer survivor, set out on a 200-mile charity fundraiser through-hike of Otsego County on June 1. He plans to visit all 20 state forests, five Otsego Land Trust conservation areas, and all 24 towns in the county. Walsh is using the hike to raise funds and awareness for Otsego Outdoors and the Hannah-Lee House, a residential home for Bassett Medical Center patients and family members.…
Bassett at 100 by Dr. Tommy Ibrahim How Bassett Will Survive and Thrive Dear Friends, Neighbors and Colleagues, As you are almost certainly aware, these are difficult times for health systems nationwide. For over a decade there has been a growing shortage of medical caregivers. Due to burnout following the COVID-19 pandemic, even more people have left clinical professions, and this is now a dire situation. The shortage is national and is especially pronounced in rural areas. The need for…