
Jon Harris
Health Care Reporter at Buffalo News
Reporter at @TheBuffaloNews interested in health care, other topics. President of @BuffaloGuild. @dailyorange alum. @Broncos fan. | [email protected]
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4 days ago |
buffalonews.com | Jon Harris
The former TLC-Lakeshore Medical Center in Irving has sat vacant for more than five years. It may return to use soon. New York Medical Center recently completed its $2.1 million acquisition of the former hospital property from Dunkirk-based Brooks-TLC Hospital System.
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4 days ago |
buffalonews.com | Jon Harris
Major labor union 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East late Friday issued 10-day notices of strike to 15 nursing homes across Western New York. About 2,500 union workers at those 15 nursing homes "overwhelmingly voted" this week to authorize a one-week strike if new contracts are not soon reached, 1199SEIU said.
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6 days ago |
buffalonews.com | Jon Harris
The changes to personnel in top posts at the VA Western New York Healthcare System have continued recently, according to an email the health system sent last month to community leaders. Leadership has been in flux at the VA since August, when two top executives were transferred to non-patient-facing roles amid an investigation into treatment delays for veterans.
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1 week ago |
buffalonews.com | Jon Harris
The premise is simple: It's hard for a person to be healthy without access to safe housing, nutritious food and reliable transportation. That said, a solution to that problem has long been elusive, driving health inequities in cities such as Buffalo. "If we don't have those basic needs met, people aren't able to be well," said Kathryn Diebold, vice president of behavioral health and wellness programs at Jewish Family Services of Western New York.
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1 week ago |
buffalonews.com | Jon Harris
Western New York's largest health system is searching for a new leader for its flagship hospital on the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus. Beth Hughes, who started as president of Buffalo General Medical Center/Gates Vascular Institute in October 2022, worked her last day at Kaleida Health last week. In a statement, Kaleida provided no reason for her departure, which creates another executive void for the health system to fill.
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Leadership has been in flux at the VA in Buffalo since August, when two top executives were transferred to non-patient-facing roles amid an investigation into treatment delays for veterans https://t.co/55xMxV86Jy

Buffalo News parent Lee Enterprises reports another quarter with a net loss. The report also sheds some light on the financial impact of the cybersecurity attack at Lee: $2 million in restoration costs plus disrupted advertising and subscription revenue https://t.co/1MctdzROp2

Here is the full statement today from People Inc. President and CEO Anne McCaffrey https://t.co/SAXvFz4ayG

The man will be transferred into the custody of the state Office for People with Developmental Disabilities once he's released from the custody of the Erie County Sheriff's Office. https://t.co/NXwfHy0P6l