More Patients Chose ECMC for Care in 2018 Than Ever Inpatient stays exceed 20,000 for first time in hospital’s history; bariatrics, head & neck, orthopaedic and transplant surgery increases contribute to historic 2018 operations BUFFALO, NEW YORK — Erie County Medical Center Corporation (ECMCC) today announced that the hospital in 2018 continued to see a record number of patients. For ... »
By Peter J. Ciotta Did you know that African Americans who live in five ZIP codes on Buffalo’s East Side (14204, 14206, 14211, 14212, and 14215) experience many of the worst health outcomes in Erie County? They are more likely to have serious chronic and often preventable diseases, and also more likely to die 12 years earlier than Caucasians who live outside of these areas. These findings were fir... »
ECMC Kidney Transplantation Program Receives HRSA Grant $1.2 million Grant Awarded for Social and Behavioral Interventions to Increase Solid Organ and Tissue Donation BUFFALO, NEW YORK—Erie County Medical Center (ECMC) Corporation today announced the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has awarded a $1.2 million grant ($400,000/year for ... »
Health Plan Awards Hospitals $24.2 Million for Quality Improvements Thirty-eight upstate New York hospitals and health centers, including eight in Western New York, shared $24.2 million in quality improvement incentives paid by Univera Healthcare and its Rochester parent. Quality incentives reflect 2017 performance against specific quality measures. Since the program launched in 2005, the health i... »
Erie County Medical Center Department of Dentistry Awarded U.S. Department of Health and Human Services HRSA Grant Five-year $763,626 Career Development Grant Allocated to Train Doctoral Dental Students to Treat Special Needs Patients; will help eliminate oral health disparities among the medically underserved special needs population in Western New York BUFFALO, NEW YORK—ECMC Corporation today ... »
ECMC Internal Medicine Center Earns NCQA Patient-Centered Medical Home Recognition National organization’s quality standards based on use of systematic, patient-centered, coordinated care that supports access, communication and patient involvement BUFFALO, NEW YORK—Erie County Medical Center (ECMC) Corporation today announced that the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) informed ECMC t... »
Univera Healthcare and its Rochester Parent Award Hospitals $22.9 Million for Quality Improvements Forty upstate New York hospitals and health centers, including ten in Western New York, shared $22.9 million in quality improvement incentives paid by Univera Healthcare and its Rochester parent. Quality incentives reflect 2016 performance against specific quality measures. Since the program launched... »
Addressing Cardiac Care Disparity in Niagara “George,” a 56-year-old unemployed welder, was complaining of chest pain when he walked into the emergency room at Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center. His unemployment assistance expired, he was living on public assistance and barely getting by in a drafty apartment with an aging, undependable furnace. “Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t,” h... »
State-of-the-art rooms continue hospital’s patient-care efforts BUFFALO, NY – March, 12, 2015 – Erie County Medical Center today cut the ribbon on a $12.5 million expansion in the main hospital building to provide 22 state-of-the-art, in-patient, private rooms for orthopedic patient recovery. The new rooms, approved by the state Health Department, support two continuing trends at the Grider Street... »
