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More Than Medicine: May 2011
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Saturday, May 21, 2011. 97% voted for the Bridge Agreement. On Thursday Community General employees ratified the Bridge Agreement. As negotiated by 1199SEIU and hospital management. The Bridge Agreement was supported by 97% of the voters. Ratification of the new collective bargaining agreement is a notable accomplishment that helps set the stage for Community's employees making the transition to Upstate University Hospital at Community General. Posted by Tom Quinn. Links to this post. Actually, the combi...
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More Than Medicine: "Seize this very minute"
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Tuesday, July 5, 2011. Seize this very minute". Sometime after he succeeded John L. Brown. The founding President and CEO of Community General Hospital, Jerry Harris. Presented each of his vice presidents with a poem, displayed in small plastic stand for desk or book shelf. Jerry became President and CEO in 1982, and it was probably several years later when he handed out the short verse by Johann van Goethe. Here is a translation by John Anster. Lose this day loitering - 'twill be the same story. One of ...
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More Than Medicine: The vote to approve
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Sunday, June 12, 2011. The vote to approve. On Friday morning the Upstate Medical University's Certificate of Need (CON) application was the “main event” at a committee of the newly-reconstituted Public Health and Health Planning Council of the Department of Health. The Establishment and Project Review Committee voted to approve. Upstate’s application, a significant step in completing the combination with Community General Hospital. Hospital - before deciding that the community’s interests would be...
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More Than Medicine: Remembering Mrs. Brown
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Sunday, September 28, 2008. Remembering Mrs. Brown. Thursday, was the widow of John L. Brown, the founding President and CEO. Of Community General Hospital. Mr. Brown was hired in 1958 to design and build the new Community Hospital. On Onondaga Hill in Syracuse, NY. He retired in 1982 and died in 1986. Today, I recall Mrs. Brown, her work at Community General as a founding member of the Auxiliary and as a Volunteer, her life in the community, and the love and support she gave to family and friends.
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More Than Medicine: My first "family letter"
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Saturday, October 19, 2002. My first "family letter". It was three weeks yesterday, October 18, that the Board of Directors asked me to serve as CGH’s President and CEO. It is a privilege to have been asked and an honor to serve in this role. In those three weeks I have had a number of meetings, often more than one, with our Medical Staff leaders, with our Board of Directors, with employees, and with Syracuse area business and community leaders. In these meetings I am asked similar questions:. This is my...
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More Than Medicine: Where we came from
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Saturday, November 16, 2002. Where we came from. In the early morning hours of January 1, 1963, a baby girl was born at Community Hospital, its first patient. Her birth in the brand new hospital was the result of more than ten years of community planning, including two false-starts. How to build the new hospital? Thousands of people participated in the campaign, many of them pledging small amounts to be deducted from their paychecks every week. The payments were received over several years from emplo...
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More Than Medicine: "A job well done"
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Sunday, June 12, 2011. A job well done". Because of the Department of Health meeting in New York last Friday, I was not able to return to Syracuse in time for the annual Service Recognition Dinner for Community General employees and for recent retirees. This was, I think, the first Recognition Dinner I have missed for Community. I am sorry to have missed it, it being a poignant evening as the last one under Community’s independent status. ODE TO MY ADOPTED FAMILY. When I was very young you took me in.
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More Than Medicine: From the Board Chairman
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Monday, April 25, 2011. From the Board Chairman. This letter from Steven Infanti, Sr., appears today in the Post-Standard. Much has been written about Upstate Medical University’s planned acquisition of Community General Hospital. This combination will have significant benefits for our community and our region. However, there also exist opportunities for doctors and hospitals to work together in new ways and in new structures to improve health care. 9679; It solves two problems with one cost-effective st...
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More Than Medicine: Why 1199SEIU is worried
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Saturday, May 7, 2011. Why 1199SEIU is worried. A recent letter writer. To the Post-Standard suggested that Community General’s plans with Upstate University Hospital are somehow part of an “attack” on workers’ rights. But the letter writer misunderstood what is happening at Community General. When Community becomes part of Upstate University Hospital, employees will continue to be represented by unions. This week 1199SEIU held a rally in downtown Syracuse at which critical comments were made about Upsta...
