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<title>Adirondack Health adds to string of hospital layoffs</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Dec 10, 2012) Another North Country hospital is laying off employees. Adirondack Health, which owns hospitals, nursing homes and health clinics in the Tri-Lakes area, announced Friday that it&apos;s cutting 17 jobs to help close a $3 million budget shortfall.Adirondack Health is one of several health care organizations across the North Country to announce layoffs in recent months. Last week, Claxton Hepburn Medical Center in Ogdensburg announced it was laying off six employees and had eliminated a total of nine positions. Last month, Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital Medical Center in Plattsburgh laid off 17 employees. Also last month, Glens Falls Hospital announced it was eliminating 29 positions and reducing five other employees to part-time hours.Adirondack Health officials attributed the shortfall to a drop-off in inpatient volume and declining reimbursements. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21044/20121210/adirondack-health-adds-to-string-of-hospital-layoffs">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>EJ Noble Nurses hold vigil in Gouverneur</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Oct 12, 2012) People gathered outside the EJ Noble Hospital in Gouverneur Thursday afternoon, holding signs that read &quot;Save Our Hospital&quot; and &quot;Patient Care First.&quot; They were there for a vigil to support the thirty nurses who have been laid off.EJ Noble was forced to close late last month, after the New York State Department of Health closed down its lab. State officials say they&apos;re working with the hospital to rectify the deficiencies. That includes discussions with Samaritan Medical Center in Watertown about collaborating at EJ Noble lab. The health department says it&apos;s currently reviewing EJ Noble&apos;s plans to address concerns at the lab, and has no time frame for reopening the hospital.Meanwhile, the nurses have all filed for unemployment benefits.  Julie Grant went to a vigil they held Thursday, and spoke with nurses Pat Makiewicz and Ellen Meilleur. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/20657/20121012/ej-noble-nurses-hold-vigil-in-gouverneur">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Good Samaritan submits plan to help EJ Noble</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Oct 5, 2012) Samaritan Medical Center in Watertown is waiting to hear whether it will begin assisting the lab at EJ Noble Hospital.  The NY department of health forced the Gouverneur hospital to shut down last week because of deficiencies with its lab.  Krista Kittle is spokesperson at Good Samaritan. She says they want to help prevent EJ Noble from closing. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/20615/20121005/good-samaritan-submits-plan-to-help-ej-noble">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 05 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Gouverneur worried, still hopeful about hospital</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Oct 4, 2012) The EJ Noble Hospital in Gouverneur remains closed, as officials work to correct problems with the hospital&apos;s lab.  The New York  State Department of Health closed the lab down late last week, which meant the hospital could no longer admit patients.  Eighteen patients were moved to nearby hospitals, and 70 EJ Noble employees have been placed on leave. There&apos;s concern that the longer the hospital remains closed, the less chance it has of re-opening. Samaritan Medical Center in Watertown and Canton-Potsdam Hospital are both considering proposals to help. But people who live in the Gouverneur-area are worried.  The nearest hospital is more than a half-an-hour&apos;s drive away.  Village officials have a date with the health department Friday to talk about possible affiliations with other North Country hospitals that might allow EJ Noble to reopen. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/20604/20121004/gouverneur-worried-still-hopeful-about-hospital">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>EJ Noble Hospital in Gouverneur struggles to reopen</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Oct 3, 2012) EJ Noble hospital in Gouverneur is working correct problems in its laboratory, so the hospital can start admitting patients again.   Administrator Charles Canole says the lab failed state testing, and was forced to close late last week by the New York health department. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/20593/20121003/ej-noble-hospital-in-gouverneur-struggles-to-reopen">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Claxton-Hepburn Medical Center&apos;s history celebrated in new book</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Dec 1, 2011) A new book profiles the early history, founders, and staff of St. Lawrence County’s first hospital, Claxton-Hepburn Medical Center in Ogdensburg.   It opened in 1885, and over the years, the hospital has housed a nursing school and was the first to bring many new health services to the region, including an artificial kidney machine in the late 1960&apos;s. Todd Moe talks with Cyndy Clusen and Kelsey Redpath, creators of the latest Arcadia photo book that celebrates Claxton-Hepburn&apos;s past.  They&apos;ll lead a discussion about the hospital and the new book at the Brewer Bookstore in Canton this Saturday afternoon at 1 pm. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/18859/20111201/claxton-hepburn-medical-center-apos-s-history-celebrated-in-new-book">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>AMC exec Ralph talks in-depth about coming health care battles</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Jan 17, 2011) Health care is likely to top the agenda of state and federal lawmakers in the coming weeks, as New York’s new governor aims to reform the Medicaid system and Congress considers a measure to repeal last year’s health care reform legislation.Chris Morris sat down to talk about possible changes to the health care system with Chandler Ralph, head of Adirondack Medical Center.Ralph says hospitals in the North Country want lawmakers to take a measured approach, and she opposes a wholesale scrapping of the Federal healthcare reform plan. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/16998/20110117/amc-exec-ralph-talks-in-depth-about-coming-health-care-battles">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Hospital waste, not wasted</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Nov 27, 2009) Hospitals throw out millions of dollars worth of unused medical supplies every year. They&apos;re outdated, somebody ordered too much, infection control protocols. Whatever.  Tons of supplies wind up in landfills — but non-profit groups are collecting more and more useful items and shipping them to developing countries.  As part of a collaboration with Northeast public radio stations, Josie Huang of Maine Public Radio reports. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/14800/20091127/hospital-waste-not-wasted">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>A follow-up on Washington&apos;s prescriptions for health care reform</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Nov 17, 2009) A new Associated Press poll suggests Americans hold a widely shared conviction that major health care changes are needed. But they&apos;re virtually split down the middle on whether health care plans being discussed in Congress are the right way to go. The poll suggests Americans are worried that the fine print could cost them money, and that opponents have stronger feelings on the issue than do supporters. In May, Martha Foley spoke with David Acker, CEO of Canton Potsdam Hospital, about how the health care reform conversation was shaping up for small hospitals, in rural areas like the North Country. He was back in the studio this morning, for a follow-up conversation. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/14736/20091117/a-follow-up-on-washington-apos-s-prescriptions-for-health-care-reform">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Hospital expansion plan forces debate over change in Potsdam</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Jun 2, 2009) From Washington to Albany, the future of America&apos;s health care system is on the table. New York State has already closed and consolidated several hospitals in a planned restructuring that won’t wrap up until at least 2011. In Potsdam, though, the hospital is hoping to expand. But not everyone’s cheering. The Canton-Potsdam Hospital is in a residential area – with Potsdam High School across one street, and single family homes on other sides. Neighbors are worried about big new medical buildings and more traffic. As Jonathan Brown reports, the expansion has sparked debate over change and how to make it work for the hospital, its neighbors and the future of the village. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/13651/20090602/hospital-expansion-plan-forces-debate-over-change-in-potsdam">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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