Emerging Parternships in Health

The University of Rochester Medical Center continues to reach beyond its campus, collaborating with other organizations to improve access to care and overall community health. For example, in a partnership with Unity Health, a clear path to treatment for patients with eating disorders is now in existence for upstate New York patients. Golisano Children's Hospital at Strong physicians provide intensive outpatient counseling and, when necessary, refer teens to a new specialized facility at Unity St. Mary's for further treatment.

Another collaboration with Unity is a unique State Department of Health pilot program through which Strong Memorial cardiac specialists provide oversight and work together with Unity physicians on-site to perform nonemergency coronary angioplasties and stenting procedures. The program makes nonemergency treatment readily available to patients who live on the northwest side of the region.

The Medical Center also worked with Rochester General Hospital to solve a neurologist shortage by forming a partnership with Rochester General Hospital. Under the agreement, Rochester General is now an affiliate of the Medical Center's neuromedicine program, with the Medical Center neurologists located on-site at Rochester General, providing additional staff to the hospital's Stroke Center and general neurological care. The Medical Center plans to recruit eight new full-time faculty neurologists to serve at Rochester General.