Rochester Regional Health

Rochester Regional Health has announced the appointment of Michael Rulffes, MBA, as the new President and Chief Operating Officer of Clifton Springs Hospital & Clinic and Newark-Wayne Community Hospital. Rulffes steps into the role following ... more

A nationwide shortage of intravenous (IV) fluids is placing significant strain on hospital systems across the country, including Rochester Regional Health, following disruptions caused by Hurricane Helene. The shortage stems from the temporary shutdown of ... more

Rochester Regional Health (RRH) has opened its new Victor Medical Campus, a nearly 10,000-square-foot facility designed to bring a wide range of healthcare services under one roof. The campus, located in the Cobblestone Court plaza ... more

Rochester Regional Health (RRH) has broken ground on a new 58,000-square-foot medical campus in Geneva, New York. The facility, located at 833 Canandaigua Rd., will centralize both new and existing practices in one location, offering ... more

Two Rochester Regional Health hospitals, Clifton Springs Hospital & Clinic and Newark-Wayne Community Hospital, are being recognized for how they approach geriatric surgery. They have achieved Level 1 Comprehensive Excellence status from the Geriatric Surgery ... more

Cold and flu season is here, and with that comes other respiratory viruses like RSV. This season hospitals and medical offices are seeing more cases of RSV and the flu than they have in recent ... more

Last week Rochester General Hospital made headlines when its emergency department was forced to go on diversion. This means it had to turn away non-life threatening situations. It was temporary, and within hours of the ... more

Health systems across the region will have to get employees vaccinated immediately, or face consequences of the state's vaccine mandate. After weeks of uncertainty around the September mandate requiring all healthcare workers at large healthcare ... more

Rochester General Hospital is expanding its hospital to enhance emergency room care. The hospital giant will build a structure outside of the emergency department in Rochester to expand care. Hospital officials announced the change on ... more

Finger Lakes-area hospitals are moving forward with their plans to require all healthcare workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19 in the coming weeks. It's a statewide mandate that has sparked concern among some that staff ... more

Hospitals say they're still dealing with the impacts of Covid-19 despite progress being made toward the virus. The University of Rochester Medical Center doctors are seeing two to five new patients admitted each day with ... more

A number of local hospitals are increasing visitation, as cases of COVID-19 in the Finger Lakes deceases. Effective Monday, April 5, visitation at Rochester General Hospital, Unity Hospital, Clifton Springs Hospital & Clinic, Newark-Wayne Community Hospital, and ... more

Rochester Regional Health President & CEO Eric Bieber, MD, has announced that he plans to retire in July. Now the Rochester Regional Board of Directors will be tasked with conducting a search for his successor ... more

One of the nursing homes operated by Rochester Regional Health here in the Finger Lakes saw the worst of the coronavirus pandemic. As of January 22 there had been 108 cases of COVID-19 among residents ... more

Rochester Regional Health and St. Lawrence Health System announced that they have obtained all regulatory approvals and finalized an affiliation between the two. It will allow St. Lawrence Health System to continue to elevate the ... more

Dr. Steven Schulz says getting a flu shot is even more important this year, than it has been in the past. He's the Pediatric Medical Director for Rochester Regional Health's Monroe County practices, as well ... more