FINGER LAKES HEALTH SYSTEMS AGENCY PUBLICATIONS RECENT PUBLICATIONS | OLDER PUBLICATIONS RECENT PUBLICATIONS AVAILABILITY OF PHYSICIAN SERVICES IN THE ROCHESTER AREA [FULL REPORT] Availability of Physician Services in the Rochester Area seeks to measure the present supply and attributes of physicians, determine whether there is sufficient physician capacity, and examine whether or not the area is supportive of physician's practice of medicine. The study serves as a follow-up to a series of like studies performed over the past two decades. COMMUNITY HEALTH SCAN [FULL REPORT] The Community Health Scan documents the health status, the current availability of health and medical care services, trends in utilization of those services, and the relationships of service availability and utilization to health status in the nine-county Finger Lakes region. The scan endeavors to deliver data that is accurate, objective, and as comprehensive as possible. THE IMPORTANCE OF ORAL HEALTH [FULL REPORT] Co-authored by the FLHSA and the S2AY Rural Health Network and published in June of 2009, The Importance of Oral Health examines oral health in Allegany, Cayuga, Chemung, Livingston, Ontario, Schuyler, Seneca, Steuben, Wayne, and Yates counties. Included in the report are needs assessments for each individual county, tables of dentists for each county, and recommendations. NEEDS ASSESSMENT FOR TELEHEALTH APPLICATIONS IN THE SOUTHER FINGER LAKES [FULL REPORT] This report assesses the need and demand for telehealth applications in the Southern Finger Lakes (Chemung, Schuyler, and Steuben counties). It includes an assessment of the readiness and barriers to utilizing telehealth applications in the region. NUESTRA SALUD 2008: REPORT OF THE HEALTH STATUS OF THE FINGER LAKES REGION'S LATINO POPULATION [FULL REPORT | EXECUTIVE SUMMARY] The Nuestra Salud ("Our Health") report identifies pressing health issues confronting the local Latino community, and offers strategies to expand access to care, reduce the uninsured Latino population, help healthcare providers meet the unique needs of Latinos, and empower the Latino community to be better health care consumers. "WHAT'S GOIN ON?": REPORT OF THE HEALTH STATUS OF AFRICAN AMERICANS IN THE FINGER LAKES [FULL REPORT | EXECUTIVE SUMMARY] Asking- and answering- Marvin Gaye's famous question, this report identifies the pressing health issues confronting the local African-American community, specifically exploring the link between cultural environment and behavior in health care. It is hoped this report spurs broad discussion within the African-American community, as well as making a collective call for community action. OLDER PUBLICATIONS ACUTE BED NEED TASK FORCE [FULL REPORT] Convened in April 2007, the Acute Bed Need Task Force was convened to determine how many beds are needed for medical, surgical, pediatric, intensive care, and physical rehabiliation patients in the Rochester area. The report makes a recommendation for the current hospital patient volume and a recommendation about how many beds are needed in Monroe County by 2015 to meet the needs of the Finger Lakes region. CAPACITY AND USE OF HIGH TECH MEDICAL SERVICES IN UPSTATE NEW YORK [VIEW] This report is the product of a collaboration between the FLHSA and Excellus BlueCross BlueShield and provides an inventory of high technology health care services in the Upstate New York area including cardiac catheterization laboratories; CT, MRI, and PET scanners; lithotripters; megavoltage radiation therapy units; and surgical centers. COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY UTILIZATION REPORT CALENDAR YEAR 2006 [VIEW] | CALENDAR YEAR 2007 [VIEW] The Computed Tomography (CT) Utilization Report is an annual report that provides a capacity review of CT scanners, CT utilization, access to scanners, staffing, and the cost impact of CT scans in the Finger Lakes region. DEAF HEALTH TASK FORCE REPORT [VIEW] This 2004 report describes barriers to health care experienced by Monroe County's Deaf population, and presents a series of ambitious recommendations to improve the quality of care for the Deaf community. MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING UTILIZATION REPORT CALENDAR YEAR 2005 [VIEW] | CALENDAR YEAR 2007 [VIEW] The Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Utilization Report is an annual report that provides a capacity review of MRI scanners, MRI utilization, access to scanners, staffing, and the cost impact of MRI scans in the Finger Lakes region. POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY UTILIZATION REPORT CALENDAR YEAR 2007 [VIEW] The Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Utilization Report is an annual report that provides a capacity review of PET scanners, PET utilization, access to scanners, staffing, and the cost impact of PET scans in the Finger Lakes region. MONROE COUNTY HOSPICE NEEDS ASSESSMENT TASK FORCE [VIEW] This 2004 report examines the increasing utilization of hospice services in the Rochester area, and projects future need of hospice services. NON-ACUTE PATIENTS IN ACUTE CARE BEDS [VIEW] This 2005 report examines how Alternate Level of Care (ALC) and other non-acute patients fail to receive the best possible care and create a substantial burden on hospitals and many nursing homes. NUESTRA SALUD HOY [VIEW] This 2004 chartbook documents demographic and health data of the Latino community in the Rochester area. [VIEW] RADIATION THERAPY SERVICES UPDATE [VIEW] This report provides information on the availability and utilization of radiation therapy services in the Finger Lakes region of New York based on data collected by survey in 2004. ROCHESTER HOSPITALS...CAN WE FIND MORE ROOM WITHOUT ADDING MORE BEDS? [VIEW] This 2005 report examines local trends in inpatient hospital service utilization for Monroe County residents, and is intended to raise community awareness about high occupancy rates and prevent the need for additions to inpatient capacity. About Us | Publications | Data Sources | CON Review Log | Staff | Directions | Links Projects | 2020 Commission | Sage Commission | African-American HC | Latino HC Last update: 9 June 2009 | Contact