Category Archives: Healthcare

Business Report: Everyone Is Their Own Movie

June 18, 2020June 19, 2020

Bill Murray, Ph.D., is a partner in Keene Murray Therapy.

By Bill Murray and Gretta Keene

Relationships lie at the heart of a business. As psychotherapists, we have observed that effective communication promotes healthy relationships. And healthy relationships will improve the outcome, whatever challenges your business is currently facing.

We teach our clients this important and often overlooked principle of effective communication: Everyone is in their own movie.

We all tend to assume that others are experiencing life in the same way we are. In fact, that’s why we’re often puzzled—or outraged—by other people’s words and actions. Their behaviors don’t make sense in our movie, so we label them wrong or bad or stupid or worse.

COVID-19 Pandemic Grounds Adirondack Balloon Festival For September 2020

June 18, 2020June 19, 2020

The popular Adirondack Balloon Festival based in Queensbury is canceled for 2020.
Courtesy Adirondack Balloon Festival

The board of directors of the Adirondack Balloon Festival has announced the cancelation of this year’s event due to restrictions involving the COVID-19 pandemic.

The board “is disappointed” to lose the popular festival that was slated for Sept. 17- 20, it said in a new release.

“The most important part in planning in an event of this magnitude is safety. Safety is not only for our balloon pilots, but also includes our spectators, law enforcement, public works, fire and rescue staff, vendors, volunteers, musical acts, and our landowners in the region,” said Mark Donahue, board president.

Adirondack Health Institute Gets Five-Year Grant To Help Reduce The Use Of Tobacco

June 7, 2019June 7, 2019

BPI Mechanical in Waterford worked on the creation of the Thatcher Park Visitor’s Center.

Adirondack Health Institute was awarded a five-year grant by the state Department of Health Bureau of Tobacco Control to support the reduction and prevention of tobacco use in Warren, Washington, and Saratoga counties.
Advancing Tobacco-Free Communities (ATFC) will engage and educate community leaders and members, leverage resources, and mobilize organizations to advance local tobacco control efforts.

Saratoga Hospital Upgrades Robot-Assisted Surgical Technology With New Equipment

June 7, 2019June 7, 2019

Saratoga Hospital invested about $2 million to purchase new surgical robot technology.
Courtesy Saratoga Hospital

Saratoga Hospital recently invested about $2 million in robot-assisted surgical technology to give patients increased access to the most advanced minimally invasive surgeries.
Funds were used to purchase the latest-generation surgical robot—the da Vinci Xi—as a second robotic system at the hospital, as well as to upgrade the hospital’s existing robotic system to the newest technology.

Saratoga Springs Company Will Launch Nationwide Push Of Its Healthcare Software

June 7, 2019June 7, 2019

David Theobald, seated, and Michael Zinni of Davin Workforce Solutions.
©2019 Saratoga Photographer.com

by Christine Graf
Saratoga Springs healthcare technology company Davin Workforce Solutions is preparing for the nationwide launch of their newly-developed software.
The software was designed to help healthcare organizations and nursing schools manage and streamline the credentialing of their clinical staff and students. It allows customers to securely store documents on its cloud-based servers.

Local Woman Starts A Business Selling CBD To People In Need Of Pain Management

June 7, 2019June 7, 2019

Ella DiPietro of Saratoga Springs has opened the Saratoga CBD Co.
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By Susan E. Campbell
Hemp and its plant oil extract, cannabidiol, or CBD, are becoming popular for people to invest in. One local business, Saratoga CBD Co., has located in Saratoga Springs.
The owner is Ella DiPietro, once a stay-at-home mom with experience in sales and degrees in sports management and nutrition.

Capital Area Physical Therapy And Wellness Device Measures Unseen Human Movements

June 8, 2018June 11, 2018

A patient wears a sensory technology device to measure unseen human movements.

Capital Area Physical Therapy and Wellness in Malta and Queensbury is offering Dorasvi, a revolutionary wearable sensory technology based out of Australia that is used by several professional sports organizations around the world like the New York Islanders and European Premier League Clubs.

Dorsavi technology includes small wireless sensors that contain an accelerometer, a gyroscope and a magnetometer to measure parts of human movement that are unseen to the human eye. The portable, motion-capture technology records data at 200 frames per second and gives the therapists a real-time biomechanical analysis to accurately assess, prevent, and manage injuries and guide rehabilitation.

Saratoga Hospital Meets Funding Goal For Improvements To Its Surgical, ICU Facilities

June 8, 2018June 11, 2018

Visitors, volunteers and staff of Saratoga Hospital recently toured one of the new state-of-the-art operating rooms resulting from the hospital’s $8 million capital campaign.
Courtesy Saratoga Hospital

Saratoga Hospital celebrated in May the closing of its capital campaign for surgical and intensive care services.

The campaign began with a $4 million goal that was doubled to $8 million, due to the community’s motivated response to help secure support for burgeoning surgical and critical care volumes, hospital officials said.

The campaign supported the largest capital project in the hospital’s history—its new Surgical Pavilion and the Marylou Whitney and Desmond DelGiacco, MD, Intensive Care Unit. In total, the five-year campaign raised $8 million toward the total costs that exceeded $32 million.

Burn Boot Camp In Clifton Park Provides A Friendly And Non-Judgmental Atmosphere

June 8, 2018June 11, 2018

Burn Boot Camp Christa Resavy oversees one of her trainers at the facility she oversees at at 1758 Route 9 in Clifton Park. The 4,000-square-foot facility is in Parkwood Plaza.

By Jennifer Farnsworth

For people wanting to get in shape and looking for a comfortable, judge-free zone to do so, Christa Resavy says Burn Boot Camp in Clifton Park is the place.

She said this fitness arena provides results through a workout that people will want to maintain for life. Originally from Glenville, Resavy is running the Clifton Park location from her North Carolina home. She said she is excited to see the Capital District experience this new take on getting, and staying, in shape.

Resavy said after attending the College of Saint Rose, she met her husband and began traveling across the country for his career. She said throughout various moves, she was able to find friends and connect through exercise programs. After tearing her ACL while in her current location of Raleigh, N.C., she said she began to look around for a place that would allow her to slowly get back into her love of physical fitness. She found a local Burn Boot Camp, and immediately felt it was the perfect match for her.

NYS Health Connector Website Allows Quick Access To Wide Range Of Health Information

June 8, 2018June 11, 2018

Following a rigorous approval process with months of preparation, Saratoga Hospital has been designated a Diagnostic Imaging Center of Excellence (DICOE) by the American College of Radiology (ACR), said to be the highest form of recognition an imaging department can receive nationally.

The designation applies to the imaging facilities at both the hospital and Wilton Medical Arts locations, the first to earn this recognition in Upstate New York north of Orange County and east of Buffalo, according to the hospital.