Kaleida Health

We love being part of the annual Family Health Fair cosponsored with Senator Sean M. Ryan and Assemblywoman Karen McMahon and Amherst Center for Seniors each year. Thank you to the many healthcare providers and local businesses who joined Kaleida Health and affiliates last weekend to share education about the services available to the community and various tips for maintaining your health and safety. View additional photos in our event album. https://lnkd.in/eGjj9vpZ Great Lakes Integrated Network IPA (GLIN IPA) John R. Oishei Children's Hospital

Lori Bruelheide, MBA, was named senior director of capacity management for Kaleida Health. Bruelheide will develop and help implement strategies that enable growth and ensure operational efficiencies. She will be responsible for providing strategic guidance and operational leadership to transfer center operations, bed management, patient flow, and ensuring quality patient care. She received her bachelor’s degree from Eastern Kentucky University in Richmond, KY and her Master of Business Administration from Morehead State University in Morehead, KY. She is also EPIC Certified – Access and Revenue Cycle Readiness. A warm welcome to Lori Bruelheide. https://lnkd.in/erb_kdpn

William Loeffler, PharmD, MBA, has been named vice president, chief pharmacy officer for Kaleida Health. In his new role, Loeffler will focus on pharmacy services across all of Kaleida Health to ensure the best pharmaceutical care while balancing the increasing scope of contemporary medication therapies. Congratulations! https://lnkd.in/ezZX-GaM

The Society for Vascular Surgery’s Vascular Quality Initiative (SVS VQI) has awarded Buffalo General Medical Center/Gates Vascular Institute (BGMC/GVI) three stars – the highest number of stars an organization can achieve – for its active participation in the Registry Participation Program. “We are proud of our vascular care team for this achievement. They are committed to using data to measure the effectiveness of our programs and ultimately improve our long-term patient care and outcomes,” said Beth Hughes, president of BGMC/GVI and Long-Term Care. Congratulations to our team for achieving this designation! The dedication and hard work of our vascular team shine through their daily efforts to enhance BGMC/GVI. #KaleidaHealth #VascularCareTeam #SVSVQI

Our recovery from the CrowdStrike outage is nearly complete. Our IT team has been busy all day, traveling from site to site to bring computer systems back on line. We apologize for any inconvenience this disruption may have caused our patients and their families. Thank you for your patience.

Hear Jessica Canallatos, DDS, MS, share an inspirational story that led to her career as a prosthodontist at The Laurence C. Wright Craniofacial Center. Dr. Canallatos explains the ways in which the clinical team works together to provide optimal outcomes for children born with cleft lip, cleft palate and other birth disorders involving the head and face, along with parental support available through the Miles for Smiles organization. #MedicallySpeaking #MilesforSmiles

Kayla Thorn, BSN, RN, shares the expansion that recently added 5 new rooms to the Emergency Room at Millard Fillmore Suburban Hospital. Hear how the provider in triage process allows patients to start being treated quicker. #MedicalMinute #EmergencyCare

In our latest #MedicalMinute, Mayada Ismail, MD, ABOM, discusses a different solution to weight loss for individuals who have chronically struggled with losing weight through diet and exercise. Endoscopic Sleeve Gastroplasty (ESG) is one of the many minimally invasive weight loss procedures performed at Buffalo General Medical Center/Gates Vascular Institute and is designed to be reversible in patients.

"This is why we work here. We're in IT, but we do this for the kids. We do it for the adults. All of our patients." -Linda Koester, VP of IT Operations at Kaleida Health When Linda Koester, VP of IT Operations for Kaleida Health, was organizing an employee engagement event for her staff, she wanted to find a way to show her team the impact their work has on the patients served through Kaleida Health. And when Kaleida Health partner XenTegra expressed interest in participating, the two made a plan. Members of Kaleida Health's IT team and Xentegra assembled, named and delivered Build-A-Bear plushies to kids at John R. Oishei Children's Hospital with the help of a fuzzy bear mascot! The kids and families couldn't stop smiling and laughing as they received their bears. Thank you to the IT Department and Xentegra FOR thinking of our patients in this fun employee engagement event!

Hear Richard Charles, MD, chief medical officer at General Physician PC, discuss the advances of the physician network and how it is designed to help improve access to health care for patients in WNY. Dr. Charles also shares how the integrated network allows physicians to make recommendations while the patient remains in charge of their care. #MedicallySpeaking #KaleidaHealth #GPPC #HealthCareTransformation