Oswego Hospital maternity team. The hospital ranks among the best hospitals for maternity care by U.S. News & World Report.
Mike Backus ON… Shortage of workers “I am immensely proud of Oswego Health’s efforts building career development pipelines for caregivers working in partnership with Cayuga Community College, Sean Broderick and the Fulton City School District, New Visions through CiTi BOCES, just to name a few. These programs have helped us demonstrate the opportunities in healthcare to local students who then can enter programs to learn nursing and other clinical skills. Marq Brown, vice president of human resources and chief people officer for Oswego Health, leads our recruiting and retention efforts building the next generation of caregivers for our community.”
Competition from largest health centers “I’m a competitive guy by nature and I believe Oswego Health is an emerging leader in healthcare in Central New York. We proved our ability to care for this community through the pandemic and continue to build upon those efforts. Coupled with that community support, I am noticing a trend of people who want to remain local for their care. Traveling to Syracuse or Rochester for a primary care visit or orthopedic consult isn’t easy and we’ve built a system at Oswego Health
that I think offers patients quality care in a convenient setting. Our focus on providing high quality, accessible, and affordable care makes us competitive with anyone.”
Trend forcing smaller hospitals to join larger systems “Trends change and I think patients are noticing that bigger isn’t always better in healthcare. Again, our focus is on high-quality, accessible and affordable care that is patient-centric. That’s how we have provided care for this community for over 142 years as a sole, community hospital. Oswego Health made prudent, at times conservative, financial decisions and saved for tough times like healthcare is facing today. That’s allowed us to invest in our workforce to ensure patients have the skilled caregivers they need when they need them. We were able to make some of those real-time decisions because they were made locally, here at Oswego Health in consultation with our volunteer community board. We can adapt. We can innovate. And we can pivot in real time. That’s how we cared for this community for the last 142 years and it’s how we’ll continue to care for this community.”
Oswego Health At a Glance 110 West Sixth St. Oswego, NY 13126 315-349-5511 www.oswegohealth.org President and Chief Executive Officer Michael C. Backus Medical Director or equivalent Duane Tull, MD Chief Financial Officer or equivalent Eric Campbell Chief Nursing Officer or equivalent Kathryn Pagliaroli Chief Branding Officer Jamie Leszczynski Number of Employees: 1,245 Licensed Physicians: 251 Number of Beds: 164 Inpatient Visits in 2021: 4,965 Outpatient Visits in 2021: 303,086 Visits to Emergency Department in 2021: 26,273 Number of Surgeries in 2021: 4,409 Source: 2023 CNY Healthcare Guide
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