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	Rome Memorial Hospital awarded grant to upgrade wireless network
	The Rome Community Foundation has awarded Rome Memorial Hospital a grant of $40,000 for improvements to its wireless network for Internet access. The first phase of the wireless-infrastructure upgrade is underway, Bruce Peterson, chief information officer at Rome Memorial, said in a news release.

	Study says Oneida, Broome physician practices are major economic drivers
	The nearly 200 physician practices in Oneida County drove more than $300 million into the county's economy in 2008 through the employment of more than 2,200 physicians and staff members. At the same time, the estimated 130 practices in Broome County contributed more than $400 million in 2008 while employing 2,000 people.

	Study says Onondaga County physician practices are major economic drivers
	The more than 400 physician practices in Onondaga County drove $1 billion into the county's economy in 2008 through the employment of nearly 6,000 physicians and staff members. That's according to a new report on private-practice physicians in New York. The Onondaga County Medical Society released details about the study on Monday.

	Report says cost of treating diabetes Upstate tops $2 billion
	Annual treatment for people diagnosed with diabetes in upstate New York costs about $2.5 billion, according to a report from Excellus BlueCross BlueShield. About 377,000 Upstate adults, or about one in 10, have been diagnosed with diabetes, a figure that's up by 81,000 compared to five years ago, the report says.

	CDPHP adds in-house behavioral-health unit
	Health insurer Capital District Physicians’ Health Plan (CDPHP) has introduced an in-house behavioral-health unit. The unit will focus on psychiatric care, treatment of mental-health issues, and treatment of chemical dependency, including alcohol and substance abuse.

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Business Of The Week

	Medical Coaches reopens door to Middle East by Kristina Martino
	ONEONTA - Medical Coaches, Inc. stopped selling its mobile medical equipment to the Middle East market in 1973 when the region cut off oil exports to nations, including the United States, which supported Israel in its conflict with Syria and Egypt.&l

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	Health-care legislation raises fears over choice and options by Tom Morgan
	Here are two fears the federal health-care reform legislation raises: If you are a certain person in certain situations, big government will make decisions about your health care - instead of you. Secondly, government, not you, will decide what care

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	Breaking News CNYBJ Binghamton University launches philanthropy incubator
	The Binghamton University student-run Philanthropy Incubator Project is now accepting applications from local nonprofit organizations. Organizations that wish to apply for grants of up to $10,000 must be located in the Southern Tier or Central New York region and serve low-income youths below age 18 and/or adults above age 65. The organization must have been an internship or field placement site for Binghamton University social work or public administration students in the past year.

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From The Publisher

	Understanding health-care cost-drivers is the key to reform
	Everyone assumes that health-care costs in America are rising too rapidly. “On a per-capita basis, health-care spending increased by a factor of six between 1965 and 2005, after adjusting for inflation,” say Jason D. Fodeman and Robert A. Book, co-authors of a Heritage Foundation study entitled “Bending the Curve: What Really Drives Health Care Spending” (February 17, 2010).

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	Is the Jobs Picture Getting Any Clearer or Brighter?
	To say the job market has been slow to recover is a vast understatement. Even though the economy grew for the entire second half of last year — 2.2 percent in the third quarter and 5.9 percent in the fourth quarter — employers have continued to cut jobs and have been reluctant to hire.

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	How to Fly Safely With An Angel Investor
	The landscape for financing early-stage companies continues to evolve, as does the rest of our economic system. As venture-capital (VC) funds have grown in size over the past decade from the significant influx of money from institutional investors, so has their appetite and need to deploy greater amounts of capital. This sounds like a good thing at first for those of us wanting to raise money for startups.

On The Move

	PEOPLE ON THE MOVE - MV - 3/8/2010
	ACCOUNTING Dee Moerman has joined Daniel T. Dreimiller, CPA, P.C., as senior accountant. Moerman will be responsible for various accounting and income-tax services in all industries served by the firm. She is a certified QuickBooks adviser and has extensive experience with sales and payroll taxes. Prior to joining the firm, Moerman was a senior accountant in the small-business services department with ParenteBeard, LLC. She has 13 years public accounting experience.

Market Research

Top Ranks Lists
The 2010 Book of Lists electronic edition may be downloaded in Excel format. These 62 lists include key business information (when available) such as number of employees, revenue, products/services offered, and top executives for each company.

American Diabetes Skyscraper