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Northwell, CareMount Medical Sign Clinical Affiliation Agreement
Northwell Health and CareMount Medical have signed a clinical affiliation agreement for expanded services.
Northwell, the state’s largest health system, and CareMount, a physician-owned medical practice with 45 locations throughout the Hudson Valley and Manhattan, announced the finalization of the agreement on Tuesday, Dec. 10.
Starting on Wednesday, Jan. 1, the medical groups will pursue additional creative arrangements, including clinical integration initiatives, service agreements, ambulatory collaborative activities and more. Each effort is a part of the overall mission to provide a hi…
CareMount Medical Announces 24/7 Patient Care Technological Platform
CareMount Medical, the largest independent multi-specialty medical group in New York State, announces the launch of CareMount 24/7, a state-of-the-art technological platform offering patients on-demand access to their healthcare, from anywhere, online, anytime.
Addressing the ever-growing demand for clickable convenience, CareMount 24/7 features four key online platforms including: virtual visits, online scheduling, patient portal and pre check-in.
Urgent care wait times for CareMount’s eight urgent care centers have already been in place.
“We live in an increasingly connected world,” sa…
CareMount Expert Offers Advice On Springtime Protection For Your Skin
The daffodils and forsythia are starting to flower, the days are getting warmer, and with the arrival of spring, so too comes itchy skin. According to CareMount Medical Dermatologist, Brent D. Wainwright, MD, FAAD, the main offenders are invisible allergens in the air, pollen and mold.
Spring allergens
When susceptible individuals are exposed to pollen, the immune system is activated, initiating an inflammatory reaction caused by histamine, a natural substance released by the body to fight the allergy. This not only leads to itchy eyes and sneezing but may also irritate the skin.
Fortuna…
CareMount Appoints New Assistant Medical Director
CareMount Medical recently appointed a new Assistant Medical Director, Dr. Caroline DeFilippo, to oversee the physicians and group-wide initiatives in Westchester, Putnam, Dutchess, Columbia, and Ulster counties.
“CareMount Medical is thrilled to welcome Dr. Caroline DeFilippo as our new assistant medical director,” said Dr. Scott D. Hayworth, president, and CEO at CareMount Medical. “Not only is Dr. DeFilippo an outstanding physician, but her experience in public health will positively impact the health of all of our patients.”
DeFilippo will be seeing patients in Mount Kisco. In addition,…
Stop Seasonal Allergies: Understand Causes, Prevention And Treatment
WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- Spring, with its showy display of flowering buds and blooming trees, is the favorite season for many people, unless you are among the 58 million Americans who suffer from seasonal allergies. Most seasonal allergies begin in the spring, when tree and grass pollens circulate in the air until late June. Mold, another allergy offender, begins in February and can last until the ground freezes, and ragweed can cause misery to allergy sufferers from mid-August until the first hard frost. Two-thirds of people with allergies suffer year-round, with few periods of relief.
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