COMMON GROUND
It’s who we are and what we help build.
Many of the health challenges confronting Rochester and the Finger Lakes region are impossible for any single organization to solve alone.
That’s why Common Ground Health brings together leaders from across our nine-county region to collaborate on strategies for improving health. Hospitals. Insurers. Universities. Businesses. Nonprofits. Government. Faith communities. Residents. All have a seat at our tables.
Our Impact

Insights
At Common Ground Health, we believe the first step to solving a problem is measuring it. We maintain the region’s most comprehensive collection of health and health care data and provide the analytic expertise needed to make sense of that information. View and download regional health insights from our reports, county health profiles and data visualization library.
Headlines
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Do Upstate communities have a homeless housing crisis? Emergency housing providers say solutions are needed
FingerLakes1.comJanuary 24, 2023 - “While urban areas tend to heavily utilize shelters, rural and suburban areas see a higher prevalence of people seeking shelter in vehicles, tents, hotels or motels, or doubling or tripling up with relatives," said Zoë Mahlum, Health Planning Research Analyst at Common Ground Health.
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Homelessness is a significant issue in both rural and urban areas of the Finger Lakes region
Minority ReporterFebruary 9, 2023 - “Just as poverty was revealed to be a region-wide issue in our 2019 Overloaded report, our spotlight shows that homelessness also is a significant issue across the entire Finger Lakes region,” said Wade Norwood, CEO, Common Ground Health.

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