Thompson Urgent Cares Now Offering Asymptomatic Testing Anne Johnston / Tuesday, March 9, 2021 0 2264 CANANDAIGUA – Effective Tuesday, March 9, all three of UR Medicine Thompson Health’s urgent care locations are offering COVID-19 rapid antigen testing to those with no symptoms and no known exposures to COVID-positive individuals. Read more
COVID-19 Vaccine Offered to Eligible Hospital Patients Anne Johnston / Tuesday, March 9, 2021 0 2067 CANANDAIGUA – After receiving a limited supply from the state, UR Medicine Thompson Hospital on March 5 began offering the Johnson & Johnson/Janssen COVID-19 vaccine to its inpatients and Observation Unit patients who are eligible under the state’s current vaccine guidelines. Read more
Thompson Again Receives Magnet® Recognition from ANCC Fewer than 10 percent of U.S. hospitals are Magnet-recognized facilities. Anne Johnston / Friday, February 19, 2021 0 2293 CANANDAIGUA – UR Medicine Thompson Hospital has achieved its fourth consecutive Magnet® recognition from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). Read more
Stroke Support Group to Meet March 4, via Zoom Anne Johnston / Friday, February 19, 2021 0 1619 CANANDAIGUA – Dr. Adam Kelly will be the guest speaker when UR Medicine Thompson Health’s Stroke Support Group hosts a meeting via Zoom video conferencing on Thursday, March 4, at 1 p.m. Read more
Hospital Again Allowing Visitors, on Limited Basis Anne Johnston / Friday, February 12, 2021 0 2746 CANANDAIGUA – Following a decline in the local positivity rate for COVID-19, F.F. Thompson Hospital is again allowing visitors – on a limited basis – effective today, Feb. 12. Read more
Thompson Honors Its ‘Health Heroes’ Anne Johnston / Wednesday, February 10, 2021 0 1865 CANANDAIGUA – UR Medicine Thompson Health’s Associate Wellness Department recently named not only the Health Heroes for the fourth quarter of 2020, but the 2020 Health Hero of the Year as well. Read more
Dallmeyer Now at Thompson’s New Geneva Practice Anne Johnston / Wednesday, February 10, 2021 0 2270 GENEVA – Dr. Laurel Dallmeyer, a primary care physician with more than 30 years of experience practicing in Farmington and Canandaigua, recently joined UR Medicine Thompson Health. Read more
Thompson Health Honors Several Staff Members Anne Johnston / Monday, February 8, 2021 0 2118 CANANDAIGUA - The Service Excellence Team (SET) at UR Medicine Thompson Health recently announced recipients of the health system’s Service Excellence Awards for the first quarter of 2021. Read more
Hospital, Skilled-Nursing Facility Receive Federal Support Anne Johnston / Thursday, February 4, 2021 0 1875 CANANDAIGUA – UR Medicine Thompson Health recently earned federal support for both its hospital and its skilled-nursing facility, through the Provider Relief Fund established via various stimulus bills passed over the course of the pandemic. Read more
Kaufman Joins Advanced Surgical Services at Thompson Anne Johnston / Tuesday, January 19, 2021 0 1859 CANANDAIGUA – Dr. Theodor Kaufman recently joined Advanced Surgical Services at F.F. Thompson Hospital, an affiliate of UR Medicine. Read more