CANANDAIGUA – For the third consecutive year, UR Medicine’s Thompson Health is on the “150 Top Places to Work in Healthcare” list published by Becker’s Hospital Review, and is the only health system in western or central New York to be included.

This list includes U.S. hospitals, health systems, ambulatory surgical centers and home health agencies as well as other types of healthcare-specific companies “committed to fulfilling missions, creating outstanding cultures and offering competitive benefits to their employees.” Hospitals of all sizes are included, with the Cleveland Clinic, the Mayo Clinic and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital among the larger ones.

CANANDAIGUA – UR Medicine’s Thompson Health announces a call for applications for the 2017 spring cycle of the Mary Clark Thompson Health Grants. All local not-for-profit organizations whose programs improve the health and wellness of the community within Thompson’s service area are encouraged to apply by April 1 for funding through this opportunity offered by the F.F. Thompson Foundation.

Mary Clark Thompson’s spirit of community-minded philanthropy was the...

CANANDAIGUA – “Healing Pathways,” a program offered by UR Medicine’s Thompson Health for those with ongoing illnesses or other sources of chronic stress, will begin soon, with the option of a Tuesday evening series or a Thursday afternoon series.

Tuesday sessions will take place from 6:30 to 9 p.m., Feb. 28 through May 2, at Ferris Hills at West Lake on Peg Rayburn Drive in Canandaigua.  The Thursday sessions will take place from 1 to 3:30 p.m., March 2...

CANANDAIGUA – Ferris Hills at West Lake, UR Medicine Thompson Health’s independent living community for seniors, will once again this year host Great Decisions, the nation’s longest-running global affairs education program. 

The eight-week series of group discussions – facilitated by content experts – will take place at 11 a.m. on Thursdays, beginning March 2 and concluding April 20. 

There is no cost to attend the one-hour...

CANANDAIGUA – An upcoming five-week class series, “The Food Prescription,” will walk participants, step by step, to a whole-food, plant-based diet.

The series begins Tuesday, March 7, with a free introductory class, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in the Constellation Center for Health and Healing at UR Medicine’s Thompson Hospital, 350 Parrish St. Presented by Dr. Kerry Graff and Thompson’s Linda Rowsick, RD, CD-N, this class will cover how diet impacts your health and will...