He’s been a staple of Thompson Health for more than a quarter century, but what’s the story behind Thompson Bear?

CANANDAIGUA – Today, UR Medicine Thompson Health launched “On My Way,” a new feature that allows community members to check wait times at Thompson’s three urgent care locations, in Canandaigua, Farmington and Newark.

F.F. Thompson Hospital’s Medical Nutrition Therapy Center is among the hospital departments offering some services via telehealth at this time.

Traditionally held in person at the hospital once a month, Thompson Health’s monthly Total Joint Replacement Group Education Program is now available online.

Social distancing?
The Canandaigua Medical Group Pharmacy has you covered.
Located at 335 Parrish St., the pharmacy offers drive-thru service for those who would rather not come inside.

UR Medicine Thompson Health’s Stroke Support Group will host an online meeting, via Zoom video conferencing, on Thursday, Aug. 6, at 1 p.m.

F.F. Thompson Hospital is now a Blue Distinction® Center+ for Knee and Hip Replacement, part of the Blue Distinction Specialty Care program overseen by Excellus BlueCross BlueShield.

Thompson Health's New OB-GYN location opened in Geneva in late 2019 and got 2020 off to a busy start. In fact, despite the pandemic, the location was 96 percent to its goal for appointments through mid-June. Of those appointments, 10 percent were new patients.

The year 1990 was when the world saw the reunification of Germany, “Ghost” was the top-grossing movie in the U.S. and a British computer scientist created the first web server and foundation for the World Wide Web.

When Thompson Health staff members found themselves on the front lines of the COVID-19 response, the health system’s fundraising arm suddenly found itself in a substantially different position as well.