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Upstate’s Nappi Wellness Institute earns LEED Gold status
SYRACUSE — The U.S. Green Building Council has awarded the Nappi Wellness Institute, which is part of Upstate Medical University, a LEED Gold designation. It’s the second-highest national rating for green buildings, the health system announced on April 3. LEED, which is short for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, is the most widely used […]

People news: Rome Health adds new family nurse practitioner
ROME, N.Y. — Rome Health has added a new family nurse practitioner to its roster. Julie Barker-Nagel, a family nurse practitioner since 2016, has joined

Upstate University Hospital formally opens new location for PMR, other services in Clay
CLAY, N.Y. — Upstate University Hospital has opened a new location for its physical medicine and rehabilitation (PMR) services in the town of Clay at 8687 Carling Road, near the Wegmans Great Northern store. Physical medicine and rehabilitation is just one of the services that will eventually be located in the building, which has been

ConnextCare begins offering dental services to students in two Oswego schools
OSWEGO, N.Y. — ConnextCare says it’s now offering dental services at the school-based health center (SBHC) at the Frederick Leighton Elementary School in Oswego. Holly

Bassett receives $6 million grant to help open employee childcare center
COOPERSTOWN — The Clark Foundation has awarded a $6 million grant to underwrite the creation of a new daycare facility on the Bassett Medical Center campus in Cooperstown. “The foundation’s board of trustees and I are very pleased to be providing the funding needed to build a state-of-the-art daycare center,” Jane Forbes Clark, foundation president,

Open-heart surgery paused during review at Wynn Hospital
UTICA, N.Y. — Following concerns expressed by the New York State Department of Health, Mohawk Valley Health System (MVHS) has temporarily paused open-heart surgeries at the new Wynn Hospital while the program is reviewed, the organization announced in a news release. The health department expressed those concerns after a site visit earlier this week, the

SUNY Oswego offering online master’s degree in health promotion, behavioral health
OSWEGO, N.Y. — SUNY Oswego says it’s now offering a new online master’s degree in health promotion and behavioral wellness. The program “responds to the

Bassett specialty health clinic reopens in Sidney
SIDNEY, N.Y. — Bassett Healthcare Network has reopened its specialty clinic at its A.O. Fox Tri-Town campus at 43 Pearl St. West in Sidney, offering

SUNY allocates an additional $114 million for its campuses; SUNY union head disappointed
ALBANY, N.Y. — The SUNY board of trustees on Thursday allocated an additional $114 million from the state budget for its campuses across New York.

Binghamton University starts new pharmacy-technician program
VESTAL — Binghamton University says it has approved a new educational program through its School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. The pharmacy-technician program microcredential is a 19-week, 420-hour Binghamton University microcredential (noncredit) that will prepare graduates to start their careers in an expanding health-care field, the school said in an April 22 announcement. Kanneboyina Nagaraju,
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