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Cayuga Community College to offer tourism-management certificate
AUBURN, N.Y. — Cayuga Community College is launching a new, one-year, tourism-management certificate program. The community college will offer the certificate program beginning in the
Vera House to buy building for headquarters move
SYRACUSE — Vera House Inc., a prominent local nonprofit that helps victims of domestic and sexual violence, plans to buy a nearly 15,000-square-foot building at 723 James St. in Syracuse that will serve as the organization’s new headquarters. The organization, which currently operates in a 10,000-square-foot structure at 6181 Thompson Road in DeWitt, “prevents, responds
CMS selects Upstate oncology physicians for “more coordinated” cancer care
SYRACUSE — The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has selected oncology physicians at the Upstate Cancer Center to participate in a care-delivery model that “supports and encourages higher quality, more coordinated cancer care.” Upstate is one of nearly 200 physician-group practices and 17 health-insurance companies that CMS chose for the initiative, Upstate said
Bassett, Oneida Healthcare pursue partnership pact
ONEIDA/COOPERSTOWN — On June 1, Bassett Healthcare Network (BHN) and Oneida Healthcare (OHC) announced their intention to pursue a partnership agreement. While both organizations will remain independent entities with their own boards of directors, they say the partnership will provide opportunities to exchange best practices, reduce operating costs, and provide better medical outcomes. There is
Rural/Metro relocates administration, operations facility to former Marsellus Casket building
SYRACUSE — Rural/Metro Ambulance, which is changing its name to AMR (American Medical Response), recently relocated its administration, operations, training, and vehicle facility from West Onondaga Street in Syracuse to more than 38,000 square feet of leased commercial space on Richmond Avenue. Ed Kiesa brokered the lease at 101 Richmond Ave., Syracuse, the site of
RMS Healthcare hires Johnson as new health-care transformation specialist
BALDWINSVILLE — Research & Marketing Strategies, Inc. (RMS) announced that it has recently hired Peter Johnson for its RMS Healthcare division as a health-care transformation specialist. Johnson comes to Baldwinsville–based RMS with 10 years of information-technology experience and “vast” knowledge of the health-care industry, according to an RMS news release. His past employers include MultiMed,
Intersurgical leases space on Kinne Road
DeWITT — Intersurgical, Inc., a provider of respiratory and anesthesia products, recently leased 13,760 square feet of office service space at 6757 Kinne Road in DeWitt. William Colucci of Cushman Wakefield/Pyramid Brokerage Company brokered this lease transaction, according to a news release from the real-estate firm. Financial terms were not disclosed. Intersurgical manufactures products including anesthetic
Summer camp for area high-school girls seeks to spark interest in STEM careers
SYRACUSE — A group of about 30 high-school aged girls will participate in an upcoming STEM summer-camp program that seeks to encourage more women to pursue careers in science and technology. STEM is short for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. CNY STEM Hub, Le Moyne College, Partners For Education & Business Inc., and Dallas, Texas–based
Hutchings Psychiatric Center bringing “mind and body together” at renovated Madison Street Clinic
SYRACUSE — The Hutchings Psychiatric Center is “finally pulling mind and body together.” Dr. Ann Sullivan, commissioner of the New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH), said it’s an approach that, “for whatever reason,” the medical and psychiatric communities have “kind of kept a bit separate over decades.” “And all that’s happening today in
Why Team-Building Events are Effective
Employee reactions can be mixed when company leaders announce plans for a team-building activity that they hope will improve camaraderie and collaboration in the workplace. Some workers express enthusiasm and others indifference, but at least one-third inwardly groan. A Citrix study once showed that 31 percent of employees say they dislike team-building activities altogether. But
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