Photos provided by Aqua-Spa Float Center
Rest, Relax and Rejuvenate!
A first-person account to a visit to Oswego’s Aqua-Spa Float Center By Steve Yablonski Pressure pushing down on me Pressing down on you Splits a family in two Puts people…
Nurses at the PrimeCare in Fulton, part of Oswego Health.
Nursing’s Toughest Year
The pandemic has been challenging for nurses, but their actions might be inspiring the profession’s next generation By Ken Sturtz Last spring, as the pandemic that would kill more than…
Meet the Chief Financial Officers
They are the money people — they handle vast sums of money every year and make sure their organizations are on solid financial footing. They deal with budgeting, accounting, audits,…
Pandemic Causes a Spike in Medical School Applications
Enrollment is up 40% at University at Buffalo, 26.2% at SUNY Upstate Medical University. Experts attribute that to ‘Fauci Effect’ By Payne Horning Cassidy McGinn, a 22-year-old from Tully, has…
New Position at Oswego Health: Employee Experience Manager
New hire involved in employee engagement to make sure that employees feel valued and heard By Deborah Jeanne Sergeant As healthcare organizations feel even greater difficulty in employee retention, Oswego…
New Health Laws: How They Will Affect You
By Payne Horning If 2020 was the year of the pandemic, one can only hope that 2021 will be remembered as the year it ended. The distribution of vaccines is…
Working from home, Melissa Gardner, executive vice president, population health engagement at Excellus BCBS, has to juggle work and kids. In a statement, she said: “We are supporting each other more than I would have thought possible,” she said about her colleagues at the insurer. Photo provided.
Excellus’ Crisis Plan Helps Company Pivot
Nearly entire workforce of 3,600 at Excellus still working from home. ‘We haven’t missed a beat,’ says regional president By Deborah Jeanne Sergeant Making an organization-wide shift in basic business…
Front of the current J.C. Penney store on the east side of Oswego.
Surviving COVID-19
As Oswego J.C. Penney lingers, ex-employees recall retail of yesteryear When J.C. Penney filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection earlier this year, many wondered about future of the department store…
‘COVID. COVID. COVID.’
By George Chapman Special for Oswego County Business These are the words of our soon-to-be former president at a campaign rally just days before the November election. It was said…
Do For-profit Hospitals Provide Better Care?
By Deborah Jeanne Sergeant Why does hospital ownership matter? New York state prohibits publicly traded corporations from owning and operating their own hospitals. Most states allow investor ownership of hospitals.…