Page 13 - Your Philanthropy Impact 2019-2020 | George Eastman Circle | University of Rochester
P. 13
$123,652 $415,704
MEMORIAL
THOMPSON HEALTH ART GALLERY
• The new and expanded Sands-Constellation • Monet’s Waterloo Bridge: Vision and Process
Intensive Care Unit—with a more efficient, state- reunited one of the Memorial Art Gallery’s most
of-the-art design—enables an additional 330 iconic works with seven other paintings from the
critically ill patients annually to receive exceptional same series now in collections around the country.
care close to home. This fully community-funded Organized by MAG, the exhibition attracted
$11.9M project allows a more robust team to care nearly 33,000 visitors—double the museum’s
for patients with life-threatening illnesses or average—and drove MAG membership to its
surgical needs. highest point in a decade.
• Funding supported tripling the size of Thompson’s • Through new art acquisitions, the -morial Art
Pulmonary Medicine Clinic. Ultimately, this Gallery continued its focused program to
clinic allows for a larger team of pulmonologists strengthen modern and contemporary holdings,
and respiratory therapists to accommodate and extend historical and aesthetic narratives in the
monitor more patients, minimizing wait times collection, and enhance the representation of
and reducing the need for emergency care women and minority artists.
and hospitalization.
• MAG began offering free museum admission for up
• A new OB-GYN location opened in Geneva, to four people presenting a Supplemental Nutrition
providing more access to care. The 5,000-square- Assistance Program (SNAP) Electronic Benefits
foot building includes an ultrasound suite for Transfer (EBT) card.
patient convenience and efficiency.
• MAG introduced new programs for visitors who
• Conversion to a new electronic medical record are blind or partially sighted. In partnership with
system aligned Thompson with Strong Memorial ABVI, MAG created a new community council
Hospital and Highland Hospital. This enables of blind/partially sighted individuals to help
more efficient sharing of patient data and train docents and staff to lead tours, with
collaboration among UR Medicine care providers. particular emphasis on verbal description and
tactile experiences.
