Saint Agatha Foundation Grant Supports State-of-the-Art Upgrades to Medical Imaging at Oswego Health

Oswego, NY – The Saint Agatha Foundation has awarded the Oswego Health Foundation with a grant of $75,860 to support the purchase of the most advanced software packages that will reduce appointment and interpretation wait times for patients needing breast imaging. 

Providing financial assistance to individuals in CNY who are afflicted with breast cancer, the Saint Agatha Foundation is dedicated to providing support, comfort, and care to breast cancer patients through financial assistance programs. The Saint Agatha Foundation provides support, allowing patients to focus on their treatment, not their bills. 

Board Chair, Kathleen Mezzalingua, states, “The Saint Agatha Foundation is pleased to provide funding for software mammography upgrades, ensuring access to state-of-the-art technology for patients in Oswego County. For the past fifteen years, Saint Agatha Foundation has been a provider of funds to Oswego Health, providing cancer patients with financial assistance for not only medical but personal bills to ease the burden of a breast cancer diagnosis. We are pleased to carry on the legacy that my daughter, Laurie Mezzalingua established when she founded the Saint Agatha Foundation.”

Continually seeking opportunities to update technology centered around patient care, the Oswego Health Foundation, which raises and manages philanthropic support for the nonprofit healthcare system, sought support from the Saint Agatha Foundation to upgrade to the most advanced software packages, two 3DQuorumTM Imaging Technology, and one QuantraTM Technology. Oswego Health currently has several Hologic 3D Dimensions, sophisticated mammogram units that provide three-dimensional, high-resolution images, which are then individually read by a team of Radiologists and used for detecting, monitoring, and managing breast cancer. This new software upgrade will improve technology that will assist the Radiologists in reads. Reducing appointment and interpretation wait times, will help remove some barriers to and reduce the stress of care access and management.

Margaret Barclay, Executive Director of the Oswego Health Foundation explains, “Just as the Saint Agatha Foundation helps breast cancer patients focus on their care, this new software upgrade will encourage and allow our patients to access all relevant care needs here within the Oswego Health system, where we know that we can also connect them with the other wonderful support programs that we provide and help coordinate care.”

For more information about services offered at Oswego Health visit www.oswegohealth.org.

{Photo caption, left to right: Oswego Health Foundation, Executive Director, Margaret Barclay; Saint Agatha Foundation Board Chair, Kathleen Mezzalingua; Oswego Health President & CEO, Michael C. Backus}

About Oswego Health:  
The mission of Oswego Health is to provide accessible, quality care and improve the health of residents throughout Oswego County. As a nonprofit healthcare system established in 1881, Oswego Health is proud to be Oswego County’s largest private employer. More than 1,300 employees spread throughout its 18 locations, work for the Oswego Health system, which includes the 132-bed community Oswego Hospital, a 32-bed psychiatric acute-care facility with multiple outpatient behavioral health service locations, The Manor at Seneca Hill, a 120-bed skilled nursing facility, and Springside at Seneca Hill, an independent retirement community.  The health system also operates Oswego Health Home Care, the only hospital-based certified home healthcare agency in the County as well as two outpatient centers, including the Fulton Medical Center, offering urgent care, lab, medical imaging, physical therapy, and occupational health services, and the Central Square Medical Center, offering urgent care, lab, medical imaging, and physical therapy services. In addition, the healthcare system includes Oswego Health Medical Practice, a multi-specialty medical group offering the community accessible, high-quality healthcare. 100+ physicians and advanced practice providers offer an extensive array of services across CNY, including primary care and specialty care in the areas of orthopedics, cardiology, ENT, gastroenterology, breast care, general surgery, urology, and bariatrics. For more information about Oswego Health visit www.oswegohealth.org.