BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — HealthlinkNY — a nonprofit, regional health-information organization for an 11-county area of southern New York — is holding a ribbon-cutting and grand-opening ceremony Aug. 7 to formally open its western office in the city of Binghamton, at 49 Court St. The organization is moving into this new, larger 9,500-square-foot space because of […]
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — HealthlinkNY — a nonprofit, regional health-information organization for an 11-county area of southern New York — is holding a ribbon-cutting and grand-opening ceremony Aug. 7 to formally open its western office in the city of Binghamton, at 49 Court St.
The organization is moving into this new, larger 9,500-square-foot space because of growth in its workforce and its workload in the Southern Tier region, the nonprofit said in a news release. HealthlinkNY has 21 full-time employees working from its Binghamton office.
In 2005, then operating under the moniker Southern Tier HealthLink, it had just nine employees, according to HealthlinkNY’s marketing & relations coordinator, Brandi Devine.
The move from the previous 4,000-square-foot office on 45 Lewis St. was scheduled to take place Thursday and Friday (July 30, 31). The staff’s first day in the new office will be Monday, Aug. 3.
Devine says the organization currently plans to hire “a few more” employees in the coming months, but does not have an established timeline.
The ceremony, set for 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. next Friday, will give attendees the chance to learn about the nonprofit and its services, and tour the new office, HealthlinkNY says. Appetizers and refreshments will be available, and a raffle will be held.
HealthlinkNY offers a health-information exchange for the region spanning the Hudson Valley, Catskills, and Southern Tier of New York. It was formed by the collaboration between Southern Tier HealthLink (STHL) and Taconic Health Information Network and Community (or THINC).
Binghamton–based United Health Services, Lourdes Hospital of Binghamton, and other stakeholders established STHL in 2005.
HealthlinkNY encompasses 11 counties: Broome, Tioga, Chenango, Delaware, Sullivan, Ulster, Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, and Westchester, according to the nonprofit’s website.
Its eastern office is located in Fishkill in Dutchess County.
Contact Nick Kapteyn at nkapteyn@cnybj.com
PHOTO CAPTION: The new western office for HealthlinkNY, opening next week in Binghamton.
PHOTO CREDIT: HealthlinkNY website