St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center Earns Paul Coverdell National Stroke Program Awards for Exceptional Stroke Care

Ongoing Commitment to Quality Improvement Ensures Stroke Patients Receive Better Care

BRIGHTON, MA – St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center recently earned two awards from the Paul Coverdell National Acute Stroke Program at the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH). St. Elizabeth’s received the Defect-free Care Award and the Dysphagia Screening greater than or equal to 90% Award from the organization.

Sharon Regional Medical Center Partners with local EMS Providers to Enhance Communication and Improve Patient Outcomes

Sharon Regional Medical Center, a Steward Family Hospital located in Sharon, Pennsylvania announces the rollout of Twiage, an advanced cloud-based platform that uses best-in-class security technology to put telemedicine at the fingertips of emergency first responders and physicians to accelerate live-saving patient care.  Twiage is a secure, HIPPA-compliant web dashboard that seamlessly relays real-time information directly from EMS provider to Sharon Regional Medical Center.

 

Sharon Regional Medical Center receives Get With The Guidelines-Stroke Silver Plus Quality Achievement Award

Sharon Regional Medical Center receives Get With The Guidelines-Stroke Silver Plus Quality Achievement Award

Sharon Regional Medical Center, a Steward Family Hospital, has received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke Silver Plus Quality Achievement Award. The award recognizes the hospital’s commitment to ensuring stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally recognized, research-based guidelines based on the latest scientific evidence.

TRMC among Steward hospitals to feature Twiage app

During any emergency situation time is of the essence. Three local Steward Health Care Hospitals have begun
using a HIPPA-complaint app to expedite care in these situations.
Northside Regional Medical Center, Trumbull Regional Medical Center and Sharon Regional Medical Center now feature Twiage, an app that allows emergency responders to share patient information with hospital personnel real-time, to expedite lifesaving care.
Twiage offers emergency responders the ability to use a smartphone to share real-time patient data and send HIPAA-compliant photos and videos.

Housing Department Receives Grant to Transform St. Luke's Neighborhood

Source: City of Phoenix
July 19, 2018

The city of Phoenix Housing Department has been awarded a $30 million Choice Neighborhoods Implementation Grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to improve a community with the largest concentration of public housing in the state.  The funds will be used to transform the Edison-Eastlake community into a vibrant mixed-income neighborhood.