Mass. Dept. of Public Health Approves Quincy Medical Center Transition Plan
24-Hour Satellite Emergency Department to Open on December 27
Today, Steward Health Care System LLC (Steward) announced that the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) has approved the Quincy Medical Center (QMC) transition plan. QMC will discontinue operations at 11:59 p.m. on Friday, December 26, 2014 and the Steward Satellite Emergency Facility – Quincy will officially open at 12 a.m. on Saturday, December 27, 2014.
Steward Seeks to Operate a 24-Hour Satellite Emergency Department In Quincy
Satellite ED to be located at Quincy Medical Center
St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center Earns Accreditation for Echocardiography
St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center, a teaching hospital of Tufts University School of Medicine, has earned a three-year accreditation in Echocardiography, a procedure that can assist in the early detection of life-threatening heart disorders and other cardiovascular diseases. The accreditation was awarded following a stringent review by the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission.
Norwood Hospital Physicians named to Prestigious Boston Magazine “Top Doctors” List
Five Norwood Hospital physicians who were named to Boston Magazine’s 2014 annual Top Doctors list. The Norwood Hospital physicians are obstetrician/gynecologist John Al-Jamal, MD; pediatrician Jonathan Caine, MD; general surgeon Peter Lydon, MD; family medicine specialist James Macek, MD; and psychiatrist Norman Tabroff, MD.
Morton Hospital Awarded Coveted 2014 Top Hospital Distinction
For the second consecutive year, The Leapfrog Group has named Morton Hospital to its annual list of Top Hospitals. An elite distinction awarded to hospitals nationwide for demonstrating excellence in hospital safety and quality through the Leapfrog Hospital Survey, the Leapfrog Top Hospital award is given to less than seven percent of all eligible hospitals. The awards, which are given annually, were announced at Leapfrog’s Annual Meeting and Top Hospital Awards on December 2, in Washington, D.C.
Morton Hospital Awarded Coveted 2014 Top Hospital Distinction
For the second consecutive year, The Leapfrog Group has named Morton Hospital to its annual list of Top Hospitals. An elite distinction awarded to hospitals nationwide for demonstrating excellence in hospital safety and quality through the Leapfrog Hospital Survey, the Leapfrog Top Hospital award is given to less than seven percent of all eligible hospitals. The awards, which are given annually, were announced at Leapfrog’s Annual Meeting and Top Hospital Awards on December 2, in Washington, D.C.
Nashoba Valley Medical Center Awarded Top Hospital Distinction for Quality and Safety by the Leapfrog Group
The Leapfrog Group named Nashoba Valley Medical Center, a part of the Steward Health Care System, to its annual list of Top Hospitals. An elite distinction awarded to hospitals nationwide for demonstrating excellence in hospital safety and quality through the Leapfrog Hospital Survey, the Leapfrog Top Hospital distinction is awarded to less than seven percent of all eligible hospitals.
Poster presented by Norwood Hospital Physician recognized at Annual Meeting of the American Association of Blood Banks
A poster, Reduction of RBC Transfusion in a Multi-hospital Healthcare System Using a Computerized Physician Order Entry Driving a Restrictive Transfusion Strategy, presented by a Norwood Hospital clinicians at the annual meeting of the American Association of Blood Banks, was selected as a Top Abstract Poster.