Tag: Southcoast Health
Health care delivery increasingly meets patients where they live
As more ambulatory and urgent-care clinics spring up across the region, health care providers see it as evidence the industry is evolving at a...
Five Questions With: Dr. Peter Cohn
Dr. Peter Cohn was recently named physician in chief of the cardiovascular center at Charlton Memorial Hospital in Fall River. Cohn served as interim...
Southcoast Health announces $22M investment in community initiatives
NEW BEDFORD – Southcoast Health invested more than $22 million in community health initiatives in fiscal year 2018, according to its recently released Community...
St. Luke’s plans new $14M ICU
NEW BEDFORD – A new $14 million intensive care unit at St. Luke’s Hospital will more than double size of the hospital’s current ICU...
Southcoast’s new app allows virtual doctor visits
NEW BEDFORD – A virtual service launched today by Southcoast Health allows patients suffering from minor ailments to visit with doctors via a mobile...
Southcoast Health awards $150K in grants to local nonprofits
PROVIDENCE – Southcoast Health has announced 18 grant recipients chosen as part of its Community Benefits Impact Opportunity program.
Grants total $150,000 and are for...
Southcoast Center for Weight Loss celebrates 15th anniversary
PROVIDENCE – More than 250 patients who underwent bariatric weight loss surgery at the Southcoast Center for Weight Loss in Wareham, Mass., gathered to...
Southcoast Health to establish Level II trauma center at St. Luke’s...
NEW BEDFORD – Southcoast Health says it plans to establish a Level II trauma center at St. Luke’s Hospital in New Bedford.
The announcement, made...
Hospital affiliations boost business and care
Last spring, a team of doctors at Hasbro Children’s Hospital in Providence performed surgery on a fetus diagnosed with spina bifida.
Surgeons covered the unborn...
Charlton Memorial Hospital earns Baby-Friendly status
FALL RIVER – Charlton Memorial Hospital has been designated as a Baby-Friendly Birth Facility by Baby-Friendly USA Inc.
The distinction is awarded to facilities that...