Tag: Southcoast Health
South County Hospital earns second Pathway to Excellence redesignation
SOUTH KINGSTON - South County Hospital has earned its second consecutive three-year Pathway to Excellence redesignation by the American Nurses Credentialing Center recognizing it as a...
Southcoast Health selling T-shirts to aid Sgt. Sean M. Gannon Memorial...
NEW BEDFORD – Patrick and Denise Gannon, parents of slain Yarmouth Police Sgt. Sean M. Gannon, work at Southcoast Health as chief quality officer...
CMS sepsis care scores rank R.I. fourth lowest in U.S.
PROVIDENCE – The rate at which Rhode Island hospitals properly treat sepsis, a life-threatening reaction to infection that kills more than 200,000 people yearly...
Southcoast to open Fall River urgent care center July 10
FALL RIVER — Southcoast Health will host a ribbon cutting for its new $1.8 million Southcoast Urgent Care Center July 9, 11 a.m. at SouthCoast...
Southcoast Health names Hackner physician in chief for medicine
NEW BEDFORD – Southcoast Health has named Dr. Dani Hackner its new physician in chief for medicine.
Hackner is an intensivist and is board-certified in...
Southcoast Health opens new wound care center at St. Luke’s Hospital
NEW BEDFORD – Southcoast Health opened a second Wound Care Center May 7 at St. Luke’s Hospital, the second such facility affiliated with Healogics...
Southcoast Health awards $142K to 39 nonprofits
NEW BEDFORD – Southcoast Health System Inc. awarded $142,065 in Community Benefits Impact Opportunity program grants to 39 local nonprofits in the region, the...
Advice to CEOs – stay humble
Keith A. Hovan | Southcoast Health System Inc. CEO and president
My career in health care management started in a busy hospital emergency department, which...
Southcoast Health donates $10,000 to Red Cross Hurricane Harvey relief
NEW BEDFORD – Southcoast Health has donated $10,000 to the American Red Cross to help relief efforts to communities damaged by Hurricane Harvey between...
4 local hospitals named ‘Distinguished Hospitals for Clinical Excellence’
PROVIDENCE – Four local hospitals, two each at Southcoast Health and Lifespan Corp., have been named “Distinguished Hospitals for Clinical Excellence” by Healthgrades Operating...



















