Tag: St. Luke’s Hospital
New couplet care unit for infants and their mothers set to...
NEW BEDFORD – A new unit offering couplet care for ill newborns and their mothers is set to open at St. Luke’s Hospital in...
U.S. News ranks The Miriam best hospital in Providence metro
PROVIDENCE – The Miriam Hospital is once again leading the Providence metropolitan area, according to U.S. News & World Report's Best Hospital rankings released...
Mechanics Cooperative Bank donates 8K KN95 masks to front-line workers
WELL-STOCKED: Taunton-based Mechanics Cooperative Bank has been supporting front-line workers with face masks throughout the coronavirus pandemic. The bank has donated a total of...
4 R.I. hospitals get ‘A’ grade, 3 earn ‘C’ from national...
PROVIDENCE – Four Rhode Island hospitals have received “A” grades in The Leapfrog Group’s Hospital Safety Grade spring ratings.
Leapfrog, a national nonprofit, monitors quality...
A side effect of the pandemic: Emptier emergency rooms
Dr. Laura Forman, chief of emergency medicine at Kent County Memorial Hospital, is used to seeing about 200 patients a day come through the...
Five Questions With: Keith Hovan, CEO and president, Southcoast Health System...
Keith Hovan | CEO and president, Southcoast Health System Inc.
1. What measures are being taken by Southcoast Health to address the COVID-19 pandemic?...
3 R.I. hospitals earn ‘A’ safety grade from national nonprofit
PROVIDENCE – Three Rhode Island hospitals have earned an “A” grade for safety from a national watchdog organization that keeps track of health care...
Southcoast threatens to end contract if Blue Cross doesn’t agree to...
PROVIDENCE – A standoff between Southcoast Health System, Southcoast Hospitals Group and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts could result in loss of access...
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 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...