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- Pediatric Primary Care - Salem Hospital
- Pediatric primary care includes well baby and child visits, immunizations, physical exams, same day visits for sick children, early periodic screening development tests, comprehensive health services for teenagers and adolescents, and specialized treatment of pediatric asthma and allergies. Many families find that receiving adult and pediatric primary care from a single physician offers both greater convenience and improved health outcomes, as the family primary care physician may have a better understanding of the family's health history and health dynamics. Salem Hospital, a member of Mass General Brigham, offers pediatric primary care and pediatric specialty clinics on our Salem campus, as well as in Danvers at the Mass General Brigham Healthcare Center.
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- Specialist Family Medicine - Salem Hospital
- As the largest health care provider on the North Shore, Salem Hospital, a member of Mass General Brigham, offers excellent options for families seeking a specialist in family medicine. A specialist in family medicine can develop an extensive grasp of family health history and family dynamics, allowing him or her to provide more insightful treatment. Many families also appreciate having a single point of contact for all medical visits, as well as the convenience that a specialist in family medicine offers. They offer well child visits, same day sick visits, and provide required immunizations, physical exams, early periodic screening development tests, and comprehensive health services. Specialist internal medicine physicians offer physical examinations, preventative care and routine health screenings, and can diagnose and treat a broad range of illnesses.
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- Patient Rights | Salem Hospital | Mass General Brigham
- EXCERPT: We, your health care team, promise to preserve your individual rights listed here and ask for your cooperation. To include or exclude any or all family members from participating in your health care decisions. For dying patients, to care which optimizes dignity through the treatment of symptoms as desired by you or your Health Care Proxy, the management of pain, and the acknowledgement of psychosocial and spiritual concerns of you and your family. To exercise cultural and spiritual beliefs that do not interfere with the well being of others. To receive medically and factually accurate information prepared by the Commissioner of Public Health about emergency contraception if you are a female rape victim and of 3 childbearing age, to be promptly offered emergency
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- Massachusetts General Hospital
- Your appointment can berescheduled when your child is well. Insurance If using your Health Insurance, please indicate the following from insurancecard: Mental Health Benefits telephone # see back of insurance card:
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- Find Family Physician - Salem Hospital
- Both offer well baby and well child visits, same day visits for sick children, immunizations, screening developmental tests, physical exams, and comprehensive health services for adolescents and teenagers. These physicians diagnose and treat a wide variety of illnesses, and provide complete physical examinations, routine health screenings and preventative care. Many families find that having a family medicine physician not only provides greater convenience, but also gives the doctor a better sense of family health history, enabling them to provide more effective treatment. Learn more about the comprehensive medical services offered by Salem Hospital, including cardiac ablation for atrial fibrillation, women's health care, cancer treatment and weight loss surgery Boston.
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- Obstetrics and Gynecology | Salem Hospital | Mass General Brigham
- Affiliated obstetricians and gynecologists at Salem Hospital, a member of Mass General Brigham, are dedicated to providing high quality, complete health care for women. They are committed to patient education, and use the most advanced techniques in minimally invasive surgery, assisted reproduction and breast health. Our family-focused program includes prenatal care, educational programs and other services to ensure that families are well prepared for the new baby. Comprehensive breast health care is provided through the Breast Health Center, which includes diagnostic imaging and procedures, surgery and complete cancer care.
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- Press Item | Salem Hospital | Mass General Brigham
- Support takes the form of regular meetings with the surgeons and other medical staff, as well as clinical support with nutrition, exercise and overall motivation. In addition to working full-time for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Marc is taking pre-requisite courses at North Shore Community College, after which he plans to study nursing at UMASS Lowell. “I used to work as a home health aide and personal care assistant. I had reserved seats but couldn’t fit in mine, and would have to watch from the standing area,” he explains. “I’m dying to sit in a seat at Gillette [Stadium] as well.” Marc continues rattling off his diverse list of goals. “I have always wanted to take a helicopter tour of the Grand Canyon but would have had to buy two seats at my previous weight. Doing half-marathons means I am only half-crazy,” he says with a laugh, before turning serious. “I chose the surgery to improve my health.
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- Patient Stories | Salem Hospital | Mass General Brigham
- Her labor was quick, but the journey to improve the health of her premature baby would be a bit longer. Rewards of Good Health: Weight Loss Surgery Has Beverly Father Feeling Young Again
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- Breast Surgery | Salem Hospital | Mass General Brigham
- The Brudnick Breast Health Center offers a team of breast surgery experts to evaluate and diagnose conditions from benign breast disease to breast cancer. Our Breast Health Center surgeons have access to the best and most advanced methods of diagnosing and analyzing breast cancer. Knowing whether tumor cells have lodged in lymph nodes helps determine the need for systemic treatments hormonal or chemotherapy and most importantly, it guides the selection of the treatments as well as the need for radiation therapy. If an excision surgical removal or re-excision of the original tumor site is required, the surgeon will do this as well.
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- Physicians of the North Shore - Salem Hospital
- Residents of Boston's North Shore receive comprehensive health care from the doctors at Salem Hospital, a member of Mass General Brigham. These physicians of the North Shore offer everything from primary care and pediatrics to surgery, as well as many other specialties. Our North Shore physicians see patients at our hospital near Boston in Salem, as well as at the Mass General Brigham Healthcare Center. Our patients receive the latest gastroenterology treatment, are able to develop a successful diabetes treatment plan through our Diabetes Management Program, and receive the highest quality care in women's health, orthopedics, obstetrics and gynecology, and many other fields of medicine.
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- Press Item | Salem Hospital | Mass General Brigham
- Lynn resident Scott Barlow, 48, was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes 10 years ago and, by his own admission, didn’t take the news too seriously. “I tried to cut back on soda and stay away from sweets, but I wasn’t very well informed on nutrition and really did the bare minimum,” he says. A work-related injury further limited his physical capabilities and he suddenly found his health moving in a downward spiral. “I started gaining weight and my fight with diabetes started to get really tough.” With better-focused education from his healthcare team and the added support of other patients, Barlow now feels like he is taking more control of his health. It can affect pregnancy and cause birth defects as well.
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- Press Item | Salem Hospital | Mass General Brigham
- Salem, MA, May 10, 2022 – Salem Hospital, a member of Mass General Brigham, has again been awarded an ‘A’ grade for patient safety by the Leapfrog Group, an independent national watchdog organization committed to health care quality and safety. The spring 2022 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade national distinction program recognized Salem Hospital’s achievements protecting patients from preventable harm and providing safer health care. It reflects a hospital’s performance on more than 30 national measures including medical errors, injuries, accidents and infections as well as systems the hospitals have in place to prevent harm. Serving the North Shore community for more than 100 years, Salem Hospital provides innovative medical, surgical and psychiatric care through an array of inpatient, outpatient and virtual settings including Salem Hospital, the Epstein Center for Behavioral Health, North Shore Physicians Group and a medical staff of nearly 700 physicians practicing in a wide range of specialties. Founded in 2000 by large employers and other purchasers, The Leapfrog Group is a national nonprofit organization driving a movement for giant leaps forward in the quality and safety of American health care.
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- North Shore Primary Care - Salem Hospital
- In addition, through our membership in Mass General Brigham, our patients have access to specialists at Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital, as well as others in the network. Our North Shore primary care doctors offer physical exams, routine health screenings and preventative care. Many families find that having one doctor for all members of the family provides greater convenience and helps the physician better understand family medical history and health dynamics. They offer annual checkups, sick visits, immunizations, periodic screening tests, comprehensive health services for adolescents and teens, and routine pediatric procedures.
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- Press Item | Salem Hospital | Mass General Brigham
- A Peabody-area realtor whose charity golf tournaments have raised more than $55,000 for NSMC’s Cancer Center programs since 2001, Melanson needed a specific type of chemotherapy for this rare cancer, as well as specialized cardiac care due to a heart attack she suffered in 2000. When she was well enough to resume the four-times-weekly chemotherapy sessions, Melanson made up her mind to stay on the North Shore.
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- Press Item | Salem Hospital | Mass General Brigham
- Today, their daughter is an honors student at Skidmore College, an extraordinary battle with anorexia well behind her. During her alarming decline, the Burgers consulted dozens of mental-health specialists and physicians trying to find a decisive diagnosis and appropriate care. We provide mental health support and structure along with a slow and deliberate re-feeding. When a child develops an eating disorder, it takes the combined efforts of many to nurse them back to health,” says Dr. Prince. “It is important for the family to understand, accept and come to terms with this dangerous disorder.
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- Obstetrics-Gynecology | North Shore Physicians Group
- Our obstetrics-gynecology physicians provide comprehensive reproductive health care for women, from the adolescent years through menopause and beyond. OBGYN specialists offer well woman care, which includes annual checkups, screenings and family planning. Gynecology surgeons provide comprehensive gynecological care for women, including well woman care.
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- Press Item | Salem Hospital | Mass General Brigham
- Scott Ferris, 53, of Danvers knows these statistics and the danger of delaying screening testing all too well. At the age of 50, he knew it was time for his first colonoscopy, however, when his primary care physician gave him a clean bill of health and he had no noticeable symptoms, he postponed that crucial test. “I felt fine.
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- Press Item | Salem Hospital | Mass General Brigham
- As doctors and caregivers entrusted with the health of so many in our community, we encourage our patients and their families to follow Social Distancing guidelines. This is the best way to protect one another and preserve valuable health resources for our most vulnerable patients. Someone who comes over looking well can transmit the virus. NSMC North Shore Medical Center is a multi-site health system headquartered in Salem, Mass., which includes NSMC Salem Hospital, NSMC Union Hospital in Lynn, MassGeneral for Children at North Shore Medical Center, NSMC Heart Center, NSMC Women's Center and the physician network known as North Shore Physicians Group.
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- Internal Medicine Physicians - Salem Hospital
- These exceptional physicians provide services at locations throughout the North Shore, ensuring that local residents can get the highest quality health care close to home. As the North Shore's largest provider of healthcare, Salem Hospital has both adult and pediatric emergency services as well as urgent care providers in Salem and Danvers. Through our membership in the Mass General Brigham network our patients have access to the talented doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital, as well as other hospitals in the system.
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- Salem Pediatrics - Salem Hospital
- We have a network of Salem doctors, as well as pediatrics specialists in other North Shore locations. In collaboration with our Department of Psychiatry, our Salem-based pediatrics offering includes comprehensive mental health services. Our mental health professionals treat children, adolescents and teens on an outpatient basis. Inpatient care is provided at the Epstein Center for Behavioral Health in Salem.
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