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- Press Item | Salem Hospital | Mass General Brigham
- SALEM, MA – Salem Hospital has received the American Heart Association’s highest recognition for stroke care with a 2024 ‘Get With The Guidelines’ Gold Plus quality achievement award. The award recognizes Salem Hospital’s commitment to the association’s in-hospital program that ensures that patient care is aligned with the latest research and evidence-based guidelines. Our team is truly committed to excellence in stroke care, whether it’s through innovative treatments, patient education, or compassionate care. Each year, program participants qualify for the awards recognitions by demonstrating how their organization has committed to providing quality care for patients.
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- Press Item | Salem Hospital | Mass General Brigham
- Salem Hospital also received the American Heart Association’s Target: Type 2 Honor Roll award, which aims to ensure patients with Type 2 diabetes, who might be at higher risk for complications, receive the most up-to-date, evidence-based care when hospitalized due to stroke. Our stroke care team works so diligently to deliver safe, high-quality care to our community,” said Roxanne Ruppel, president and chief operating officer at Salem Hospital. “This recognition further underscores their expertise, hard work, and dedication to supporting our patients through every step of their healthcare journeys.” We are pleased to recognize the leaders and teams at Salem Hospital for a strong commitment to care,” said Dr. Clyde W. Yancy, national chairperson of the American Heart Association’s heart failure systems of care advisory group. Hospitals that participate in Get With The Guidelines quality improvement programs often see better patient outcomes, fewer readmissions and lower mortality rates – a win for health care systems, families and communities,” he said. Each year, program participants qualify for the awards recognitions by demonstrating how their organization has committed to providing quality care for patients.
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- Press Item | Salem Hospital | Mass General Brigham
- The NSMC Sleep Center has received accreditation for a five-year period by meeting or exceeding all standards for professional health care as designated by the AASM. The NSMC Sleep Center has excelled in core areas dedicated to patient care such as personnel, facility and equipment, policies and procedures, data acquisition, patient care and quality assurance. The American Academy of Sleep Medicine congratulates North Shore Medical Center’s Sleep Center on fulfilling the high standards required for receiving accreditation as a sleep disorders center,” said Dr. Sam Fleishman, AASM president. “North Shore Medical Center’s Sleep Center is a significant resource to the local medical community and will provide academic and scientific value in ad... The American Academy of Sleep Medicine is a professional medical society for clinicians, researchers, and other health care providers in the field of sleep medicine. NSMC and Massachusetts General Hospital together provide care at the Mass General/North Shore Center for Outpatient Care and the Mass General/North Shore Cancer Center in Danvers.
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- Press Item | Salem Hospital | Mass General Brigham
- As an organization, we have created a number of new opportunities for our patients and families to be involved in the care we provide,” says Martha Page, R.N., Director of Patient Safety. By way of example, she cites the patient-centered rounding that currently takes place in the intensive care units and cardiac surgery unit; the new IPACE care model on Davenport 5 that centers around patient and family involvement; and the inclusion of patients on several process improvement teams. Another forum for members of the North Shore community to have a voice in the care delivery and safety programs at NSMC is the Patient Family Advisory Council PFAC. Among PFAC’s upcoming plans are a series of focus groups with residents of a local retirement community to gain an additional perspective on different aspects of care at NSMC. The first meeting will be about what it’s like to receive care in NSMC’s emergency department and how this experience could be improved.
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- Work | Salem Hospital | Mass General Brigham
- The Albright Read Institute enhances the ability to deliver on our promise of excellence – to consistently deliver best clinical practices and compassionate, patient-centered care. With resources provided by the Institute, Salem Hospital will achieve better data integrity and statistical analysis and complete higher quality research to truly improve how it cares for patients. Deliver care through effective multidisciplinary rounding practices to ensure that our patients and their families remain fully informed and participate in their care. Document goals of care for high-risk patients in our Integrated Care Management Program so that all clinicians can provide care according to the patient’s wishes. Eliminate all hospital acquired nosocomial c. Difficile infections by elevating our processes to the established known best practice across the continuum of care.
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- North Shore Physicians & Pediatric Procedures at Salem Hospital
- North Shore Physicians & Pediatric Procedures at Salem Hospital. North Shore Physicians & Pediatric Procedures at Salem Hospital. Comprehensive pediatric services The Department of Pediatrics at Salem Hospital has many years of clinical collaboration
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- Salem Doctors - Salem Hospital
- Headquartered in Salem, MA, we are the region's largest healthcare provider, with hospitals, outpatient care sites and doctor offices throughout the North Shore. Our patients receive expert medical and surgical care from our physicians and surgeons, including Salem doctors. From heart examinations offered at our Heart Center and at the Mass General Brigham Healthcare Center, to pediatric specialists affiliated with Mass General Brigham for Children in Salem, to advanced minimally invasive procedures provided by our gynecologic surgeons, we provide comprehensive health care to North Shore families.
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- Pediatric Nephrologist - Salem Hospital
- She works closely with Salem Hospital pediatric primary care physicians and other specialists to provide compassionate, coordinated care, ensuring that our pediatric patients have access to the most advanced medical treatment. The pediatric nephrologist at Salem Hospital also provides continuous care to kidney transplant patients in collaboration with Massachusetts General Hospital, where the transplants are performed.
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- ICU Nursing Staff Ratios | Salem Hospital | Mass General Brigham
- Patients in an ICU require a high degree of medical and nursing care. Salem Hospital’s ICU nurses have received advanced training in Critical Care Nursing, and many have received additional degrees and certifications. They specialize in the care of critically ill patients and are trained in the use of equipment that monitors and provides life support to patients. State-of-the-art care is provided for patients with respiratory failure and multi-system diseases. The Cardiac Surgical Unit at the Heart Center was an 8 bed unit providing acute and post acute cardiac surgical care for adult patients.
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- Press Item | Salem Hospital | Mass General Brigham
- Since its launch five months ago, North Shore Medical Center’s TeleSANE program has successfully helped nearly a dozen victims of sexual assault in the greater Salem area receive higher-quality care. SANE Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner nurses are considered crucial when it comes to providing care to victims of sexual assault. In January, HAWC social worker Elisabeth Nash Wrenn, who helped bring the TeleSANE program to NSMC, said opening the center in Salem meant a “huge reduction in access barriers” when it came to victims being able to receive proper care after an assault. Hassan also stressed that the center is operating as usual — albeit with additional safety precautions — during the COVID-19 health crisis and encouraged victims not to hesitate to come in for care. In a separate interview, Salem mayor Kimberly Driscoll agreed that having the TeleSANE program in the city has been crucial in providing trauma-informed care for North Shore residents.
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- Employee Recognition | Salem Hospital | Mass General Brigham
- Patients and their family members are welcome to contact us to tell us about great care provided by one of our employees. DAISY stands for Diseases Attacking the Immune System, and is an award that recognizes the exquisite care nurses provide to patients and families. The Sunshine Award recognizes our remarkable Patient Care Associates PCAs and support staff who partner with nurses to provide high-quality, compassionate care to patients. The award name is inspired by the concept that daisies require sunshine to flourish, in the same way that our nurses require support staff to provide exceptional care. These individuals play a critical role on care teams and this award will honor those who demonstrate teamwork, a positive attitude, integrity, compassion and accountability.
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- Press Item | Salem Hospital | Mass General Brigham
- The program is designed to continuously improve care quality and patient safety in the field of gynecology. The COEMIG program is focused on ensuring the safest, highest quality of care delivered to minimally invasive gynecologic patients. The COEMIG program recognizes surgeons and facilities that demonstrate an unparalleled commitment and ability to consistently deliver safe, effective and evidence based care. The Surgical Review Corporation is an independent, nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing the safety, efficacy and efficiency of surgical care worldwide. NSMC and Massachusetts General Hospital together provide care at the Mass General/North Shore Center for Outpatient Care and the Mass General/North Shore Cancer Center in Danvers.
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- Press Item | Salem Hospital | Mass General Brigham
- Photo Caption: L Dr. Phillip Rice, Jr., Chair of Emergency Medicine and R Dr. Mark Schechter, Chair of Psychiatry cut the ribbon Oct. 27 to open the Adult Mental Health Unit at Salem Hospital, which will provide emergency mental health care to local patients. To meet the growing demands of North Shore patients, provide a more therapeutic care environment and help reduce wait times in the Emergency Department, Salem Hospital will open an Acute Mental Health Unit AMU on Friday, October 28. This 16-bed unit will provide care for adult emergency behavioral health patients. The demand for behavioral health care has steadily increased over the past several years and this new unit increases the hospital’s capacity to meet that need. The unit will be staffed by mental health professionals working closely with colleagues in the hospital’s Epstein Center for Behavioral Health, which provides inpatient mental health care to pediatric, adult and senior patients.
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- North Shore Surgery Options - Salem Hospital
- We maintain a long-standing collaboration with Massachusetts General Hospital, which gives you access to world-class care right in your community. We share common quality and safety standards, best practices, a common medical record and a team approach to caring for patients.
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- Process Improvement | Salem Hospital | Mass General Brigham
- Examine current clinical practice and identify gaps in quality and efficiency of care. The Critical Illness Conversation, Dr. Caroline Cubbison, PGY-2, sponsored by Dr. Coleen Reid, Palliative Care, Dr. Elizabeth Stevenson, Critical Care Journal of Critical Care Medicine, 2020 Improving Hospital Care and Post - acute Care of SARS CoV2 patients, Dr. Arturo Castro-Diaz, PGY-1, sponsored by Dr. Daniela Urma, Hospital Medicine, Residency Program Director. Therapeutic hypothermia in Cardiac Arrest, Dr. David Cardona PGY-2, sponsor Dr. Elizabeth Stevenson, Critical Care
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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. Our team is incredibly rigorous in ensuring that patients receive the safest, most effective care possible,” said David J. Roberts, M.D., president of Salem Hospital. “Even throughout a pandemic, they have remained steadfast in their commitment to the highest level of care.” The grading system uses more than 30 measures of publicly available hospital safety data to assign grades to more than 2,600 U.S. acute-care hospitals twice per year. 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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- Trauma Center | Salem Hospital | Mass General Brigham
- We offer exceptional 24-hours-a-day on-site trauma care. Our multidisciplinary Trauma Team team includes highly trained trauma/ acute care surgeons, emergency department physicians, radiologists, hospitalists and intensivists, as well as nurses and other dedicated staff members. Jason A Brocker, MD Chief of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery Level III certification recognizes our ability to provide optimal care for critically injured patients. Our healthcare professionals are guided by evidence-based clinical care guidelines and policies as they care for trauma patients, including activation procedures for the Trauma Team for the most seriously injured patients.
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- Press Item | Salem Hospital | Mass General Brigham
- Brancato met with four different physicians at four different hospitals and explored her options before choosing to receive her care at the Mass General/North Shore Cancer Center. “After meeting with my care team, I felt confident that I would be receiving the same care that I would in Boston, but with the convenience of being close to home,” she says. “The Mass General/North Shore Canc... But she also knew she was in good hands with her care team. Paula had many decisions to make about surgery, chemotherapy and radiation, and did so with extraordinary grace, asking many questions and participating in her care,” says Dr. Linden. Women should definitely be more proactive about caring for themselves,” says Brancato, who now schedules her self-exam on her calendar as a standing appointment. “I encourage all my friends to perform monthly breast self exams and to have an annual mammogram.
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- Pediatric Rheumatologist - Salem Hospital
- North Shore families seeking a pediatric rheumatologist will find exceptional physicians offering comprehensive care at Salem Hospital, a member of Mass General Brigham. Salem Hospital pediatric rheumatologists bring a multidisciplinary approach to pediatric care, working closely with other physicians of the North Shore, including physical therapy specialists and orthopedic surgeons. Find a pediatric primary care physician or other North Shore doctor.
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- Pediatric Primary Care Locations - Salem Hospital
- Pediatric Primary Care Locations - Salem Hospital. Pediatric Primary Care Locations - Salem Hospital . Outpatient appointments with pediatric and adolescent behavioral health specialists Salem campus If you are coming to the campus for an appointment
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