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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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- Robotic Surgery | Salem Hospital | Mass General Brigham
- The physicians, surgeons, nurses and other members of the surgical care team have been specially trained to care for you. From performing complex surgeries to providing the highest quality post-operative care, our team strives to make your surgical experience the very best possible. Top-ranked surgeons from both Salem Hospital, a member of Mass General Brigham, and Massachusetts General Hospital. are repeatedly recognized for exemplary outcomes in surgical patient care. We maintain a long-standing collaboration with Massachusetts General Hospital, which gives you access to world-class care right in your community. By bringing together these talents experts in a convenient location, we offer patients on the North Shore the best choice for care.
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- Collaboration and Approach | Salem Hospital | Mass General Brigham
- 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. The physicians, surgeons, nurses and other members of the surgical care team have been specially trained to care for you. From performing complex surgeries to providing the highest quality post-operative care, our team strives to make your surgical experience the very best possible. We are consistently recognized for exemplary outcomes in surgical patient 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
- 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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- 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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- Caring for Your Newborn | Salem Hospital | Mass General Brigham
- Caring for Your Newborn Salem Hospital Mass General Brigham. Caring for Your Newborn Salem Hospital Mass General Brigham. Our nurses and breastfeeding experts will coach you on bathing, diaper changes, umbilical cord care, breast or bottle feeding, and general care of a newborn. We offer an education channel for more tips on caring for your baby. You couldn't ask for a more caring team of nurses!
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- Filtered Press Item List | Salem Hospital | Mass General Brigham
- For State-of-the-Art Care, There's No Place Like Home Mary Conlon had her first child at NSMC Union Hospital in 1953, and she and her family have been receiving care at the 150-bed community hospital in Lynn ever since. 70-year-old Barbara Schapero of Peabody was bothered by a nagging dry cough, so she went to see her primary care physician to have it checked out.
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- Press Item | Salem Hospital | Mass General Brigham
- Receiving recognition from U.S. News & World Report once again is a wonderful acknowledgment for everyone at Salem Hospital and highlights the commitment and talent of our exceptional team,” said Roxanne Ruppel, president and chief operating officer. “It is a privilege to serve this community, and we are gratified to be acknowledged for our dedication to high quality patient care." Hospitals awarded a “Best” designation excelled at factors such as clinical outcomes, level of nursing care and patient experience. For more than three decades, U.S. News has been an invaluable guide for patients,” said managing editor and chief of health analysis Ben Harder at U.S. News. “Hospitals designated as ‘High Performing’ by U.S. News demonstrate a consistent ability to provide excellent care for particular medical procedures and conditions, showcasing their specialized expertise as well as dedication to ... To calculate the Best Hospitals rankings, U.S. News evaluated each hospital’s performance on objective measures such as risk-adjusted mortality rates, preventable complications and level of nursing care. The Best Hospitals Specialty rankings methodology and Procedures & Conditions ratings methodology measure patient outcomes using data from more than 800 million records of patient care.
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- Filtered Press Item List | Salem Hospital | Mass General Brigham
- After her daughter, Mia, was born one month prematurely this past December, Amanda Meads found herself spending a lot of time—up to eight hours a day over a three-week period—in North Shore Medical Center’s Special Care Nursery. Enhancing Care for High-Risk Infants and their Families When Paige Sherman was born eight weeks early, weighing just 4 lbs., 6 oz., she was immediately transferred to NSMC's Special Care Nursery where she received life-saving care, Paige is now a busy and active two-year-old. To better serve patients like Paige, NSMC is planning an expansion and renovation of its Special Care Nursery, another step in the hospital's ongoing enhancement of the patient experience.
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- Press Item | Salem Hospital | Mass General Brigham
- But the Burgers have not forgotten the care team that NSMC assembled to save their daughter’s life and have taken action to support a unique stress reduction program for pre-teen patients as a way of saying thanks. During her alarming decline, the Burgers consulted dozens of mental-health specialists and physicians trying to find a decisive diagnosis and appropriate care. We consider ourselves competent parents in terms of researching and finding care for our children,” says Todd, a management consultant and executive at a renewable energy company. “But in this case, we found it nearly impossible to find help no matter where we turned. Unable to provide the care needed, the hospital referred the Burgers to NSMC’s Inpatient Child Psychiatry Service. Dr. Bailey transferred his new patient to the pediatric emergency department at MassGeneral for Children at North Shore Medical Center and quickly pulled together a care team that included Jefferson Prince, M.D., Director of Child Psychiatry.
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- Press Item | Salem Hospital | Mass General Brigham
- When she noticed her shortness of breath, she consulted her primary care doctor who sent her to a lung specialist. She met with Massachusetts General Hospital and North Shore Medical Center thoracic surgeon and lung specialist, Dean Donahue, M.D. With O’Beirne as an active member of her own care team, she decided to first have Dr. Donahue and the interventional radiologist perform a needle biopsy and send the sample to pathology for staging. So I opted for the treatment.” She had chemotherapy at the Mass General/ North Shore Cancer Center, under the care of medical oncologist Rachel Rosovsky,M.D. O’Beirne is one of many patients who is benefitting from the comprehensive care and world-class research provided at the Mass General/North Shore Cancer Center. I’m so grateful for the wonderful care I’ve received at the Mass General/ North Shore Cancer Center,” said O’Beirne. “We’re so lucky to have access to such amazing surgeons and cutting-edge treatments and research so close to home."
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- Press Item | Salem Hospital | Mass General Brigham
- When walkers and runners, families and friends, co-workers and neighbors gather at the Salem Willows on June 24 for the 22nd annual North Shore Cancer WALK and 3rd annual North Shore Cancer RUN, they will not only be showing their support for cancer patients and survivors but also helping to advance life-saving, world-class cancer care on the North Shore. This project follows the $50 million in improvements already made to the Salem Campus over the past four years supported by the successful $15 million Best Care, Right Place campaign, which concluded last spring. Located on the ninth floor of the Davenport Building, the inpatient oncology unit serves cancer patients who require specific forms of chemotherapy that can only be delivered in an inpatient setting or who need specialized care as a result of complications from chemotherapy. From diagnosis through treatment, cancer exacts a physical and emotional toll on patients,” says Dr. Weitzman. “While our current facilities allow us to provide effective clinical care, we saw a need to create a more comfortable, supportive environment that will make it easier for patients to focus on their health and well-being."
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- Press Item | Salem Hospital | Mass General Brigham
- Salem is fortunate to have a rich diversity of health care options…but it requires a beating heart. After falling ill and receiving private care in his home, Bertram recognized that few in the community could afford the health care he received. From enriching our emergency, obstetrical, medical, and surgical capabilities, to developing a complex network of outpatient resources, to operating a 120-bed acute care psychiatric facility, to partnering with community health centers to serve those most in need, we have continually focused on providing exceptional, comprehensive care to all who turn to us,” she said. Throughout the past 150 years, our dedicated team has come together to care for this community, through times of war and pandemic, and at times of exciting growth and discovery…You are what makes Salem Hospital so special,” she said.
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- Press Item | Salem Hospital | Mass General Brigham
- 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. Mass General Brigham is an integrated academic health care system, uniting great minds to solve the hardest problems in medicine for our communities and the world. Mass General Brigham connects a full continuum of care across a system of academic medical centers, community and specialty hospitals, a health insurance plan, physician networks, community health centers, home care, and long-term care services. Mass General Brigham is a non-profit organization that is committed to patient care, research, teaching, and service to the community.
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- Press Item | Salem Hospital | Mass General Brigham
- Hospitals awarded a “Best” designation excelled at factors such as clinical outcomes, level of nursing care and patient experience. For 35 years, U.S. News has been a leading resource for patients navigating their health care decisions,” said Ben Harder, chief of health analysis and managing editor at U.S. News. “The ‘High Performing’ designation acknowledges hospitals that consistently deliver high-quality care for specific medical procedures and conditions. To calculate the Best Hospitals rankings, U.S. News evaluated each hospital’s performance on objective measures such as risk-adjusted mortality rates, preventable complications and level of nursing care. This year, among other methodology refinements, U.S. News incorporated new data on care provided to patients with Medicare Advantage insurance and on care provided to outpatients, nearly doubling the number of patients included in its annual data analysis.
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- Mass General Brigham Home Hospital | Salem Hospital | Mass General Brigham
- Mass General Brigham has offered Home Hospital care to eligible patients since 2016, making it one of the largest and most experienced programs in the country. Through Mass General Brigham Home Hospital, eligible Salem Hospital patients receive expert hospital-level care from trusted providers in the comfort of their own home. Multiple visits from our care team every day Mass General Brigham Home Hospital cares for patients in the place they feel most comfortable, while ensuring access to prompt care for those in need.
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- Neurology | Salem Hospital | Mass General Brigham
- Our neurology physicians provide patient-focused, world-class medical care for patients with neurological diseases of the brain, spinal cord, peripheral nerves and/or muscles. They care for patients with chronic headaches/migraines, problems with motor control movement disorders, tremors and back, leg or neck pain, as well as a range of other conditions. TeleNeurology videoconferencing and image sharing technology enables our physicians to consult with Massachusetts General Hospital neurologists about a patient's plan of care while staying at Salem Hospital. A Salem Hospital physician or nurse will be present during the evaluation and involved in every stage of your care. Our Teleneurology collaboration with Mass General enhances care for both patients and clinicians.
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- Sports Medicine | Salem Hospital | Mass General Brigham
- Many sports-related injuries can be successfully treated with non-surgical approaches that we will evaluate carefully. All staff on these inpatient units are specially trained to care for orthopedic patients. Patients with an orthopedic or sports-related injury to muscles, bones or joints can receive same-day care at Mass General Brigham Orthopedics Walk-In Peabody. The Mass General Brigham Sports Medicine team cares for the whole athlete and addresses any injury.
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- Internal Medicine Residency | Salem Hospital | Mass General Brigham
- Residents in our program learn the entire spectrum of Internal Medicine, from taking care of patients in the continuity clinic on a longitudinal basis, to acute medicine on the inpatient floors, to providing clinical care in our new state of art Intensive Care Unit ICU. Our program goals including providing a nurturing environment that fosters the development of highly competent, clinically astute, evidence-based and humane physicians, with an emphasis on comprehensive, patient-centered care that requires a lifetime commitment to learning. They go on to a variety of careers, including primary care physician, hospital medicine physician, or other specialty.
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