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Virtual Visits Designed to Mitigate the Spread of the Disease, Ease Concerns of Going to the Doctor’s Office
Steward Medical Group is offering telehealth video visits in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19). Patents can continue to receive the medical care they need without going to the doctor’s office. All you need is a smartphone, desktop, or laptop equipped with a web camera. Call your doctor’s office today if you need an appointment. Telehealth appointments are available for primary care and inter...
Here & Now's Robin Young speaks with Dr. Joseph Weinstein, chief medical officer of Steward Health Care (@Steward), which has 35 hospitals in nine states, about moving towards dedicating one hospital in Boston as coronavirus-only treatment. This segment aired on March 18, 2020....
Steward Health Care has taken a very systematic, proactive and comprehensive approach to balance the need of accommodating a rise in COVID-19 patients, while maintaining the level and quality of care for all our patients and the communities we serve.
Dorchester, MA, December 19, 2019– Highlighting its nationally recognized achievements in patient safety and quality, Carney Hospital was named a Top Teaching Hospital nationally by The Leapfrog Group. Announced today, the Leapfrog Top Hospital award is widely acknowledged as one of the most competitive honors American hospitals can receive. The Top Hospital designation is awarded by The Leapfrog ...
Dorchester, MA November 7, 2019 – Carney Hospital was awarded an ‘A’ in Fall 2019 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade, a national distinction recognizing Carney Hospital’s achievements protecting patients from harm and providing safer health care. The Leapfrog Group is an independent national watchdog organization driven by employers and other purchasers of health care committed to improving health c...
November 8 2019
November is National Diabetes Awareness Month
Dorchester, MA- November is National Diabetes Awareness month and November 14th is World Diabetes Day, a time to bring attention to diabetes and its impact on our families, friends, patients and community. “Diabetes is a chronic, metabolic disease characterize by elevated levels of blood glucose (blood sugar), which leads over time to serious damage to the heart, blood vessels, eyes, kidneys and n...
DORCHESTER, MA – In celebration of National Emergency Medical Services (EMS) week, Steward Health Care hosted the third annual “EMS Stewards of the Community” award ceremony on May 20 at the Tirrell Room in Quincy, Massachusetts. Dallas-based Steward, which operates nine hospitals across Massachusetts, recognized 19 EMS providers. Among these were Peter Janeliunas and Gregory Pease. They were reco...
Carney Hospital, a Steward family hospital, will be a part of Civica Rx, a new, innovative effort to ensure essential generic medications are available, affordable and accessible to all. Civica Rx is a highly-collaborative not-for-profit generic drug company whose mission is to drive down costs and increase supply of life-saving medicines. Carney Hospital’s participation in the initiative is made possible thanks to the hospital being part of Steward Health Care, the largest privately operated health care network in the United States, and a founding member of Civica Rx.
August 17 2018
Carney Hospital Welcomes New Hospital President
Carney Hospital has announced Tom Sands, MBA, MHA, FACHE as the new President of the Dorchester-based hospital. Formerly the interim president at Carney, Sands has been officially appointed President effective July 2018.
For the second year in a row, during National Nurses Week, the nurses at Carney Hospital decided to give back to the community. This year they chose to donate to the Barbara Bertoni Scholarship Fund.
Carney Hospital President Walter Ramos today announced the appointment of Stan McLaren to the Board of Directors.
The Copeland Surgical Center at Carney Hospital has been recognized with the Robert A. Warriner III, M.D., Center of Excellence award.
December 7 2017
Carney Hospital Earns National Award for Quality
Highlighting its nationally recognized achievements in patient safety and quality, Carney Hospital was named a Top General Hospital by The Leapfrog Group for the third time in four years. Announced today, the Leapfrog Top Hospital award is widely acknowledged as one of the most competitive honors American hospitals can receive. The Top Hospital designation is awarded by The Leapfrog Group, an independent hospital watchdog organization.
The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit health care ratings organization, today released new Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades. The Safety Grade assigns letter grades of A, B, C, D and F to hospitals nationwide based on their performance in preventing medical errors, infections and other harms. Carney Hospital was one of 832 awarded an “A” for its commitment to keeping patients safe and meeting the highest safety standards in the U.S.
Dorchester, October 6, 2017 ― Carney Hospital has received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines-Stroke Silver Plus Quality Achievement Award. The award recognizes the hospital’s commitment and success in ensuring stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally recognized, research-based guidelines based on the latest scientific evidence.
August 9 2017
Carney Hospital Announces Partnership with TotalCare
Dorchester, MA – August 9th, 2017 – Carney Hospital has partnered with TotalCare, LLC, a locally owned home care provider based out of Roxbury, to provide eligible patients access to home care services. The goal of this partnership is to increase access to preventative healthcare services for members of our community who are most vulnerable and to reduce hospital readmissions.
July 21 2017
Carney Hospital Achieves All Quality Standards
Dorchester, MA – July 21, 2017 – In its Semi-Annual Report for the period of July 1, 2016-June 31, 2017, Carney Hospital achieved 100% of all healthcare quality metrics set by MassHealth’s DSTI program.
Dorchester, MA – June 20th, 2017 During National Nurses Week, Carney Hospital’s Nursing Staff raised donations for Kit Clark Senior Services, a local organization who provides many vital services to our community’s seniors.
May 30 2017
Carney Hospital Dedicates EMS Breakroom
Dorchester, MA – May 30, 2017 – On Monday, May 22, 2017, Carney Hospital dedicated the recently completed EMS breakroom in the hospital’s Emergency Department to EMS providers past and present. Hospital staff presented EMS providers in attendance with a plaque to commemorate their service to the community and to remember those who have been lost in the line of duty.
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