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Newly renovated Emergency Department brings state-of-the-art facilities to local communities
Steward Health Care System (Steward), parent company of Carney Hospital, has been selected as one of six Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) in Massachusetts to participate in MassHealth’s Pilot Medicaid ACO program.
May 17 2016
Pioneering the "Patient-User" Experience Online
Best Practices from Retail Fuel New Online Approach for Carney Hospital When Steward Health Care, parent company of Carney Hospital, set out to pioneer a new, online patient-user experience, they decided to draw inspiration not from other medical industry players, but instead from the digital presence of major retail brands.
New Hospital Safety Scores, which assign A, B, C, D and F letter grades to hospitals nationwide and provide the most complete picture of patient safety in the U.S. health care system, were recently announced by The Leapfrog Group, a national patient safety watchdog. Carney Hospital was one of 798 hospitals to receive an A, and just one of 153 hospitals to consistently earn a “Straight A” score since 2013, ranking it among the safest hospitals in the United States.
Carney Hospital today announced the appointment of Pastor William E. Dickerson II, founder of the Greater Love Tabernacle Church in Dorchester, to the hospital’s board of directors.
March 30 2016
Carney Hospital Names Kenneth T. Mui To Hospital Board
Carney Hospital today announced the appointment of Kenneth T. Mui, a detective with the City of Cambridge Police Department and Quincy resident, to the hospital’s board of directors.
March 28 2016
Carney Hospital Names Hue T. Pham To Hospital Board
Carney Hospital today announced the appointment of Hue T. Pham, executive director of the Vietnamese American Initiative for Development (VietAID), to the hospital’s board of directors.
Carney Hospital today announced that it is among just 55 hospitals in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine and Connecticut to be named to Harvard Pilgrim Health Care’s annual Hospital Honor Roll.
January 14 2016
Dr. Chiledum Ahaghotu Joins Carney Hospital Leadership
Accomplished clinician and physicians leader will serve as Vice President of Medical Affairs Dorchester, MA – January 14, 2016 – Today, Carney Hospital announced the appointment of Chiledum Ahaghotu, MD, MBA, MHL, FACS as the hospital’s Vice President of Medical Affairs. Dr. Ahaghotu joins Carney Hospital from Howard University in Washington, D.C., where he served as the Dr. R. Frank Jones Endow...
Wednesday, December 09, 2015 Recognition represents the third consecutive year the hospital has received the highest rating An announcement released nationally by the independent hospital watchdog, The Leapfrog Group, identifies key shifts among many hospitals on the A, B, C, D and F grades rating them on errors, injuries, accidents, and infections. Once again, Carney Hospital earned an A in this...
November 13 2015
Carney Hospital Receives 5-Star Rating From Healthgrades
Friday, November 13, 2015 National study of nearly 4,500 hospitals confirms quality of care for six common inpatient procedures and conditions Carney Hospital today announced that it has received 5 stars for the quality of its Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Esophageal-Stomach Surgeries, Health Failure, Respiratory Failure, Sepsis and Stroke care from Healthgrades, the leading onlin...
May 19 2015
Walter J. Ramos to Lead Carney Hospital
Tuesday, May 19, 2015 Experienced Health Care Executive Formerly Served as President & CEO of DotHouse Health in Dorchester Boston, MA, May 12, 2015 —Today, Steward Health Care System LLC (Steward) announced the appointment of Walter J. Ramos as the new President of Carney Hospital, an affiliate of Tufts University School of Medicine, in Dorchester. An experienced health care executive, Mr. Ra...
May 19 2015
Walter J. Ramos to Lead Carney Hospital
Experienced Health Care Executive Formerly Served as President & CEO of DotHouse Health in Dorchester Boston, MA, May 12, 2015 —Today, Steward Health Care System LLC (Steward) announced the appointment of Walter J. Ramos as the new President of Carney Hospital, an affiliate of Tufts University School of Medicine, in Dorchester. An experienced health care executive, Mr. Ramos most recently serv...
March 25 2015
Carney Hospital to Open New Family Medicine Center
Wednesday, March 25, 2015 Modern facility provides convenient outpatient access to high quality primary care for the entire family; Program affiliated with Tufts University School of Medicine At a ribbon-cutting event with elected officials and community leaders, Carney Hospital today announced the opening of a $2 million state-of-the-art Family Medicine Center located in the Seton Medical Office ...
Tuesday, December 02, 2014 The Leapfrog Group has named Carney Hospital, a part of the Steward Health Care System, to its annual list of Top Hospitals. An elite distinction awarded to hospitals nationwide for demonstrating excellence in hospital safety and quality through the Leapfrog Hospital Survey, the Leapfrog Top Hospital award is given to less than seven percent of all eligible hospitals. Th...
November 19 2014
Steward Adds 70 New Behavioral Health Beds to System in 2014
Wednesday, November 19, 2014 30 New Geriatric Psychiatry Beds Coming Online in December at Carney Hospital and New England Sinai Hospital Steward Health Care System LLC (Steward), the largest private provider of inpatient behavioral health services, has added 70 new behavioral health beds to the system in 2014. This includes 15 geriatric psychiatry beds at Carney Hospital in Dorchester and another...
Tuesday, November 18, 2014 Carney Hospital today announced it has been recognized as a 2013 Top Performer on Key Quality Measures® (Top Performer) by The Joint Commission, the leading accreditor of health care organizations in the United States. Carney Hospital was recognized as part of The Joint Commission’s 2014 annual report “America’s Hospitals: Improving Quality and Safety,” for attaining and...
Steward Will Now Have 24 Affiliated Urgent Care Locations, Largest Network of Any System in MA BOSTON, MA, May 14, 2014 – Today, Steward Health Care System (Steward) announced a new clinical affiliation with AFC Doctors Express Urgent Care (Doctors Express), the largest urgent care provider in New England. The partnership will add nine in-network urgent care centers available to Steward patients a...
Wednesday, June 05, 2013 Carney Hospital has announced the accreditation of a new residency program for training physicians in Family Medicine by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. Beginning in 2014, Carney Hospital will prepare primary care physicians in the delivery of compassionate, cutting-edge care for the residents of Dorchester and the surrounding neighborhoods. Fami...
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